July Book Report

July 2023

I finished 8 books last month.

A quote from this month's reading:

"James Runcie suggests that 'we write, and we read, not just to be entertained, but in order to work out who we are and how we might live a better and more meaningful existence on this frail earth.'" --Martin Edwards, Life of Crime (p. 620)

Here is my progress toward various goals and challenges:

• 1 was a book I own but hadn't read before (inspired by The Unread Shelf project)
• 1 counted toward the 17th Canadian Reading Challenge 
• 1 was from my Classics Club List 
• 1 counted toward the TBR Pile Challenge
• 1 counted toward the 2023 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 
• 0 counted toward the 2023 What's in a Name Challenge
• 1 was from my Readers' Advisory Reading List 
• 1 was from the mystery series I am trying to make progress on this year
• 3 were from my (revised, again) #20BooksofSummer23 list

 Here are the books I finished in July 2023: 

1. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (audiobook, 3-stars)
2. The Life of Crime: Unraveling the Mysteries of Fiction's Favourite Genre by Emily Martin Edwards (4-stars)
3. Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens (3-stars)
4. Psycho by the Sea by Lynne Truss (3-stars)
5. The Building of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche (3-stars)
6. This Could be Home by Pico Iyer (4-stars)
7. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie (5-stars)
8. Relaxing on the Porch by Megan Fulweiler (3-stars)

I finished more books this month than last, which is good. I am planning a week at the beach next month which usually bumps up my title count.