july reading wrap*up!

behold: all five weekly reading book review episodes from july 2023!!

beneath each video, find links to each book on bookshop.org where you can buy books online while supporting independent, community-centric bookstores across the country.

happy reading, and let me know in the comments what stories you’re loving right now, or if you’ve read any of these (or at least added some to your TBR pile!)


✨weekly reading book review july 2023: episode one!!✨

this week i read:

✏️ HIMAWARI HOUSE by harmony becker

❤️ WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED by angeline boulley

❄️ BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by ruta sepetys (death & kissing, as she promised )

✏️ HITCHCOCK / TRUFFAUT , francois truffaut's interviews with alfred hitchcock

currently reading:

✏️ WISHES AND WELLINGTONS by julie berry

✏️ THE CREATIVE ACT by rick rubin

hope to read next:

✏️ THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LaRUE by v. e. schwab

✏️ MANSLAUGHTER PARK by tirzah price


✨weekly reading book review july 2023: episode two!!✨

here’s what i read this week:

WISHES & WELLINGTONS by julie berry

BROADWAY BABY by russell miller & judith proffer

BALLAD FOR SOPHIE by filipe melo & juan cavia

THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LaRUE by v. e. schwab

THE ART THIEF by michael finkel

NOT STARRING ZADIE LOUISE by joy mccullough

miiiight read next:

PHOEBE’S DIARY by phoebe wahl (coming in september 2023)

DANE OF MY EXISTENCE by jessica martin

STALKING SHAKESPEARE by lee durkee

THE MOTH KEEPER by k. o’neill


✨weekly reading book review july 2023: episode three!!✨

in varying degrees of enjoyment & across ages & genres, here’s what i read this week:

THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE by riley sager (adult thriller)

THE DANE OF MY EXISTENCE by jessica martin (adult romcom)

PHOEBE’S DIARY by phoebe wahl (illustrated YA coming this september)

THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH by ali benjamin (incredible middle grade contemporary!!!)

currently reading :

KELCIE MURPHY & THE HUNT FOR THE HEART OF DANU by erika lewis (middle grade fantasy; comes out next tuesday!! )

hope to read next:

YOU ARE HERE edited by ellen oh (middle grade asian american short stories by a list of incredible authors!)

THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD by deb crossland (ya contemporary gender-swapped mythology retelling! )


✨weekly reading book review july 2023: episode four!!✨

here’s what i read this week:

☕️ KELCIE MURPHY AND THE HUNT FOR THE HEART OF DANU by erika lewis

☕️ THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD by deb crossland

☕️ THE MOTH KEEPER by k. o’neill

currently reading:

☕️ RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE by kate diCamillo

might read next:

☕️ THE 7 1/2 DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE by stuart turton


✨📖weekly reading book review july 2023: episode five!!📖✨

what i read this week:

💙 RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE by kate dicamillo
🖤 THE 7 1/2 DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE by stuart turton
💀 THE SKULL by jon klassen (i even made my husband read it aloud to me after i’d read it 2x. i’m obsessed.)
🏠 THE MINISCULE MANSION OF MYRA MALONE by audrey burges


currently reading :


🍝 LASAGNA MEANS I LOVE YOU by kate o’shaughnessy
🎨 THE CREATIVE ACT by rick rubin


hope to read next:


💀 LAY THEM TO REST by laurah norton (out october 17 from hachette books !!)


let me know in the comments what stories YOU’re loving right now!
😄✏️🎬🎭🎧📺📕

from the depths of my TBR,

💖xo,
*hallie 🤓

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