july means {as ever}: early to bed, early to wake. all so i can read more.
here they come: one by one… all of july’s weekly reading book review episodes as they’re filmed every monday morning this month. collected here with links to bookshop.org where you can learn more about each title and support indie bookstores if you decide to shop online! :D
with all my paper cuts of literary joy,
xo,
*hallie ;)
✨📖 weekly reading book review july 2026: episode one!! 📖✨
🥧 this week i read:
❤️🔥 THE CHILDREN by melissa albert (her adult fiction debut & it was spectacularrrrrrrr!!!! 🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟 )
🎭 TIMON OF ATHENS by wm shakespeare
my folger library edition on barnes & noble here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/timon-of-athens-william-shakespeare/1116788571?ean=9781982164942
📚 currently reading:
🩷 HOOKED by asako yuzuki
🎃 THE PUMPKIN PRINCESS AND THE BURIED CASTLE by steven banbury (yay summerween spooky adventure vibes middle grade series!)
🥳 new books i’m looking forward to:
🎭 CAST VS. CREW: TECH WEEK by lindsay champion (middle grade theatre series!!)
💚 THE PRINCESS SWAP: THE FROG PRINCESS & PETER PAN / WENDY DARLING & THE SECRET PRINCE by kim bussing
📚 & prolllllly (?!) reading next*ish:
🎭 TITUS ANDRONICUS by wm shakespeare
☀️ SUMMER’S NEVER OVER by darby bozeman (summer mystery thriller!!)
paperback on bookshop.org : https://bookshop.org/a/5254/9780593953532
my hardcover botm copy (try & join for $5 with my link!): https://www.mybotm.com/4fk6zo9eig4
oh, & i’m re*watching through MODERN FAMILY season six on dvd because i love that show & i can always use a good laugh! 🥰📺😅
what stories are you loving right now?!?!
⭐️🎃✨📖📚📺🎭🎾🎨🩰🎤🎬
off to find more pie,
💜xo,
*hallie 🤓
stay tuned for next week’s episode on monday, july thirteenth!!
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