Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.
July 2025 Wrap Up
July went by in a whirlwind. I feel like I got a lot of things done, but I also feel like there’s still so much to do! And of course, my coping mechanism is reading for escapism, so the good news is that I got a lot of reading done this month. The bad news is that now I’ve got even more book reviews to catch up on, in addition to the ones I’m already behind on! 😅
My July 2025 TBR Intentions
I made my July TBR list based off a friendly team reading competition in my online bookclub for thick books, plus also books that had July deadlines. My team didn’t win unfortunately, but we had lots of fun! I also actually did pick up The Brothers Karamazov but in the last minute realized that my copy was the abridged version and it was too late to put a hold for the unabridged one. I wouldn’t have gotten it in time so I just let it go.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenIf On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino
Books Read in July 2025
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
- Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- The Accidental Text by Becky Monson
- The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
- Swept Away by Beth O’Leary
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Love Haters by Katherine Center
- A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
- If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Revival by Stephen King
Notable Books This Month
Purple Hibiscus, and Atmosphere were the standouts for me this month. They both packed an emotional punch and made me feel all the feelings! I love books that make me feel, and these two did that the most for me. However, I cannot exclude The Count of Monte Cristo because it is one of my all-time favorite books that make me feel but it’s a reread and I’ve talked about it a lot already so I thought I’d let other books have a chance.
Also, I cannot not mention Sunrise on the Reaping, but I thought it’s a series and people who loved The Hunger Games don’t need convincing, and people who don’t love THG probably wouldn’t care for another book in the series. But I have to mention it because I need the world to know I personally loved it too!
August 2025 TBR Intentions
Every book on this list are books I have to read for August BOTMs or buddy reads with August deadlines. The Hunger Games series are rereads but I’m in the mood because I want to revisit after reading Sunrise on the Reaping. I’m probably going to end up reading other books based off my mood as well, but these are the priorities.
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
- The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
- Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
How was your month in July? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful August with lots of great books!
Good luck with your August reading plans! I read more than I expected in July, but it did get really disrupted by the move. I need to set up some August plans — I usually do it via the BookSpinBingo challenge on Litsy, but I haven’t made a list yet!
Looks like July was a great month for reading! I’m hoping to read The Count of Monte Cristo early next year for a group read, so I’m glad to see you like it so much.
Looks like a good month of reading. I haven’t narrowed down which books I want to read this month, I have to look at my summer challenges and see where I am at. i feel like I am pretty far behind because I strayed off path and binged the entire Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion in July, which was fun, but they were not on my challenges, LOL!