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What I Read: July 2025

What I Read: July 2025

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Is it too early to say that I’m thinking about getting my fall decorations out of the garage?

Maybe so.

But I’m ready for some cooler temperatures and fun Halloween vibes. I got an early start this weekend with a few scary movies. Maybe, next weekend I’ll officially break out the decorations and candles.

As summer continues to hang on for now, I leaned back into fiction. This month’s reads included:
-Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
-I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
-Fate of the Sun King by Nisha J. Tuli
-You by Caroline Kepnes
-Nice Girls Don’t Win by Parvati Shallow
-That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally

Let’s get into the reviews!

What I Read: June 2025

What I Read: June 2025

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I read a slightly alarming fact this week.

Apparently, July 2, 2025, marked the point where we are closer to 2050 than we are to the year 2000. I find that so hard to comprehend. Even now, when someone says 20 years ago, my mind thinks the 1980’s. Time is weird and continues to get weirder as I get older.

Existential crisis aside, I did read 7 books in June. I was shocked that the list was primarily non-fiction:
-The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
-Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
-Roar by Stacy Sims
-The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
-Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
-Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
-Relentless Forward Progress by Bryon Powell

Let’s get into the reviews!

What I Read: May 2025

What I Read: May 2025

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I have no idea how it’s already June.

This year has moved so incredibly fast, it’s honestly kind of scary. It’s made me reflect on that one quote from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” I know I need to set aside some time this summer to slow down and enjoy it.

But even with time moving at warp speed, I did have a solid month of reading in May. As you can see from the list, it was an interesting mix of genres:
-Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
-The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen
-The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
-Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
-The Blue Plate by Mark Easter
-Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Let’s get into the reviews!

What I Read: March & April 2025

What I Read: March & April 2025

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I don’t know about anyone else, but life has been… chaotic? I’m not even sure that’s the right word to describe it. Unrelenting? It didn’t help that I spent most of March either sick with a cold or sick with food poisoning.

But regardless, I’ve still been finding time to read. I read 10 books in March and April with the list including quite a bit of fantasy:

-Quicksilver by Callie Heart
-Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
-A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty by Stacia Stark
-The Passion Test by Chris Attwood and Janet Bray Attwood
-The Woman Destroyed by Simone De Beauvoir
-Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
-Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli
-Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman
-Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
-FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

Let’s get into the reviews!

What I Read: January 2025

What I Read: January 2025

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I don’t know why, but January always seems to drag on forever. Is it the return to routine after the disruption of the holidays? Is it the cold and gloomy weather? Whatever the reason, I found books to be a big comfort this month.

January’s reads included:
-The September House by Carissa Orlando
-Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
-Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
-All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
-The Lake of Lost Girls by Katherine Greene
-Something Lost, Something Gained by Hillary Clinton

Let’s get into the reviews!

What I Read: December 2024

What I Read: December 2024

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Somehow, 2024 has already come to an end.

I don’t know if it’s getting older or what, but I swear each year passes faster and faster. And each year feels slightly crazier…

But the end of the year chaos didn’t slow down my reading. December’s reads included mostly fantasy:
-Caraval by Stephanie Garber
-A Court This Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark
-Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco
-The Chain by Adrian McKinty
-Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
-We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Let’s get into the reviews!

What I Read: September & October 2024

What I Read: September & October 2024

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Does anyone else feel like life is non-stop lately?

Both September and October have been an absolute whirlwind and with the holidays fast approaching, I’m not sure I’ll have time to catch my breath. But that’s clearly not stopping me from picking up a book…

I read 12 books over the course of September and October:
-The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
-The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
-Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
-The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden
-The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen
-The Spite House by Johnny Compton
-The Butcher Game by Alaina Urquhart
-Bride by Ali Hazelwood
-Nobody Wants Your Sh*t by Messie Condo
-Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana K. White
-The Unraveling by Vi Keeland
-The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

As you can see, fiction has my attention lately, and I’ve been continuing quite a few series.

Let’s get into the reviews!

What I Read: July 2024

What I Read: July 2024

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I’m not sure when it happened or exactly how it happened, but July proved to be a big month of reading for me! Maybe, it was all the time sitting in airports this month?

I read 10 books (somehow!) and it was quite a mix of titles:
-Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
-Red Rising by Pierce Brown
-The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
-The Twilight Wife by A.J. Banner
-Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
-The One-Minute Workout by Martin Gibala
-Strega by Johanne Lykke Holm
-Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
-My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
-Tactical Barbell II: Conditioning by K. Black

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Personal Ramblings: The One-Minute Workout

Personal Ramblings: The One-Minute Workout

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Summer running is the worst.

It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s sticky.

So….. when I came across a book at the library titled The One-Minute Workout, I was skeptical, but intrigued. I can tough it out for a minute in the heat, right?

I realize I’m about 7 years late on this one (it was published in 2017), but I found this book to be absolutely fascinating! As someone that’s more into easy running/zone 2 running, I’ve largely avoided intervals and high intensity work and have never done it in a consistent, strategic way. Now, I found myself completely questioning my usual training strategies.

What I Read: June 2024

What I Read: June 2024

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Vacations are funny.

The days are long. The week is short. It makes time slow down and speed up. As I look at my list of June reads, some of these books feel like I read them a lifetime ago. So much has happened since then. But at the same time, everything is the same. I’ll stop rambling now…

Overall, June proved to be a solid month of reading. I’m definitely on a thriller/mystery/suspense kick:
-Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
-Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
-Don’t Believe It by Charlie Donlea
-The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
-One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
-The Coworker by Freida McFadden
-The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

Let’s get into the reviews!