July Book Wrap Up

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Still in summertime reading mode, which for me means reading very few books because I’m doing other warm weather things, BUT I did finish a few books in July so here’s my monthly wrap up!

Wolves by Simon Ings

This is my standout read for the month. To be honest, I probably read so few books in July partially because I wasn’t really enjoying what I was reading. Wolves is the exception because this genre-defying book was just delightful.

Which once again makes me question Goodreads ratings because this is the lowest rated of all 3 of my July reads by far!

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Read this as an ARC. You can check out my review here. This was a 3-star read for me. I love TJR, but I couldn’t get over how much this book is just about tennis. Like, yes, of course the book is going to have tennis in it, but the fact that the first 20% or so is just tennis matches and tennis gameplay is way too much for this non-sports fan.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

This was my first book by this author and I was really expecting a lot given all I’ve heard about her work. Unsurprisingly, her writing was wonderful. I love short chapters and beautiful prose. This book delivers on both fronts. What was missing for me was connection with the characters. I just didn’t feel like I was getting a good sense of them. I also didn’t love how much this book screamed “2020 pandemic.” It really seemed like something that was written with the thought of, oh, we’re in a pandemic, I should write a book about that. I’m not sure how well that element of the story stands up even just a couple years our from the start of the pandemic.