July Wrap Up (2024)

 Hey guys, this is Abi here, 

And I'm coming at you today with my July Wrap Up (2024)! 

This month kind of went tit's up with my reading, but that's just where I'm at with reading at the moment. 

But enough with that, let's get on to the books. 

I hope you enjoy it. 

~July Wrap Up ~

I read a total of two books this month. Not the best in terms of number and page count, but I'm trying not to feel bad. We all have good months and bad months after all. 

1. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak 

I don't know what it is nowadays, but every re-read that I've been meaning to get to for, I'm talking a couple of years now, have just taken ages to read, whenever I start one. Most of them have been historical fiction, and maybe it's just a bit too similar to all of the Lucinda Riley books I've read recently, maybe that's what's making me read them at snail pace. 

Obviously I enjoyed reading this. I will always love reading about Leisel's arc, and how she inspires the people around her not to give up hope, no matter how dire the consequences may seem. Not to mention, the rapid fear that consume even the readers, as the world they know starts to crumble around them. 

I don't think I will ever stop re-reading this book completely. It'll be a couple of years until I think about re-reading this, and maybe a couple more until I actually pick it up again. But I will always be thinking about this ground-breaking, mind-shattering, powerful novel, by Markus Zusak.  

2. The Butterfly Room, by Lucinda Riley 

I don't know what it was about this book but I flew through it. Read the whole thing by audiobook and finished it in about three days. I didn't find anything that happened to be too far-fetched, I didn't think any of the characters boring. 

As all of Lucinda Riley's books are, The Butterfly Room is family centred, spanning between three generations. What I loved about it though, was that no generations took a backseat while another character became the main focus. They were all very much in the mix, all of the time. 

Another part that I liked, was the way the story moved on from this butterfly room, it didn't feel like the story was made around this butterfly room, but it was constantly relevant in the story. 

I loved the characters I was supposed to love, and hated certain characters with a passion, and once again, just when I thought everything was going to work out, Lucinda Riley's mischievious brain snatches it all away once more. 

Definitely my favourite Lucinda Riley standalone and one I won't be forgetting for a while. 

And now...

Since I've only read two books this month, I thought I'd mention something else I've been doing this month. 

If you follow my Twitter, you'll know that I frequently write lists of jobs I want to finish in the next few days. Well, this laat list I posted, I included the first episode of a recently released book to tv adaptation. That's what I wanted to talk about. 

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend. I haven't read the series yet, and honestly I didn't intend to. But this popped up on my facebook feed and just kept showing up. 

So of course I gave it a go. 

Loved it. Of course I did. It was in the back of my head all day and long into the night. 

I went into it with no expectations, and I was blown away. 

It doesn't feel like anything out of the ordinary. School girl, investigating a crime that was seemingly solved five years ago. But my God, is it compelling. And engaging. 

There are some triggers. Drugs, murder of course, pressure, to name a few, so I would recommend reading up on those before starting this, but it was just something I got stuck into right away. 

Highly, highly recommend this, especially if you like murder thrillers. 

Okay, that's all I had to say. 

Okay! That's my July Wrap Up (2024)! It's currently 23:38 as I write this, but I can officially say I've finally finished a wrap up in the month I plan to finish this, for once! 

I hope you enjoyed reading it, as always, you can comment down below what books you finished this month too! 

I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll see you all soon! 

Byeeeee! 

-Abi xxxxx