What Rue Read in July And August Expectations.

In June, I read a ton, but for my July Expectations, I did state that I wasn't going to read near that amount. July has been an extremely busy month, so instead of reading a lot this month, sleep won the battle of sleep versus reading this month. I did manage to surpass my July Expectations of 5 books, which I am pretty excited about being that I was so busy. I read a total of 8 books: one was a novella, and one I listened to on audio book about 3\4th of the way, and then ended up changing over to actually reading it.

I did surpass my summer reading goals this month of reading 25 books this summer. I started counted the books in May since that is when I started my summer reading. "UnSouled" By Neal Shusterman was my 25th book this summer break.

As always, the books I own will be starred, which I don't think I read any books this month that I currently own, and the audio book will be bolded. Also the rating I gave on good reads will follow each book.

1. UnSouled By Neal Shusterman 2 out of 5 stars.
2. The Girl of Fire and Thrones By Rae Carson 5 out of 5 stars
3. The Elite by Kiera Cass 5 out of 5 stars
4. Prodigy by Marie Lu 5 out of 5 stars
5. Lenobia's Vow by PC and Kristin Cast 3 out of 5 stars
6. Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough 2 out 5 stars
7. The Crown of Embers By Rae Carson 5 out of 5 stars
8. Clockworth Prince By Cassandra Clare 5 out of 5 stars

During July, I went through a reading slump. I actually started two books and ended up putting them down. One was a genre that I am not the biggest fan of "high fantasy", but it had pretty good ratings, and I had picked up The Girl of Fire and Thrones this month and loved it. This book I got about 50 pages into, and I couldn't get into it. I think it may have been the reading slump or because I picked it up right after I finished The Elite, and I couldn't at the time get my hands on the last book to see how the series finishes up.

August Expectations.

I am currently about half way through "Champion" by Marie Lu, which I will finish over the weekend. I am also going to finish up the Girl of Fire and Throne Series, "The Bitter Kingdom", and also finish up the Infernal Devices Series, "Clockworth Princess." August is going to be even busier than July, so  I am hoping to finish at least these three books. August is the last month to get a lot of reading done, since I start back with school at the end of the months, and I know that the classes I will be taking this semester will require a lot of reading, so reading for fun, will be limited.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.