*Platypire Read-A-Thon* June and July Results

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June is over and I've made progress! Real progress on getting my backlist of reviews whittled down at least a little. I mean, I still have about a month's worth of reviews to write, but some of those books are not due to be published for a few months yet, so I'm actually not doing too bad anymore. I am hoping to keep this momentum going in July and actually catch up completely on back due reviews, although I may not get a review posted every day next month. We shall see.*

*July is over now too (can you tell I wrote that intro before June was actually over?) I'm going to tell you right now, I did not keep up June's momentum in July because life happened and my entire routine went to shit. My routine got so off track that it's already August 8th and I'm only just now getting around to finishing up this post that I was partially finished with in June. So shall we see how I did overall? 

R - Read

C - Currently Reading

T - To Be Read
NR - Needs Reviewed

Read
R - Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner (May '18)
Read my review here.
R - The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir (April '18)
Read my review here.
R - Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride (March '18)
Read my review here.
R - The Mermaid by Christina Henry (May '18)
Read my review here.
R - The Game of Hope by Sandra Gulland (May '18)
Read my review here.
R - Beneath the Lighthouse by Julieanne Lynch (June '18)
Read my review here.
R - Colorful Havana by Laura Lahm and Trevor Essmeier (June '18)
Read my review here.

Reviewed
*Titles link to reviews*
It Takes Death to Reach a Star by Stu Jones and Gareth Worthington (Oct. 2017)
Impossible Views of the World by Lucy Ives (July 2017)
The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff (July 2017)*
The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana (June 2017)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (2016)*
If I Run by Terri Blackstock (July 2017)
Mermaid Waters by Ginna Moran (April 2018)
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (March 2018)
Crown of Draga by Emma Dean (September 2017)
Son by Lois Lowry (May 2017)*
Prey to the Heart by Kristen Banet (May 2018)
Back Blast by Mark Greaney (2016)*
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (October 2017)
Devoted by Ginna Moran (January 2018)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (December)
This is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe (February '18)
Give Me Your Answer True by Suanne Laqueur (2015)*
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois (December)
You Can't Hide by Dan Poblocki (December)
Seventh Decimate by Stephen R. Donaldson (October)
Spotted Her First by Emma Dean (May '18)

Needs Reviewed

NR - Mary Ting Proofread (Not yet listed on Goodreads)
NR - Alexandrea Weis Proofread (Not yet listed on Goodreads)
NR - Bicycle Thieves by Mary di Michele (March)
NR - Alexandrea Weis Proofread (Not yet listed on Goodreads)
NR - Jaclyn and the Beanstalk by Mary Ting (GR link) (2017)
NR - Jinxed by Thommy Hutson (September)
NR - The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams (June)*
NR - Love's Embrace by Mary Reason Theriot (October)
NR - Charlie Foxtrot by Jillian Ashe (December)
NR - Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro (December)
NR - Jasmine of Draga by Emma Dean (November) 
NR - Bound by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor (February '18)
NR - Light Between Two Dark Places by Ginna Moran (February '18)
NR - The Immortal Gene by Jonas Saul (February '18)
NR - Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas (January '18)
NR - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (January '18)
NR - Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (February '18)
NR - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (February '18)
NR - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid (February '18)
NR - Crosstalk by Connie Willis (February '18)
NR - The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck (May)*
NR - Yes Please by Amy Poehler (March '18)
NR - Enticed by Ginna Moran (March '18) 
NR - The Power to Break by Lisa Suzanne (March '18)
NR - Steal the Stars by Jillian Ashe (March '18)
NR - Coveted by Ginna Moran (March '18)
NR - Here to Stay by Suanne Laqueur (March '18)
NR - Code Girls by Liza Mundy (March '18)
NR - 180 Seconds by Jessica Park (March '18)
NR - Children of the Fifth Sun: Echelon by Gareth Worthington (March '18)
NR - The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne (April '18)
NR - Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (April '18)
NR - I Know What I'm Doing -- And Other Lies I Tell Myself by Jen Kirkman (April '18)
NR - Alpha Wolf by Emma Dean (April '18)
NR - Eight Goodbyes by Christine Brae (April '18) (GR link)
NR - Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (April '18)
NR - Mercedes M. Yardley Proofread (May '18) (Not yet listed on Goodreads)
NR - Heir of Draga by Emma Dean (May '18)
NR - The Royal Order of Fighting Dragons by Dan Elish (May '18)
NR - The Journal of Angela Ashby by Liana Gardner (May '18)
NR - Book of Watchers by Mary Ting (May '18)
NR - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (May '18)
NR - Pirate Waters by Ginna Moran (May '18)
NR - Tell Me No Lies by A.V. Geiger (March '18)
NR - Caught in the Web by Jason R. Davis (May '18)
NR - Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings (June '18)
NR - Ginna Moran Proofread (June '18) (Not yet listed on Goodreads)
NR - Heart of the Pack by Kristen Banet (June '18)

NR - Broken Wolf by Emma Dean (June '18)
NR - Bible VR: Understanding VR for Faith Based Education and Entertainment by Dr. Pearry Teo, Ph.D. (June '18)
NR - Death by the River by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor (June '18)
NR - True Connection by Rachel Walter (July '18)
NR - A Nature of Conflict by Kristen Banet (July '18)
NR - Ginna Moran Proofread (July '18) (Not yet listed on Goodreads)
NR - Terri A Wilson Proofread (July '18) (Not yet listed on Goodreads)
NR - It Started With a Lie by Lisa Suzanne (July '18) (GR link)
NR - For Fox Sake by Emma Dean (July '18)

Currently Reading

C - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (2015)*

C - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (2016)*

C - Sweetwater: The Kihn by Rivi Jacks (2015)*

C - The Voyage by Tammie Painter (2015)*

C - Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder (2015)*

C - The Road Home by Kathleen Shoop (2015)*

C - Troll by Ashley C. Harris (2015)*

C - The Sanctum of Souls by R.K. Pavia (2015)*

C - The Travelers by Chris Pavone (2015)*

C - Back of Beyond by Neeny Boucher (2016)*

C - The Things We Wish Were True by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen (2016)*

C - Letter's From Paris by Juliette Blackwell (2016)*

C - An Exaltation of Larks by Suanne Laqueur (2016)*

C - River of Ink by Paul M.M. Cooper (Jan)*

C - The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco (Jan)*

C - My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni (Feb)*
C - Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz (Feb)*
C - Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years by Blanche Wiesen Cook (Feb)*
C - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (April)*
C - Handbook for Mortals by Lani Sarem (Sept.)
C - Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid (Sept.)
C - The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones (September)
C - The Christmas Tree Guy by Rainy Stone (November)
C - The Gift by Cecelia Ahern (December)
C - Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle (August)
C - Every Dog Has His Day by Jen McKinlay (November)
C - The Red Umbrella by Christina Gonzalez (January '18)
C - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (January '18)
C - Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown (January '18)
C - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (April '18)
C - Love and Ruin by Paula McLain (February '18)
C - Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen (May '18)
C - The Great War: Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War by Various Authors (July '18)
C - The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis (July '18)

To Be Read

T - The Devil's Prayer by Luke Gracias (Feb)

T - Courage to Soar by Simone Biles (March)
T - In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett (March)
T - The Idea of You by Amanda Prowse (April) 
T - The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (April)
T - Betwixters: Once Upon a Time by Laura C. Cantu (June)
T - Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker (July)

T - Everything We Left Behind by Kerry Lonsdale (July)
T - Zoonauts by Richard Mueller (July)
T - Cooking for Ghosts: The Secret Spice Cafe by Patricia V. Davis (July)
T - The Scary Train Ride by Marlene Bischoff (July)
T - Skyward Bound: Hot-Air Ballooning by Alese & Morton Pechter (July)
T - Roxie the Doxie Finds Her Forever Home by Jody A. Dean, Ph.D. (July)
T - Gerome Sticks His Neck Out by L.S.V. Baker (July)
T - The Adventure of Thomas the Turtle by Stuart Samuel (GR) (July)
T - The Fable of the Snake Named Slim by Doug Snelson (August)
T - How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas (August)
T - Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice & Christopher Rice (August)
T - Nyxia by Scott Reintgen (August)
T - Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi (August)
T - A Thousand Rooms by Helen Jones (August)
T - The Border by Steve Schafer (August)
T - Berserker by Emily Laybourne (August)
T - Nemesis by Anna Banks (August)
T - The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus (August)
T - Sneak Peek: The Returning Tide by Liz Fenwick (September)
T - Sneak Peek: Little Sister by Isabel Ashdown (September)
T - Lords of the Underworld Sampler by Gena Showalter (September)
T - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (September)
T - Sneak Peek: Nadiyah's British Food Adventure by Nadiyah Hussain (September)
T - How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry (September) 
T - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (September)
T - Sneak Peek: The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Oct.)
T - Sneak Peek: Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card (Oct.)
T - Sneak Peek: Origin by Dan Brown (Oct.)
T - A Darker Sea by James L. Haley (Oct.)
T - Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (December)
T - A Christmas Hope by Joseph Pittman (December)
T - Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews (December)
T - All I Want for Christmas by Jenny Hale (December)
T - Kissing Under the Mistletoe by Marina Adair (December)
T - Christmas at the Vicarage by Rebecca Boxall (December)
T - A Festival of Murder by Tricia Hendricks (December)
T - The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller (January '18)
T - Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney (January '18)
T - Boys Keep Swinging by Jake Shears (January '18)
T - The 53rd Card by Virginia Weiss (January '18)
T - Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (January '18)
T - The First Kiss of Spring by Emily March (January '18)
T - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center (January '18)
T - The Italian Party by Christina Lynch (January '18)
T - Indecent by Corinne Sullivan (January '18)
T - The Lightning Stenography Device by M.F. Sullivan (January '18)
T - Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini (January '18)
T - A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn (January '18)
T - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (January '18)
T - A False Report by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong (January '18)
T - School for Psychics by K.C. Archer (January '18)
T - White Houses by Amy Bloom (February '18)
T - The Subway Girls by Susie Orman Schnall (February '18)
T - A Tokyo Romance by Ian Buruma (March '18)
T - Nothing Left to Burn by Heather Ezell (March '18)
T - The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George (March '18)
T - Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown by Lauren Hilgers (March '18)
T - Six Basic Cooking Techniques by Jennifer Claire (March '18)
T - The Trumpets of Jericho by J. Michael Dolan (April '18)
T - I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman (April '18)
T - Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hiller (April '18)
T - Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope (April '18)
T - Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird (April '18)
T - The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox (April '18)
T - Flying at Night by Rebecca L. Brown (April '18)
T - The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky by Jana Casale (April '18)
T - The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil (April '18)
T - Dreams of Falling by Karen White (April '18)
T - Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins (April '18)
T - House of Nutter by Lance Richardson (April '18)
T - The Pisces by Melissa Broder (April '18)
T - Vox by Christina Dalcher (April '18)
T - Lies You Never Told Me by Jennifer Donaldson (April '18)
T - A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth (April '18)
T - Small Country by Gaël Faye (April '18)
T - Sneak Peek: Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (May '18)
T - Brave Enough by Kati Gardner (May '18)
T - The Crescent Stone by Matt Mikalatos (May '18)
T - Twice Dead by Caitlin Seal (May '18)
T - Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart (May '18)
T - The Future Will Be BS Free by Will McIntosh (May '18)
T - Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley (May '18)
T - Eagle and Crane by Suzanne Rindell (May '18)
T - Orchid and the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes (May '18)
T - The Occasional Virgin by Hanan al-Shaykh (May '18)
T - Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin (May '18)
T - Sneak Peek: Lies You Never Told Me by Jennifer Donaldson (June '18)
T - Casper and Jasper and the Terrible Tyrant by Tilla Klebenov Jacobs (June '18) (GR link)
T - The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer (June '18)
T - Give People Money by Annie Lowrey (June '18)

So while I made great progress in June (got 28 reviews written and posted and missed the last two I was aiming for because of extenuating circumstances), July was pretty much a bust for me. The only reading I got done was for work (I didn't even finish listening to a single audiobook in July). On the bright side, that means that at this point I still have fewer books to review now than I did at the beginning of June, but I'm still way behind. And you'll just have to wait until I get my updated list posted to see how many new books I added to my list in the past 2.25 months. - Katie