This past week I saw a tweet that had been passed around in which the question was “how do you read so many books?” and the response was “I avoid all other responsibilities.” For as humorous as it is and how much I’d love for that to be true, everyone has responsibilities, so my waking hours aren’t spent solely on reading (however glorious that would be), but I do try to squeeze in every opportunity to read that I can.

Plus, it’s summer! Reading is basically a requirement which means there were a lot of fabulous books for July some of which I’ve already discussed this month in other posts and on my Instagram account. Which ones were the hottest for the hottest month of the year???

• Salt Magic by Hope Larson
• The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova
• The Road After by Rebekah Lowell
• Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown by Ann E. Burg
• Animal Architects by Amy Cherrix and Chris Sasaki
• Space Trash, volume 1 by Jenn Woodall
• The Blur by Minh Le and Dan Santat
• The Obsession by Jesse Q. Suntanto
• Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
• Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
• A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga