Books I Read
- Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics by Jeremy Schaap
- Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas
- The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt
- Caraval by Stephanie Garber
- Legendary by Stephanie Garber
- Mirage by Somaiya Daud
Statistics
Pages read: 2,674 | Longest book: 664 pages, Tower of Dawn | Shortest book: 288 pages, Triumph |
Average rating: 3.8 | Highest rated: 5 stars, Legendary | Lowest rated: 2 stars, The Games |
My Thoughts
Finally I am getting back into reading for pleasure! Now that my first summer class is over I feel like I can finally relax and dive back into some fictional worlds.
In June I read two books for summer class. The Games was a pretty boring history of the Olympics, but Triumph was a much more interesting biography on Jesse Owens. It was a short and easy read.
This month I also finally read Tower of Dawn. I really enjoyed it, but it wasn’t spectacular like Empire of Storms. However, I did love the characters and I can’t wait to see more of them in Kingdom of Ash.
Then, Legendary finally came out! I reread Caraval in preparation and then reread Legendary once my copy arrived in the mail. It was even better the second time around because I could pick up on all the little details that I didn’t notice the first time.
Finally, I read an e-arc of Mirage, which completely blew me away! I did not expect to like it as much as I did, but it has ended up being one of my favorite books of the year!