I can’t believe July is already over… it has flown by.
This month I read 8 books, 3 graphic novels, and 1 short story.
1. 
Title: The Bad Beginning
Author: Lemony Snicket
Pages: 176 pages
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Short Review: The Bad Beginning is the first book in Lemony Snicket’s middle grade series, A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is the story of the three Baudelaire siblings and their rather unfortunate story.
As a child I had no interest in reading these books but in retrospect, I wish I had. This story was something I would have loved as a child in late elementary school or early middle school. As a teenager I did enjoy these books but the writing was a bit young. I often felt that some of the explanations were a bit tedious, but I had to remind myself that they were in fact for a younger audience.
2.
Title: Mind MGMT: The Futurist
Author: Matt Kindt
Pages: 184
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Review: Click -> HERE
3.
Title: Mind MGMT: The Home Maker
Author: Matt Kindt
Pages: 176
Rating: ***** (5 stars)
Review: Click-> HERE
4.
Title: Emily the Strange
Author: Cosmic Debris
Pages: 64
Rating: *** (3 stars)
Short Review: Emily Strange is a super short graphic novel that I read in about 2 minutes at my library. I also think the synopsis has more words than the book has. Even though it was short, the lines were super cool. Some of my favorite include; 
“Emily doesn’t make imaginary friends…she creates imaginary enemies.”
I would warn that even though it is marketed as a children’s graphic novel it is not for children. There are some dark themes.
5. 
Title: Beauty and the Beast
Author: Unknown
Pages: 64
Rating: *** (3 stars)
Short Review: Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite Disney princess movie, so when I found this book for free on my kindle I bought it. I honestly wasn’t totally blown away with this version but it was alright, especially for a free book, I enjoyed reading it and comparing it to the Disney adaptation. If you like Beauty and the Beast and searching for a very quick short story, definitely pick this one up; it only takes about half an hour to read.
6. 
Title: The Reptile Room
Author: Lemony Snicket
Pages: 192 pages
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Short Review: The Reptile Room is the second book in Lemony Snicket’s series, A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is a continuation of the story of the three siblings in the second book and it was relatively good. I found the story line was a bit like the first one but overall it was a good story.
7. 
Title: The Wide Window
Author: Lemony Snicket
Pages: 214
Rating: *** (3 stars)
Short Review: The Wide Window is the third book in the A Series of Unfortunate Events series. I was really disappointed with this book. I was hoping that the story line in this book would be some what different than the previous books but it was exactly the same. It is hard to believe that all the many, many books in the series are all the same, but so far the story is practically the same in each book.
8. 
Title: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
Pages: 103
Rating: ***** (5 stars)
Review: Click-> HERE
9. 
Title: The Heretic Queen
Author: Michelle Moran
Pages: 383
Rating: ***** (5 stars)
Review: Click-> HERE
10. 
Title: Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
Author: Lucy Christopher
Pages: 301
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Review: Click-> HERE
11. 
Title: Four: A Divergent Story Collection
Author: Veronica Roth
Pages: 208
Rating: ***** (5 stars)
Short Review: Four: A Divergent Story Collection includes 4 short stories; The Transfer, The Initiate, The Son, and The Traitor. I love the Four’s character and I was really happy to read a few short chapters from his prospective. We learn about his life before Divergent takes place as well as his side of the relationship with Tris.
Recommendation: If you have read Divergent and want to read a few scenes from Four’s prospective and his life in Abnegation, pick up this book.
12. 
Title: Clockwork Angel
Author: Cassandra Clare
Pages: 479
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Review: Click-> HERE
Overall Reading Month: 4.1 stars
Books from original TBR: 2/7
Books added to Favorites: 5 (Stolen, Of Mice and Men, The Heretic Queen, Mind MGMT: The Futurist, Mind MGMT: The Home Maker)
Rereads: None
Posts This Month: 11
Favorite Book This Month: The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
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