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Books Read in July 2023

 July was a pretty great reading month, but I got overexcited and have a bunch of new reviews to do, so I'm skipping back and forth between 3-4 books at any given time, which I haven't done for years, but it's fine. Anyway, I finished three. Happy Women in Translation (WIT) month--don't know if I'll get any WIT reads in, but wanted to mention it!

Books Read This Month

  1. Horse by Geraldine Brooks--bones, art, and horse racing. lot of historical research especially the history of enslaved African American jockeys, grooms, and traders, many of whom were pushed aside after the Civil War.
  2. A Gift of Stars by Renée Gendron-fantasy romance set in a complex world heavily influenced by constellations and divine pantheons but the book is centered on one construction site and a couple in an arranged marriage with some baffling stipulations. There's some awkward language and I got a bit frustrated about the long-drawn-out explanation over what was being built and what an unnecessarily huge chunk of the plot it was, but overall, I enjoyed the characters and the world.
  3. Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian-my favorite retelling of Arthurian legend so far. Read my review here.

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