July 2022 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

This was a busy month, both behind the scenes and visible. I finished 33 titles–which included a lot of smaller reads–booklets, novellas, and whatnot–both in terms of what I read and bought, so that makes some of the numbers bigger than usual. Those 33 titles were made up of 8,409 pages (or the equivalent) and not only were there a lot of them, I enjoyed them, too–3.7 average stars (including 6 5-Stars, believe it or not, I barely do).

So, here’s what happened here in July.
Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

Still Reading

Ratings

	6		0
	1		1
	7		0
	7		0
	11
		Average =	3.69

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 23
Self-/Independent Published: 10

Review-ish Things Posted

• Catch-Up Quick Takes: A Few May/June Books
• Growing Downward by Nick Thompson: Spiritual Growth is Not an Ascent; It is a Descent
• The Border by Don Winslow: Confronting the Ghost and the Monster
• The Law (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher: Harry Gets Back to His Roots in this Novella
• A World Without “Whom” by Emmy J. Favilla: Schoolhouse Rock Never Taught Me This
• Short Tails by Spencer Quinn: Too Short, but a Lot of Fun
• The Botanist by M. W. Craven: Nothing is Without Poison
• Songbird (Audiobook) by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson: Passing the Baton
• AMORALMAN by Derek DelGaudio: Engaging and Compelling, but Maybe Left Me with Too Many Questions
• Condemned by RC Bridgestock: This DI has Two Cases that Couldn’t Be More Different
• You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World by Alan Noble: Correcting Our Understanding of Humanity
• The Self-Made Widow by Fabian Nicieza: The Housewife Detective and the Disgraced Journalist Face Off with a Devious Mind
• With Grimm Resolve by Jeffrey H. Haskell: Buckle Up, Grimm and the Interceptor are Back!
• The Prince of Infinite Space by Giano Cromley: Stumbling Toward Adulthood
• Whispers in the Dark by Chris McDonald: Is DI Piper a Match for this Cunning Killer?
• Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion by Herman Bavinck; Gregory Parker Jr., Cameron Clausing (Translators): Dogmatics for Everyone
• Mortgaged Mortality by J.C. Jackson: New Territory (in multiple senses) for our Heroes
• Ghost of a Chance by Dan Willis: The Odds are Stacked Against this Runewright
• The Deepest Grave by Harry Bingham: Shotguns and vellum. Churches and saints.
• On Eden Street (Audiobook) by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson: Grainger is at the Top of His Game for this one
• Quick Take Catch-Ups: Some July 2022 Audiobooks
• Cyprian of Carthage: His Life and Impact by Brian J. Arnold: An Unfocused Introduction to the Father

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th), I also wrote:

• 20 Books of Summer 2022: June Check-in
• Second Quarter Check-In: 2022 Plans and Challenges
• Book Blogger Hop: Favorite Movie Adaptations
• Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag ’22
• Highlights from June: Lines Worth Repeating
• Book Blogger Hop: Monthly Book Purchases
• This Was Unexpected…
• Would You Rather: Extreme Book-Lovers Edition Book Tag
• Spelling the Month in Books: July
• Book Blogger Hop: Do You Listen to Audiobooks?
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published “General” Fiction
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Children’s & Picture Books
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Steampunk
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Non-Fiction
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Fantasy
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Science Fiction
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Urban Fantasy
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Crime Fiction
• WWW Wednesday for July 6, June 13, June 20, and July 27, 2022.
• The Friday 56 for 7/1/22 (Short Tails by Spencer Quinn), 7/8/22 (The Self-Made Widow By Fabian Nicieza), 7/15/22 (AMORALMAN by Derek DelGaudio), 7/22/22 (Ghost of a Chance by Dan Willis), 7/29/22 (The Shoulders of Giants by Jim Cliff)..

Enough about me—how Was Your Month?