July 2023 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

I read 24 titles (7 down from last month, 9 down from last July), with an equivalent of 7,022+ pages or the equivalent (700ish down from last month), and gave them an average of 3.54 stars (.12 down from last month). That’s a lot of downs for one month. Huh. Didn’t feel like that in the middle of it.

On the other hand…I posted a lot more than usual (except on the review-y side). While my goal is always more than I accomplish…this month was a bit excessive. I wouldn’t expect that again anytime soon.

All in all, I thought this was a pretty good month on the blog. Here’s the breakdown of happened here in July.
Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

	DNF

Still Reading

Ratings

	4		0
	2		0
	2		0l
	6		0
	9
		Average =	3.54

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 13
Self-/Independent Published: 11

Review-ish Things Posted

• Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman: Your Summer Action Novel is Here
• Pure of Heart by Danielle Parker: She’s Not Your Typical Werewolf and This Isn’t Your Typical UF
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 28: The Warning by R. T. Slaywood: In Which Our Hero(?) Ponders a Bit
• The Worst We Can Find by Dale Sherman: MST3K: The Satellite of Love, The Bots, The Mads, The Movies and Everything Else
• The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood: How God’s Word Consistently Affirms Gender Equality by Philip Barton Payne: Almost thou persuadest me…
• The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos: The First In What Had Better Be a Long-Running Series in the American West
• Not Prepared by Matthew Hanover: This’ll Melt Your Heart and Bring a Smile to Your Face
• The Beginning and End of All Things: A Biblical Theology of Creation and New Creation by Edward W. Klink III: This Is Our Father’s World
• A Fatal Groove by Olivia Blacke: It’s Another Charming, Pun-Filled, Adventure with These Sisters
• Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air by Jackson Ford: Whimsical Title Aside, Ford is NOT Playing Around
• On Earth as It Is on Television (Audiobook) by Emily Jane, Hayden Bishop (Narrator): DNFed Without Prejudice
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 29: All Talk by R. T. Slaywood: What a Small World
• The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson: Is Plenty of Fun, but Not What It Should’ve Been
• I Will Build My Church: Selected Writings on Church Polity, Baptism, and the Sabbath by Thomas Witherow, Edited by Jonathan Gibson: Presbyterianism 101
• Grandpappy’s Corner: The Biggest Story ABC by Kevin DeYoung, Don Clark (Illustrator): A Swing and a Miss

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th), I also wrote:

• 20 Books of Summer 2023: June Check-In
• MUSIC MONDAY: Ten-Finger Johnny by Paul & Storm
• Second Quarter Check-In: 2023 Plans and Challenges
• Happy July 4th!
• Book Blogger Hop: Review Rating System
• Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag ’23
• Highlights from June: Lines Worth Repeating
• Kickstarter Announcement: Climbing the Ranks by Tao Wong
• SPAAW ’23: The Inside Scoop—Self-Published Authors Talk About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Shannon Knight About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Jeremy Billups About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Ian Shane About Self-Publishing
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published “General” Fiction
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Children’s & Picture Books
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with e rathke About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Matthew Hanover About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Alex Robins About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Jonathan Fesmire About Self-Publishing
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Steampunk
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with H.C. Newell About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Michael Michel About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Andi Ewington About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with James Lloyd Dulin About Self-Publishing
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Fantasy
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Non-Fiction
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Tao Wong About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—Guest Post: Self-Publishing Freedom by Raina Nightingale
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Raina Nightingale About Self-Publishing
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Science Fiction
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Rebecca Carey Lyles About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—Guest Post: Why Do We Write? by Robert Germaux
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with Robert Germaux About Self-Publishing
• The Inside Scoop—A Q&A with JCM Berne About Self-Publishing
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Urban Fantasy
• The Irresponsible Reader On…Self-Published Crime Fiction
• The Inside Scoop—What Did We Learn? A Wrap-Up of Sorts
• MUSIC MONDAY: Strange Game by Mick Jagger
• WWW Wednesday for July 5, July 12, July 19, and July 26, 2023.
• The Friday 56 for 7/7/23 (Stray Ally by Troy Lambert), 7/14/23 (The Eternity Fund by Liz Monument), and 7/21/23 (The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson).

Enough about me—how Was Your Month?