Elyse's Lucky 13 Summer Reading Challenge!

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I've decided to do something a little different. I packed all of my physical books because we're moving so I only have electronic ones. I'm really behind on my NetGalley reviews so I'm going to read the latest 13 books I've been approved for. And not request or accept anymore until the summer is over. I need to get my percentage up! lol. Here are the NetGalley books I will be reading over the next 13 weeks:

1. The Particular Appeal of Gillian Pugsley 4/5
2. Circling the Sun 3/5
3. Alive 4/5
4. Serafina and the Black Cloak 4/5
5. The Truth and Other Lies 4/5
6. Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home 4/5
7. The Choice 4/5
8. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry 5/5
9. The Ugly Stepsister 3/5
10. The Truth According to Us 3/5
11. Those Girls 3/5
12. The Witch Hunter 5/5
13. Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I 5/5

14. The Witch of Napoli 4/5

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Finished my first book: The Particular Appeal of Gillian Pugsley! It was a beautifully sad sweeping romance. Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Second book took a little longer: Circling the Sun! I liked the story as a whole but it got pretty tedious and boring at times. Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Third book down: Alive! Started this one a little later but read it pretty quickly. And I really liked it! Alive was fascinating! Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Book 4: Serafina and the Black Cloak! Good middle grade adventure fantasy book. Quick and fun read. Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Book 5: The Truth and Other Lies! Definitely an interesting whirlwind of a mystery book. After I had some time to think about it, I bumped my rating from a 3 to a 4. Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Books 6 and 7: Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home and The Choice! I really liked both of these books and read them both fairly quickly. The recipes in Stir sound really good and I definitely want to try them. The Choice deals with very difficult subject matter but I thought it was done in a good, thoughtful way. Full reviews on my 175-Book Challenge.

I don't want to finish these books because that means summer will be over! :(

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Book 8: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry! Loved this book! So good! Full review on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Book 9: The Ugly Stepsister! Not the best fairy tale retelling. Almost middle-grade-ish. Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Book 10: The Truth According to Us! Too long. Too tedious. Too boring at times. I liked the ending. Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Book 11: Those Girls! I didn't like the girls in Those Girls. Their antics wer insane and they didn't learn their lessons. Full review on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Book 12: The Witch Hunter! Loved this book! Can't wait for the sequel! Full review to come on my 175-Book Challenge.

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Final Book: Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I! Loved this book! It was mesmerizing! Full review on my 175-Book Challenge.

I decided to keep going until Labor Day, so I'm going to add more NetGalley books as I read them. Up next is The Witch of Napoli.

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Book 14: The Witch of Napoli! Enjoyed this book. Very interesting. Full review on my 175-Book Challenge.

I'm going to try to continue to read a NetGalley book every week or so. I still have a lot of catching up to do!