Goodbye July, IMM, & Contests

Oh, nuts. July's over and August is already here......which means summer is almost over and scho-ick, don't even think about it! Just keep enjoying the next four weeks of summer. Anywho, July has been a busy month for me and a slow month for BLT. I keep updating my Summer Reading List challenge I have only read ten books. :( Can you believe that!? Ugh. Quite a shock since I read 40 some odd last year. But I have read over 2,000 pages. How is your summer reading list going?

In My Mailbox

After being gone for the weekend (last weekend), I came home and found several packages of ARCS. I very excited to read them all!

Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley (Penguin/Aug. 6)

Daughters of the Sea: Hannah by Kathryn Lasky (Scholastics/ Sept. 1)

Sideshow by various authors (Candlewick/July 14)

The Homsechool Liberation League by Lucy Frank (Dial/July 9)

Eli the Good by Silas House (Candlewick/Sept. 22)

Another Faust by Daniel & Dina Nayeri (Candlewick/Aug. 25)

July Reads

Here's what I read and reviewed in July. (Sorry, too lazy to post all the links)

The Straits by Jeremy Craig (5/5) debut

When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton (5/5) debut

A Sweet Disorder by Jacuqline Kolosov (5/5)

The Sweet Life of Stella Madison by Lara M. Zeises (3/5)

Me, Just Different by Stephanie Morrill (4/5) debut

Contests

I am still giving away 1 copy of Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell and 1 signed copy of Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman. To enter, please go here.

Also, The Electrical Book Cafe is giving away 5 copies of Geektastic by Holly Black and Cecil Castelucci. Enter here!