Now that we’re into July, it seems like high time I update my reading progress again. This time last year, I had read thirty-seven books across several genres. This year, my total goal for the year is fifty-two and I’ve read thirty-four so far. Not too shabby!

So, here’s what I read:

Novels

• Star Wartz: Tales of Adventure from the Rimworld by Patrick Tilley
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
• Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
• The Convent’s Secret: Glass and Steele Book 5 by C.J. Archer
• Magical Masquerade by Claire Savage
• A Posy Of Promises by Sharon Dempsey
• Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Short Stories & Short Story Collections

• Puffin Food, “Two Short Stories,” and Acetone by Ariel Bissett
• The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell
• Postcard Stories by Jan Carson
• Sleepwalkers by Bernie Mcgill
• Brief Cases by Jim Butcher (Short Stories in the Dresden Files Series)

Poetry 

• The Pile Light by Carol Pope
• Dancing in Puddles with the Cailleach by Jenny Methven
• Ards Peninsula by Karen Mooney
• Copeland’s Daughter by Stephanie Conn
• The Rag Tree Speaks by Emma McKervey
• The Hungry Ghost Festival by Jen Campbell
• Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
• The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

Non-Fiction

• The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile
• Tweet Right by Nicola Morgan
• This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
• Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon

Other 

• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
• Three novel-length pieces of Fan Fiction