everything i read in july

beach reads where everybody dies

Reading in July felt like a fever dream. Corners snatched in between making endless rounds of mac and cheese, an audiobook parsed over many short car trips to the grocery store, and staying up much too late to “find out who did it” only to pay the price in the morning.

The only thing I have less time for than reading is writing, so I’ve been consoling myself with books. Actually, it’s best not to pretend I don’t always turn to books in an emotional crisis. If you’re here on Substack, I’m assuming you know what I’m talking about. Anyway.

Usually my monthly reading round ups are free to read, but like everything else this month, it’s being paywalled as a “thank you” to my paid subscribers! August will be paywalled as well, and then it’ll be back to usual programming starting in September— one weekly free post, one weekly paid. Today is the last day of my summer subscription sale!