July’s Pages Upon Pages

I have a prediction for July. I will read a crap load of books. Actually, I am cheating. It’s not a prediction because I already know I will. Case in point – yesterday my husband and I spent seven hours on the water. He fished. I read. Yesterday was July 1st so I was already knee-deep in the July Challenge list and thanks to an iPad I had five books with me. I made a decent dent in the “Boat” books:

Fiction:

• Jackie by Josie by Caroline Preston – in honor of Jacqueline O. Kennedy’s birth month.

Nonfiction:

• The Coldest Day: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam – in honor of July being the month the Korean War ended.
• The Book of Mediterranean Cooking by Elizabeth David – in honor of July being picnic month.

Series Continuation:

• The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason – to continue the series started in June.
• Midnight in Ruby Bayou by Elizabeth Lowell – to continue the series started in April.

Others on the list:

Fiction:

• Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken – in honor of July being Kids Month.

Nonfiction:

• Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart – in honor of July being Job Fair month (odd choice, I know).

Early Review for LibraryThing:

• Into the Storm: Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival by Tristam Koten.

If there is time:

• Gardens of Kyoko by Kate Walbert – in honor of Japan’s Tanabata Festival.
• Animals by Alice Mattison – in honor of Mattison’s birth month.
• Miss Lizzie by Walter Satterthwait – in honor of Lizzie Borden’s birth month.
• Cop Hater by Ed McBain – to honor McBain’s passing in the month of July.