Another month, another reading wrap-up! It’s a little bit late, but I’m not posting it as late as I have the last couple of months – particularly last month, ew – so I’m considering this a win. Anyway, here it is: my reading wrap-up for July 2025!
Like in June, and earlier in the year during February, my reading in July was kind of pretty not-good. I also once again didn’t post as much on the blog as I wanted to, but whatever. I’m definitely planning on doing better during August, but we’ll see what happens.
Anyway, let’s just start talking about my StoryGraph statistics from last month!
July Reading 2025
I read 1 book and 384 pages
😐 MOODS: I had three Moods in July, which is the same as the month before. The Moods from this past month were: Adventurous, Lighthearted and Funny.
👢 PACE: The book I read last month was fast-paced.
🔢 PAGE NUMBER: The graphic novel I read last month was 384 pages.
📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction. As usual.
🎭 GENRES: There were two Genres on the graph this month. They were Fantasy and Graphic Novel.
📄 FORMAT: This pie chart was once again correct. Four months in a row. I didn’t know the Format chart had it in it.
⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 5.0, which makes sense as I only read one book and that was the rating I gave it.
📉 PAGES READ DAILY: My reading during July, as I’ve mentioned before, was pretty terrible. I didn’t really read anything until the very end of the month, wherein I read the novel over the last two days.
The Books I Read in July
★★★★★ • my review
Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up
So yeah, my reading was not great in July, and my blog activity was also not the best. I really, really want to do better in August though. Summer has always been kind of difficult for me where productivity is concerned, and that includes reading books. I don’t know why that is, and I hate that it is that way for me, but that’s just kind of how it is. The past two months have been particularly bad, though – I’ve never had a June and July come out this bad. But August is sometimes when I’m able to get back into it, so I’m hoping that’s the case for this year.
I absolutely have contingencies for my reading this month though. For one thing, I’m definitely (finally) getting back into reading One Piece in August, and the next arc is three super-volumes/omnibuses, so that’s three books right there. I’d also really like to read at least two other books, so hopefully that will also happen. I don’t know yet if there’s gonna be stuff from my TBR, if I’m gonna spontaneously pick stuff or it’ll be both yet, though. I very much want to get back on track with everything – I love reading more than mostly everything and this blog is important to me, even if sometimes both feel like a bit of a slog.
Anyway, as always, thank you for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my July reading in 2025. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have a great day/night!
See ya ~Mar
I really appreciate your honesty about having a tough reading month – we’ve all been there! Summer slumps are so real, and your plan to ease back in with “One Piece” omnibuses sounds perfect. When I’m getting back into reading after a slow period, I find https://bookrecommendationgenerator.com helpful because it gives just 5 simple suggestions based on something I enjoyed, no overwhelming lists. Sometimes that gentle approach is exactly what we need to rediscover our reading love.
Hmmm. I never thought about looking into recommendations based on what I generally like or what I recently read. Maybe I’ll look into that in the future when this inevitably happens again. Thanks.