Amy Scott's Thoughts

Bookish Thoughts & Top Picks for July

I’m combining my Bookish Thoughts and Top Picks this month. July has been a different reading month, so this blog will be a little different than my usual. For the first time in 2022, I let myself re-read books. I have a huge “To Be Read” pile this year. I haven’t let myself re-read books, not when there are so many new books calling my name. But… Illness hit our house and I needed to simplify my reading life. I wanted to get lost in a story and not have to put any thought into how it was going to end. I finally finished The Glenbrooke Series which I started last year and stopped midway through. Robin Jones Gunn is my ultimate comfort reading author. I re-read Roseanna M. White’s British Historical Fiction because it’s my favorite of her writings. I plan to re-read her The Secrets of the Isles Series in August in preparation for the final book of the series being released in September (Worthy of Lengend). I re-read Sweet Right Here by Jenny B. Jones before her next A Lost Story Bookshop release at the end of August (First to Fall). I re-read The Caraval Series and Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber to refresh myself before The Ballad of Never After releases in September. I’m so excited for new books coming my way soon! I didn’t love being sick this month, but I did take advantage of the extra down time. Books and the characters in them become dear friends to me. Revisiting my “friends” felt like a sweet treat!

The Book List for July
1 Star = I did not like it. 2 stars = It was okay. 3 stars = I liked it. 4 stars = I really liked it. 5 stars = It was amazing.

Non-Fiction:

• Waymaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of by Ann Voskamp – 4 stars
• 8 Great Smarts for Homeschoolers: A Guide to Teaching Based on Your Child’s Unique Strengths by Tina Hollenbeck – 4 stars
• The New City Catechism: 52 Questions and Answers for Our Hearts and Minds by Kathy Keller/The Gospel Coalition – 4 Stars
• The New City Catechism for Kids by The Gospel Coalition – 5 stars

Fiction:

• Unfailing Love (When Hope Calls Series) by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan – 3 stars
• Clouds (The Glenbrooke Series) by Robin Jones Gunn – 5 stars
• Waterfalls (The Glenbrooke Series) by Robin Jones Gunn – 5 stars
• Woodlands (The Glenbrooke Series) by Robin Jones Gunn – 5 stars
• Wildflowers (The Glenbrooke Series) by Robin Jones Gunn – 5 stars
• Love Finds You in Annapolis, Maryland by Roseanna M. White – 5 stars
• The Lost Heiress (The Ladies of the Manor Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• The Reluctant Duchess (The Ladies of the Manor Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• A Lady Unrivaled (The Ladies of the Manor Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• A Name Unknown (Shadows Over England Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• A Song Unheard (Shadows Over England Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• An Hour Unspent (Shadows Over England Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• The Number of Love (The Codebreakers Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• A Portrait of Loyalty (The Codebreakers Series) by Roseanna M. White – 4 stars
• There You’ll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones – 5 stars
• Save the Date by Jenny B. Jones – 4 stars
• His Mistletoe Miracle (Sugar Creek Christmas Series) by Jenny B. Jones – 4 stars
• A Sugar Creek Christmas (Sugar Creek Christmas Series) by Jenny B. Jones – 4 stars
• Her Holiday Husband (Sugar Creek Christmas Series) by Jenny B. Jones – 4 stars
• Sweet Right Here (A Lost Story Bookshop Novel) by Jenny B. Jones – 4 stars
• Caraval (The Caraval Series) by Stephanie Garber – 4 stars
• Legendary (The Caraval Series) by Stephanie Garber – 3 stars
• Finale (The Caraval Series) by Stephanie Garber – 3 stars
• Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber – 4 stars
• Finding Love in Big Sky, Montana by Angela Ruth Strong – 4 stars
• Finding Love in Park City, Utah by Angela Ruth Strong – 4 stars
• Being Love in Eureka, California by Angela Ruth Strong – 4 stars