Roof Beam Reader
Adam Burgess
Month in Review: July 2016
Yes, indeed, August is here! The eighth month of the year, which means July is somehow already gone, past, behind us. How exactly did that happen?
August means back-to-school month, although that’s not quite accurate for me, considering I taught all summer long, too. Still, there’s something helpful about the routine of “going back to school” in the fall, and preparing for/planning the “year” ahead. There are things to do this fall, things to do next spring, and yadda yadda.
But today is all about what happened in July, here on the blog. I’ve definitely been more active, and plan to continue on with that trend; however, I don’t plan on any kind of regular posting — when something comes up, when I feel like reviewing something or writing about a topic, I’ll do it. Otherwise, not. Isn’t that liberating!?
One plan that is in the works, however, is the return of THE LITERARY OTHERS reading event. This is an LGBTQ+ reading event that I’ll be hosting in October, as part of LGBT History month. A sign-up post with call for volunteers will be posted here in the coming days, so please be on the lookout, and consider joining us! I’ll be looking for guest posts, author interviews, and giveaway hosts, too.
Now, to review!
Books Read in July: 9
- A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (3 out of 5)
- The Nonbeliever’s Guide to Bible Stories by C.B. Brooks (3 out of 5)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne (4 out of 5)
- The Last Interview and Other Conversations by Kurt Vonnegut (4 out of 5)
- More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera (5 out of 5)
- Grace without God by Katherine Ozment (5 out of 5)
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (5 out of 5) (re-read)
- Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter (5 out of 5)
Blog Posts:
- Hold(en) Me Closer: A Reader’s Journey
- A Few of My Favorite Things
Writing on Writing- Dementors in America
- In piam memoriam
Poetry Project Posts:
- One: Rage, Goddess!
- Two: More than a Hero
- Three: The Psalmist
- Four: Canticles
- Five: To Lesbia
- Six: The Aeneid
That’s my month of July in a nutshell. I’m sorry that I didn’t get around to hosting Austen in August this year. I’ve been so busy that I completely forgot! I was asked about it just a few days ago, but of course it was much too late to plan and prepare at that point.
What have you been up to? I’d love to know!
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