A Novel Curiosity | July Wrap Up // ranking and reviewing all the books I read in July 2023 @anovelcuriosity | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Another month over, another wrap up. I had a pretty good month in July and ended up reading 11 books!
(Also, let’s just pretend I talked about Money Shot Volume 1 and 2 - not 2 and 3 - because those were the two volumes I read in July. 🙈 I read Volume 3 right at the start of August.)
M E N T I O N E D
Magical Readathon Vlog - youtu.be/u6Z9v_yI3Qc
L I N K S
Book Club Discord - discord.gg/RmJN6wUueW
Etsy Shop - anovelcuriosityshop.etsy.com
Amazon Wishlist - amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/23GIQSZGG0YXY?ref_=wl_share
C O N T E N T W A R N I N G S
Money Shot, Vol. 1, Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie: graphic consensual sexual content, violence
Money Shot, Vol. 2, Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie: graphic sexual content, misogyny, violence, death, blood and gore, eugenics
Sanctuary, Andi C. Buchanan: physical violence, injury, suicide, self harm, loss of a sibling, imprisonment, magical control of a person, emotional and physical abuse of a child, ableism, chronic pain, anxiety, racism, mention of slavery, police brutality, abuse within the medical system, disordered eating
When We Were Orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro: loss of parents, anti-Asian racism, colonialism, drug use, kidnapping, bombing, murder, mutilation of a corpse, intimate partner abuse, alcohol use, war, infidelity, rape (alluded to, off page), sexual slavery (alluded to, off page), poor mental health, attempted suicide (alluded to, off page)
Court of the Vampire Queen, Katee Robert: dubious consent, blood play, patricide, pregnancy, blood and gore, murder, explicit sex, vomiting (caused by pregnancy), discussions about abortion, abusive parent (historical, off-page), attempted sexual assault (alluded to, nongraphic), attempted drugging
The Necromancer, Karl Friedrich Kahlert: death of parents, violence, kidnapping, murder, reference to suicide, capital punishment, gun violence, blood, injury, mass death, torture, animal death, beheading, imprisonment
Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata: misogyny (challenged), ableism (including idea that neurodiversity needs to be “fixed”)
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson: murder, loss of a child, loss of a loved one, loss of a sibling, suicide, racism, unethical journalism, passing mention of cancer, passing mention of death of a parent, mention of self-harm, emotional abuse from a parent, bullying, infidelity, mention of drug use, underage drinking, threat, blackmail, drugging, animal death, student/teacher relationship, imprisonment, rape, vomiting
Quiet Thunder, JP Harker: violence, murder, blood and gore, body horror, blood drinking, war, capital punishment (crucifixions), sex, unwanted sexual advances, torture, beating, vomiting, mutilation
Love in Colour, Bolu Babalola: cheating, sexual content, car accident, death of a parent, toxic work environment, colourism, bullying, drug use (cannabis, mushrooms), use of the ’n’ word
The Monk, Matthew Lewis: violence, torture, murder, rape, incest, matricide, lynch mobs, extreme religious views, negative depiction of travellers, self-harm, death of a child, captivity, body horror
Another month over, another wrap up. I had a pretty good month in July and ended up reading 11 books!
(Also, let’s just pretend I talked about Money Shot Volume 1 and 2 - not 2 and 3 - because those were the two volumes I read in July. 🙈 I read Volume 3 right at the start of August.)
M E N T I O N E D
Magical Readathon Vlog - youtu.be/u6Z9v_yI3Qc
L I N K S
Book Club Discord - discord.gg/RmJN6wUueW
Etsy Shop - anovelcuriosityshop.etsy.com
Amazon Wishlist - amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/23GIQSZGG0YXY?ref_=wl_share
C O N T E N T W A R N I N G S
Money Shot, Vol. 1, Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie: graphic consensual sexual content, violence
Money Shot, Vol. 2, Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie: graphic sexual content, misogyny, violence, death, blood and gore, eugenics
Sanctuary, Andi C. Buchanan: physical violence, injury, suicide, self harm, loss of a sibling, imprisonment, magical control of a person, emotional and physical abuse of a child, ableism, chronic pain, anxiety, racism, mention of slavery, police brutality, abuse within the medical system, disordered eating
When We Were Orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro: loss of parents, anti-Asian racism, colonialism, drug use, kidnapping, bombing, murder, mutilation of a corpse, intimate partner abuse, alcohol use, war, infidelity, rape (alluded to, off page), sexual slavery (alluded to, off page), poor mental health, attempted suicide (alluded to, off page)
Court of the Vampire Queen, Katee Robert: dubious consent, blood play, patricide, pregnancy, blood and gore, murder, explicit sex, vomiting (caused by pregnancy), discussions about abortion, abusive parent (historical, off-page), attempted sexual assault (alluded to, nongraphic), attempted drugging
The Necromancer, Karl Friedrich Kahlert: death of parents, violence, kidnapping, murder, reference to suicide, capital punishment, gun violence, blood, injury, mass death, torture, animal death, beheading, imprisonment
Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata: misogyny (challenged), ableism (including idea that neurodiversity needs to be “fixed”)
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson: murder, loss of a child, loss of a loved one, loss of a sibling, suicide, racism, unethical journalism, passing mention of cancer, passing mention of death of a parent, mention of self-harm, emotional abuse from a parent, bullying, infidelity, mention of drug use, underage drinking, threat, blackmail, drugging, animal death, student/teacher relationship, imprisonment, rape, vomiting
Quiet Thunder, JP Harker: violence, murder, blood and gore, body horror, blood drinking, war, capital punishment (crucifixions), sex, unwanted sexual advances, torture, beating, vomiting, mutilation
Love in Colour, Bolu Babalola: cheating, sexual content, car accident, death of a parent, toxic work environment, colourism, bullying, drug use (cannabis, mushrooms), use of the ’n’ word
The Monk, Matthew Lewis: violence, torture, murder, rape, incest, matricide, lynch mobs, extreme religious views, negative depiction of travellers, self-harm, death of a child, captivity, body horror
