Books read in July 2018

As per last month, by default I’m just stating whether I’d recommend the book (yes/maybe/no), whether I decided not to finish it (DNF), whether it’s a re-read, and whether I can remember there being any content that needs to be warned for (cw). I’m happy to expand on the reasons for my opinions if anyone is interested though — just comment and ask.

Recommend:

• Ariah, BR Sanders (cw: police brutality, internalized homophobia, racism, rape, incest, conscription)
• Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (cw: anti-semitism, violence)
• Bad Blood, John Carreyrou
• Circe, Madeline Miller (cw: rape, slavery, murder)

Maybe recommend:

• The Last Place You Look (re-read) and What You Want To See, Kristen Lepionka (cw: imprisonment, rape, violence, alcoholism)
• Lark Rise To Candleford, Flora Thompson (cw: bullying, child abuse, racism, blackface, ableism, domestic violence, racial slurs)
• Under The Pendulum Sun, Jeannette Ng (cw: incest)
• Record Of A Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers

Wouldn’t recommend:

• Ascension, Jacqueline Koyanagi (DNF)
• Give It To Me, Ana Castillo (DNF)

What have you recently read and enjoyed? (Feel free to point towards posts on your own journal.) Do you have any opinions (good or bad) on the books above?