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#FridayFinds: July 2017 Edition

FridayFinds

Friday Finds highlights books that you have recently discovered and added to your TBR list. These aren’t books that I have purchased, but rather books that I have discovered and added to my Goodreads to-be-read list! Here are all of the books that I discovered during the month of July!


Reason Number One by Briston Brooks

All Taylor wants to do is stop. Stop being gay, stop being sick, stop being the world’s biggest burden. And when a presitigous university hands him a scholarship to another life, he’s got his chance. A chance to go from Taylor Lassau, the human tragedy, to Taylor, the human, sexuality unspecified. Too bad unspecified feels a lot like gay when Calis Schrader, the cute guy with a smoking habit, keeps smiling at him. And then there’s the whole angry ex-boyfriend situation.


The Dangerous Art Of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis

Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn’t know where he fits in. His strict Greek mother refuses to see him as anything but a disappointment. His quiet, workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend Henry has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer. Tired, isolated, scared—Evan’s only escape is drawing in an abandoned church that feels as lonely as he is. And, yes, he kissed one guy over the summer. But it’s his best friend Henry who’s now proving to be irresistible. It’s Henry who suddenly seems interested in being more than friends. And it’s Henry who makes him believe that he’s more than his mother’s harsh words and terrifying abuse. But as things with Henry heat up, and his mother’s abuse escalates, Evan has to decide how to find his voice in a world where he has survived so long by avoiding attention at all costs.


Project Pandora by Aden Ploydoros

Tyler Bennett trusts no one. Just another foster kid bounced from home to home, he’s learned that lesson the hard way. Cue world’s tiniest violin. But when strange things start happening—waking up with bloody knuckles and no memory of the night before or the burner phone he can’t let out of his sight— Tyler starts to wonder if he can even trust himself. Even stranger, the girl he’s falling for has a burner phone just like his. Finding out what’s really happening only leads to more questions…questions that could get them both killed. It’s not like someone’s kidnapping teens lost in the system and brainwashing them to be assassins or anything, right? And what happens to rogue assets who defy control? In a race against the clock, they’ll have to uncover the truth behind Project Pandora and take it down—before they’re reactivated. Good thing the program spent millions training them to kick ass…


Artemis by Andy Weir

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you’re not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you’ve got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she’s stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.


Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami Volume 3 by Midori Gotou

The perfect society and its price…the manga prequel to the acclaimed anime series! In the 22nd century, the Psycho-Pass measures emotional health, making crime not only rare, but strange and dangerous–and the only “safe” job for a person on the borderline is as a cop…kept on a virtual leash as they hunt down the criminals they may soon become themselves! Finally given permission to search and question at will in the Special Sector, Division 3 discovers the underground farm that developed the miracle food that saved Japan from starvation…and the fate of the original patients it was tested upon!


There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

One-by-one, the students of Osborne High are dying in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair. As the terror grows closer and the hunt intensifies for the killer, the dark secrets among them must finally be confronted. International bestselling author Stephanie Perkins returns with a fresh take on the classic teen slasher story that’s fun, quick-witted, and completely impossible to put down.


Lucky In Love by Kasie West

Maddie doesn’t believe in luck. She’s all about hard work and planning ahead. But one night, on a whim, she buys a lottery ticket. And then, to her astonishment — She wins! In a flash, Maddie’s life is unrecognizable. No more stressing about college scholarships. Suddenly, she’s talking about renting a yacht. And being in the spotlight at school is fun… until rumors start flying, and random people ask her for loans. Now, Maddie isn’t sure who she can trust. Except for Seth Nguyen, her funny, charming coworker at the local zoo. Seth doesn’t seem aware of Maddie’s big news. And, for some reason, she doesn’t want to tell him. But what will happen if he learns her secret?


The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King’s epic work of fantasy — what he considers to be a single long novel and his magnum opus — has spanned a quarter of a century. Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is King’s most visionary feat of storytelling, a magical mix of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that may well be his crowning achievement. In The Gunslinger (originally published in 1982), King introduces his most enigmatic hero, Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, an evil being who can bring the dead back to life, Roland is a good man who seems to leave nothing but death in his wake.


There you have it! All of the books I have added to my to-be-read list on Goodreads throughout the month of July! What have you added to your list this month/lately? To follow all of my Goodreads shenanigans, you can follow me here!

Thank you for reading!

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12 thoughts on “#FridayFinds: July 2017 Edition

  1. These all sound really good! I love the cover of the Dangerous Art of Blending so much! That one has definitely been added to my TBR. I’m unsure about There’s Someone Inside Your House. On one hand, I want to read it because it’s Stephanie Perkins, but on the other hand I don’t want to read it because it’s supposed to be really scary haha.

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    1. It seems like such a good book! I can’t wait to pick that one up for sure!

      I’ve never read anything by Stephanie Perkins before and I’m not sure if a horror/thriller is the right first book of hers to read, but it does sound pretty good and I like really dark and scary stories! 😛

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    1. I absolutely LOVED the anime! I had no idea they were creating a manga prequel until I saw it in a bookstore not too long ago! It’s not quite as great as the anime yet, but I have only read volume 1 at this point! Hopefully it gets a little better! 😀

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  2. I keep meaning to read a Kasie West book but there’s so many of them that I don’t know where to begin haha. Artemis sounds like my kind of book. The idea of colonising the moon has always fascinated me so it sounds promising.

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    1. Right?! I haven’t read a single one yet either, but they all sound super cute!

      I’m also sooo ready for Artemis, especially after The Martian! Can’t wait for that one!

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    2. Right?! I haven’t read a single one yet either, but they all sound super cute!

      I’m also sooo ready for Artemis, especially after The Martian! Can’t wait for that one!

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  3. I love the sound of The Dangerous Art of Blending In; plus the cover is so pretty 🌸 Also really looking forward to There’s Someone Inside Your House.

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