 We've gone too far. I am reading these books and I am a little scared. Macbeth and Macbeth please kill me. I decided to wear the shirt that Alan keeps stealing from me. Hey Gothen's Leanna and I'm here today with my July TVR. I don't have a big stack with me because I don't have all of the books yet that I am reading in July. I'm filming this a little bit early and a couple of the books are stated to arrive like in the first week of July so I won't even have them on July 1st. So weird, whatever, since I don't have them all. I can't be arsed to go get all the ones that I do have. We'll just do the virtual version because I'm lazy. First and foremost, the big news and the reason that I am wearing this shirt that is in no way remarkable unless you know, my nemesis is choosing part of my TVR this month. That is right. Alan from the Library of Alan's Andrea will be choosing, well I say will be, has already chosen, has assigned four books to me and I have likewise counter-attacked with four books of my choosing for him to read. And we will be discussing said books on each other's channels come the end of the month. That being the case, I decided to wear the shirt that Alan keeps stealing from me. The four books that Alan has chosen for me to read are As Follows, Guards Guards by Terry Franchant, Sandlin Ascends by Josiah Bankcroft, Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham, and Guns of the Dawn by Adrienne Tchaikovsky. I am actually looking forward to all of these. So well done Alan, you've chosen books that I'm excited for. And if you weren't such a contrarian, you'd be excited for the books that I picked for you too because I picked books that I think you'd like. And yeah, so you'll see what I'll end up feeling about this at the end of the month. But I also have 11 more books on my TVR in July. Please kill me. All of them are in some way or other required reading. So number five on my TVR is Sharp Ends. Fortunately, this is the shortest in the world with First Law. So I obviously couldn't have planned it this way, but thank God in my First Law reread for the year. The short one is in July. So thank you for that. Sharp Ends is the collection of short stories that spans the entire timeline of the First Law. I really enjoyed it. I really liked it. I'm excited to reread it. So that'll be short and sweet. Next on my TVR is Year One by Nora Roberts. This is the Blades and Bondas Rippers Book Club pick. It is Mara's pick. So the live show for it will be on Mara's channel come the end of the month. End of the month is already looking quite busy, is it not? But wait, there's another buddy reread and that is The Howling Dark by Christopher Rockio. This is the second book in the Sun Eater series. Alex and I, did I say who I'm buddy reading this with? Did I? I don't know. Me and Alex and EMS, we read Empire of Silence in June and their live show discussion of that book was on my channel. So in July, when we reread Howling Dark, the discussion for it will be on Alex's channel. So read these books and join us please because they are so freaking good. You will not regret it. Please please join us in reading them and then in chatting with us about them. Next is another buddy read and that is Ship of Magic which I'm reading with Mara. From books like Lowell, she and I buddy read The Barsier Trilogy and are now embarking on our life ship traders journey. I said this and I think she agreed that a ship based, a seafaring adventure seemed like a good summer read or summer seemed like a good time for such a read and I understand the life ship traders by the name of the series and the names of the books are on the water in ships. I've also heard that a lot of people think that the life ship traders is the best of the series within the realm of the Elderlings and I already loved Farsier so I am stoked. I've heard there's a lot of women characters, like there's already like lots of great women characters in the Farsier Trilogy but it was Fitz's story and life ship traders I'm given to understand is multiple perspectives, a lot of them being female perspectives. So yay for that. I'm really excited. Next is another buddy read and that is The Gunslinger by Stephen King which I'll be reading with Bethany. I've been wanting to read The Dark Tower. It is in fact one of the series on my list of series to start in 2021 and I recently made Bethany read her for Stephen King when we chose each other's TBRs and I picked The Eyes of the Dragon for her and then I was chatting with her about it and about how the villain in Eyes of the Dragon because you know it's the Stephen King multiverse or whatever or universe not multiverse a lot of them. You know what I mean? Stephen King books all take place in the same universe. The villain in Eyes of the Dragon is also the villain from The Dark Tower series and when I mentioned that we started talking and she's also interested in not picking up The Dark Tower series. So she and I are going to give The Gunslinger a shot and then if we like it we may continue on and read the rest of The Dark Tower. Next I have Macbeth and Macbeth. We are my friend Heather. We read The Tempest and Hagseed in June which are the play by William Shakespeare and the Hogarth Shakespeare retelling of said play. So the retelling of Macbeth is actually called Macbeth. I'm really excited about this. Macbeth is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. It is such classic and I believe the retelling of it is sort of a crime thriller tank on Macbeth which is a very fitting and appropriate way direction to go with Macbeth because that's basically what Macbeth is. So I'm very curious to see how it's retold and I'm excited to revisit Macbeth because it is a really great play and I haven't taken a look at it in a little while so excited to nerd out about Shakespeare and chat about it with my friend Heather and with you all please join us in doing that and I don't know yet when our live chat for that will be but it will be at some point in July. And then we have The Wolf by Leo Caru which is my fifth time reading it and the reason for this is because all of my yammering about this book resulted in it being chosen as the July read for the shelf space book club and I will be the guest host for the shelf space buddy read of it in in July. I mean I don't have to read this so like if there's anything that can go from this list it's that because I've read it four times already. I love it so it is in no way a hardship to reread it so I fully intend to reread it as I can't wait to talk about it with everybody so please if you have heard me talk about The Wolf for however long I'm talking about The Wolf and you haven't yet read it read it and then come chat with us when shelf space gathers to discuss please. Next up I have Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman and this is the patron buddy read that we have the patrons have chosen slash voted on so I'm very excited about this I love Neil Gaiman and I haven't this is one of the few Neil Gaiman books that I haven't yet read it's a collection of short stories and I'm pumped to get some Gaiman in my system I have been without Gaiman for too long. Next up I have I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Richard Matheson. This is chosen for me by patrons to read so I have added a new feature perk thing for my patrons where they get to choose a book not to buddy read but for me to read and review so the patron pick for me to read and review is I Am Legend by Richard Matheson and I am a little scared about reading this because I think I know what it's about I haven't seen the film with Will Smith or I think there's an older film I haven't seen any film I have never read it and I guess that I'm a little bit scared because I think I know what it's about and last but not least I'm one of the things that I actually well I mean I'm really looking forward to everything on this TBR everything on this TBR yeah this is a solid TBR this is a really good TBR which is why I'm like it's a lot of books but like I think it'll be a good month but anyway the last book on my TBR is The Maidens by Alex Micaelides Micaeliides that that guy I am given to understand is dark academia the cover is very reminiscent of the secret history I'm a big fan of the secret history I've heard really good things about the silent patient which was um this author's first book and I've heard really excellent things from everybody that I got an early copy of The Maidens so I am really stoked to read this as I just said though I am stoked to read everything on my TBR including the stuff Alan picked for me this is a really really solid TBR I am like anxious about the number of books on this TBR but I am stoked so let me know in the comments down below what you're gonna be reading in July if you're reading any of the books that I'm reading if you want to encourage or discourage me about any of the books that I will be reading I mean we've gone too far I am reading these books you cannot talk me out of them this is happening but you can warn me I suppose to not expect too much vote or you don't let me know I post videos on Saturdays other random times as well but I think Saturdays so well I can subscribe join my Patreon if you've also inclined and I'll see you when I see you bye