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Books I Finished Last Month (A Minor Miracle)

My July roundup of what I read, loved, and felt mixed about...

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Alisha Ramos
Aug 07, 2025
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My reading life has felt really good lately! I’ve continued my routine of getting into bed early most nights to read for an hour or so, and that’s helped me finish more books this month than my usual (which is realistically, more like two books on average). I’m a very slow reader, mostly by choice. I love to read carefully, dog-ear pages, take notes in …

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