1JayneCM
Summer for the northern hemisphere/winter for the southern hemisphere!
July is named for Julius in honour of Julius Caesar who was born on July 12.
Birthstone is the Ruby.
Flowers are the Larkspur or Water Lily.
Birth tree is the Cherry.
Zodiac signs are Cancer and Leo.
There are many countries which have their Independence Day during the month of July. These include the United States, Belarus, Venezuela, Argentina, Belgium, the Bahamas, and the Maldives. The national days for France (Bastille Day) and Canada occur in July as well.
Some famous people born in July - Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Frida Kahlo, Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, Ernest Hemingway, Sir Edmund Hillary and Nelson Mandela.
Some days celebrated in July:
2nd - World UFO Day
5th - Bikini Day - the first bikini was worn on this day in 1946
6th - International Kissing Day
16th - World Snake Day
20th - Space Exploration/Moon Day - to celebrate the moon landing in 1969
28th - World Nature Conservation Day
29th - International Tiger Day
30th - International Friendship Day
July is Disability Pride Month.
The opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics will be held on 26th in Paris.
Don't forget to add your choice/s to the wiki: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2024_CalendarCAT#2024_CalendarCAT
2Tess_W
I'm going to read a book that I've started a couple of times but never got past the first chapter, Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder. It is the memoir of a Canadian runner in the 1928 Olympics.
3lsh63
I'm pretty sure that one of the books I'll read will be Lives of Girls and Women. The late Ms. Munro had a July birthday.
4clue
I'm planning on choosing between two big books. One of my goals this year is to get at least 6 over 400 pages off the shelf. One of these will be the 4th one:
Girls of July by Alex Flinn, a Y.A. novel (496 pages)
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith 1024 pages (author's birthday is July).
Girls of July by Alex Flinn, a Y.A. novel (496 pages)
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith 1024 pages (author's birthday is July).
5DeltaQueen50
American President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month so as a good neighbour I will be reading The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman.
6dudes22
Ruby and Roland by Faith Sullivan will fit as ruby is the July birthstone. This was a BB from a friend.
7LibraryCin
July 1 is Canada Day. Might just pick out a Canadian book (I've been sorely lacking in reading Canadian stuff this year!). I'll probably see what other cute little novelty "holidays" happen in July, as well.
9pamelad
I'm going to read something French for Bastille Day. Possibly Zazie in the Metro, but it would be good to find a French prizewinner and knock off two CATs, so I'm investigating.
Considering Lullaby by Leila Slimani. It's available as a library ebook.
Just found a remaindered hard cover of The Sermon on the Fall of Rome, so I've ordered it.
Perhaps I'll read all three. Also interested in Cry, Mother Spain.
Considering Lullaby by Leila Slimani. It's available as a library ebook.
Just found a remaindered hard cover of The Sermon on the Fall of Rome, so I've ordered it.
Perhaps I'll read all three. Also interested in Cry, Mother Spain.
10whitewavedarling
I'm planning on reading The Witchery by S. Isabelle, which was published in July of 2022.
11DeltaQueen50
I started early and have finished my choice for July's CalendarCat with The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Sarah Jane Gilman. July was designated "Ice Cream Month" by Ronald Regan.
12LadyoftheLodge
I ended up reading Once Upon a Villa which is set in France (Bastille Day July 14).
13pamelad
I read Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau for Bastille Day.
14susanna.fraser
I read Democracy or Else for Independence Day.
15whitewavedarling
Well, I devoured The Witchery this week--it was absolutely fantastic. For anyone looking for a bit of witchy YA, I highly recommend it! Full review written, and I've already ordered the sequel...
16LibraryCin
International Tiger Day
Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture / Andy Hirsch
4 stars
The “Science Comics” are a series of graphic novels aimed at young readers (middle grades?), but they all have interesting information for adults, too. This one follows a calico kitten left on the street to fend for herself, so she looks for food and finds other cats to befriend on the street. There is all kinds of information on wild cats, in addition to domestic.
I love these books. Really enjoyed this one, as well. The colour illustrations are so nice. I also love cats, and I knew the basics of much of what was mentioned, but not the details. It talks about cats’ senses, how they became domesticated, and more.
Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture / Andy Hirsch
4 stars
The “Science Comics” are a series of graphic novels aimed at young readers (middle grades?), but they all have interesting information for adults, too. This one follows a calico kitten left on the street to fend for herself, so she looks for food and finds other cats to befriend on the street. There is all kinds of information on wild cats, in addition to domestic.
I love these books. Really enjoyed this one, as well. The colour illustrations are so nice. I also love cats, and I knew the basics of much of what was mentioned, but not the details. It talks about cats’ senses, how they became domesticated, and more.
17LibraryCin
Canada Day (Canadian author)
Women Talking / Miriam Toews
3.5 stars
In the mid-2000s, in a remote Mennonite village in Bolivia, several of the women (and some children) were waking up in the mornings, bleeding, sore, and bruised. They were told they were being punished for sins, etc. It was only when one of the women caught one of the men coming into her bedroom did they figure out that multiple men were drugging and raping them in the night. When one of the women attacked one of the men with a scythe, the eight accused men were sent away to jail (for their protection). But the other men wanted to bail them out and bring them back. The women would then be expected to forgive them, or they would lose their place in heaven.
This really happened. This book takes that situation and (fictionally) has the women discussing what to do while the men are away. Three options: they can do nothing, they can stay and fight, or they can leave. These are the options being discussed (at least among those who don’t want to simply do nothing). They need to decide before the men return, so there is a limited time frame to discuss and decide.
One man, a teacher who once left the community with his excommunicated parents, but did return, is in the women’s meeting to take notes. None of the women can read, they do not know their way around very far outside their own community, and they only speak Low German (not any local languages outside their community).
What a horrible situation! Their were even children who were violated. It was an interesting discussion happening among the women (though told from August’s POV, and what he was seeing and hearing during the discussions). I would have liked to know what the women really did in the end (if anything), and will likely look that up.
Women Talking / Miriam Toews
3.5 stars
In the mid-2000s, in a remote Mennonite village in Bolivia, several of the women (and some children) were waking up in the mornings, bleeding, sore, and bruised. They were told they were being punished for sins, etc. It was only when one of the women caught one of the men coming into her bedroom did they figure out that multiple men were drugging and raping them in the night. When one of the women attacked one of the men with a scythe, the eight accused men were sent away to jail (for their protection). But the other men wanted to bail them out and bring them back. The women would then be expected to forgive them, or they would lose their place in heaven.
This really happened. This book takes that situation and (fictionally) has the women discussing what to do while the men are away. Three options: they can do nothing, they can stay and fight, or they can leave. These are the options being discussed (at least among those who don’t want to simply do nothing). They need to decide before the men return, so there is a limited time frame to discuss and decide.
One man, a teacher who once left the community with his excommunicated parents, but did return, is in the women’s meeting to take notes. None of the women can read, they do not know their way around very far outside their own community, and they only speak Low German (not any local languages outside their community).
What a horrible situation! Their were even children who were violated. It was an interesting discussion happening among the women (though told from August’s POV, and what he was seeing and hearing during the discussions). I would have liked to know what the women really did in the end (if anything), and will likely look that up.
18Robertgreaves
I am currently reading Aliette de Bodard's Blood and Obsidian trilogy.
The author has French (14 July) and American (4 July) nationality. The trilogy is set in the Aztec empire so lots of chocolatl is being consumed, and apparently 7 July is World Chocolate Day.
The author has French (14 July) and American (4 July) nationality. The trilogy is set in the Aztec empire so lots of chocolatl is being consumed, and apparently 7 July is World Chocolate Day.
19Robertgreaves
COMPLETED Small Town Sonata by Jamie Fessenden
Most of the action takes place in May and June but involves a revived jazz septet preparing for a 4 July concert.
Most of the action takes place in May and June but involves a revived jazz septet preparing for a 4 July concert.
20amberwitch
I read Icarus by K. Ancrum for world friendship day. About a teenager who has been living isolated his whole life to protect the secrets he and his father share - stealing artwork as revenge. As he breaks out of his fathers control, he makes friends who are ready to intervene, and help him find a better life. Beautiful descriptions of building relationships and trust under a lot of pressure.
21MissWatson
In honour of Bastille Day on 14 July I have read La conquête de Plassans which is about elections, among other things, and thus fits nicely with the second round of elections in Paris.
22lowelibrary
I read Death Is Like A Box of Chocolates for World Chocolate Day on July 7th.
23staci426
I read Shadows Linger by Glen Cook who was born in July.
24LibraryCin
Bastille Day/France
The Lost Girls of Paris / Pam Jenoff
4 stars
In 1946 in New York City, Grace comes across an abandoned suitcase and finds pictures of 12 young women in the suitcase. Who were these women and who does the suitcase belong to?
In 1943, Eleanor in London starts a women’s unit of the SOE (Special Operations Executive). Women are recruited and trained to head over to France to help the resistance there. They will transmit (coded) information by radio, they might even help blow up bridges. It is a dangerous mission and the women are risking their lives.
In 1944, Marie, who has recently sent her daughter outside London to live with an aunt and keep her safe, is recruited because she is fluent in French. But there is so much secrecy, it takes a while to figure out what they are asking of her.
I really liked this. Though the women weren’t spies, they were often referred to that way, with no other “good” word to describe what they were doing. It was very dangerous work, and not something I knew about before now. I enjoyed all three storylines. Of course, it was loosely based on real women who did this work (though men did it, too).
The Lost Girls of Paris / Pam Jenoff
4 stars
In 1946 in New York City, Grace comes across an abandoned suitcase and finds pictures of 12 young women in the suitcase. Who were these women and who does the suitcase belong to?
In 1943, Eleanor in London starts a women’s unit of the SOE (Special Operations Executive). Women are recruited and trained to head over to France to help the resistance there. They will transmit (coded) information by radio, they might even help blow up bridges. It is a dangerous mission and the women are risking their lives.
In 1944, Marie, who has recently sent her daughter outside London to live with an aunt and keep her safe, is recruited because she is fluent in French. But there is so much secrecy, it takes a while to figure out what they are asking of her.
I really liked this. Though the women weren’t spies, they were often referred to that way, with no other “good” word to describe what they were doing. It was very dangerous work, and not something I knew about before now. I enjoyed all three storylines. Of course, it was loosely based on real women who did this work (though men did it, too).
25KeithChaffee
The August thread is now up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/361993
26clue
I also decided to read a book that takes place in France due to Bastille Day, July14. I read Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea, a novel set during WWII. A large part of it takes place in France.
27VivienneR
I read A City Called July by Howard Engel. As the author is Canadian, this could also be for July 1, Canada Day.
’Twas in the month of Liverpool
In a city called July,
The snow was raining heavily,
The streets were very dry.
The flowers were sweetly singing,
The birds were in full bloom,
As I went down the cellar
To sweep an upstairs room.
— English skipping rhyme
Rabbi Melter and Mr Tepperman, president of the B’nai Shalom congregation come calling on private investigator Benny Cooperman to find out if he can trace Larry Geller, a lawyer who has filched 2.6 million dollars from members of the community. They don’t want to report it to the police, just find Geller or the money. But Geller is missing.
I always enjoy Engel’s Benny Cooperman mysteries that are set in Grantham (actually Engel’s home town of St. Catherine’s, Ontario in the Niagara region). Benny is a likeable, amiable sort, who treats everyone with the same respect whether they are local worthies or homeless veterans. And I love his typically Canadian humour.
I’ve been reading the series out of order so my next book will be from later in the series. Memory Book has Benny suffer a head injury leaving him with alexia sine agraphia a condition that prevented him from understanding written words without affecting his ability to write - a condition that Engel actually suffered from after a stroke in 2001.
’Twas in the month of Liverpool
In a city called July,
The snow was raining heavily,
The streets were very dry.
The flowers were sweetly singing,
The birds were in full bloom,
As I went down the cellar
To sweep an upstairs room.
— English skipping rhyme
Rabbi Melter and Mr Tepperman, president of the B’nai Shalom congregation come calling on private investigator Benny Cooperman to find out if he can trace Larry Geller, a lawyer who has filched 2.6 million dollars from members of the community. They don’t want to report it to the police, just find Geller or the money. But Geller is missing.
I always enjoy Engel’s Benny Cooperman mysteries that are set in Grantham (actually Engel’s home town of St. Catherine’s, Ontario in the Niagara region). Benny is a likeable, amiable sort, who treats everyone with the same respect whether they are local worthies or homeless veterans. And I love his typically Canadian humour.
I’ve been reading the series out of order so my next book will be from later in the series. Memory Book has Benny suffer a head injury leaving him with alexia sine agraphia a condition that prevented him from understanding written words without affecting his ability to write - a condition that Engel actually suffered from after a stroke in 2001.
28bookworm3091
I read The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (author's birthday is in July)
29MissWatson
I have re-read Das doppelte Lottchen to mark the 50th anniversary of the author's death on 29 July.
30MissWatson
And for Bastille Day, a historical mystery set in Paris: Le carrefour des Écrasés.
31MissBrangwen
I also went with the French theme and read 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne.
32staci426
I read several more books that fit for July:
The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle, for a French theme
Starter Villain by John Scalzi for National Kitten Day, 7/10
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad, New Jersey Day, 7/27 as she is from NJ
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer, author's birthday in July
The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris, author's birthday in July, plus a new release in July
The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle, for a French theme
Starter Villain by John Scalzi for National Kitten Day, 7/10
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad, New Jersey Day, 7/27 as she is from NJ
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer, author's birthday in July
The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris, author's birthday in July, plus a new release in July
33LibraryCin
World Conservation Day
The Naturalist's Daughter / Tea Cooper
4 stars
Tamsin is a librarian in the early 1900s in Sydney, Australia. She is tasked to fetch a donated sketchbook of a naturalist from almost 100 years previous, Charles Winton. But when she arrives, the woman who is planning to donate the book has died and her daughter wants to sell the book, not donate it. In addition, the book has some sketches that don’t quite “fit”, though… ones that he may not have drawn, so where did they come from? Tamsin is able to take the book back to the library to try to figure out the provenance.
Almost 100 years earlier, Rose lives with her mother and father, Charles Winton, a naturalist studying platypus. When Winton gets sick just before leaving for England to share his information on the platypus, he sends his daughter Rose, instead. But it’s not easy to get a group of scientific men to listen to a woman, no matter how credible she is.
I really enjoyed this. I liked both timelines and both women, who fought for what they were trying to do. It got a bit confusing toward the end, but that didn’t diminish my enjoyment of the book.
The Naturalist's Daughter / Tea Cooper
4 stars
Tamsin is a librarian in the early 1900s in Sydney, Australia. She is tasked to fetch a donated sketchbook of a naturalist from almost 100 years previous, Charles Winton. But when she arrives, the woman who is planning to donate the book has died and her daughter wants to sell the book, not donate it. In addition, the book has some sketches that don’t quite “fit”, though… ones that he may not have drawn, so where did they come from? Tamsin is able to take the book back to the library to try to figure out the provenance.
Almost 100 years earlier, Rose lives with her mother and father, Charles Winton, a naturalist studying platypus. When Winton gets sick just before leaving for England to share his information on the platypus, he sends his daughter Rose, instead. But it’s not easy to get a group of scientific men to listen to a woman, no matter how credible she is.
I really enjoyed this. I liked both timelines and both women, who fought for what they were trying to do. It got a bit confusing toward the end, but that didn’t diminish my enjoyment of the book.
