What did you read in August?

[litskispeciality]

How did you like it? Pages/number of books for the year?

[rainbowchip]

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson - 3*
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 5*
Devil's Cut by J.R. Ward - 4*
The City Of Mirrors by Justin Cronin - 4*

I am at 30 of 52 so 4 books behind. I was hoping my life would get less chaotic once school starts but it doesn't look like that is going go happen. Plus fall TV usually does me in.

[aurora]

I finished

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah Maas
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Christine by Stephen King (re-read)
Girls of Rihadh by Rajaa Alsanea and Marilyn Booth

Unfortunately for the book club discussion Caraval was my least favorite of the four.

I'm actually way ahead of where I've been in past years in terms of number of books; I've finished 40, whereas my average is around 50 and if I kept on this track I'd end up at 60. It doesn't look like my average book length will be shorter (has ranged from 430-500; this year so far is 479) so I may actually be reading more.

[booknerd]

The Couple Next Door 4*
Salem's Lot 5*
The Reef 3*

[travella]

Travels with Charley by Steinbeck 4*
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas 2.5*
Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy 2*
Caraval by Stephanie Garber 2*

I've completed my reading challenge 32/30.

[dorothyinAus]

It was a slow month for me, only 1 book finished.

41. Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens, 4****

I feel like I hit a slump with the book I'm currently reading, but it's just that struggling through it combined with the fact that I'll read for like 10 minutes in bed and fall asleep. DH has come to bed to find me sound asleep with the book still in my hand several nights.

I'm at 41 of my annual goal of 52, and 27 of 40 in my Monopoly Challenge.

[charlatti]

Five stars
Every Day by David levithan
The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

The Lake House by Kate Morton 4.5 stars

Four stars
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson 
The Leavers by Lisa Ko

Three stars
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson

[ufcasey]

3 stars
Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha
A Duke of Her Own by Eloisa James

3.5 stars
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
Caraval by Stephanie Garber

4 stars
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh
Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes

4.5 stars
Now I Rise by Kiersten White
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith

5 stars
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

Total pages: 37,342
Total books: 106

[Vespasia]

I only read 2 books in August despite a long vacation because the second took forever.

Night Film - 4.5*
Edge of Eternity - 3* God, this book irritated the crap out of me. The writing was mediocre, the characters were mostly ridiculous (everyone's world famous!), and the story lines predictable. I didn't love the first books in the Century trilogy but I still felt obligated to finish it. Not sure whether I will read A Column of Fire when it comes out this month.


I am 5 books ahead for the year but I set my goal very low.

[rootbeerfloat]

Strange the Dreamer, Laini Taylor - 3*
The Horse Dancer, JoJo Moyes - 3*
Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7) - 3.5*
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) - 3*

35/50 for the year.

[mrspez07]

I finished:
Caraval 3*
The Firefly Dance 3*
The Lost and Found Sisters 3*
Sex Object 3*
The Paris Key 3*
The Hate U Give 5*
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (illustrated edition, reading as a family) 5*

Wow! I definitely don't feel like I've read this many this month! Surprised.
I've actually met my yearly goal (and a typical number for the year), so I am way ahead of where I anticipated.

[oliviapope]

Slow month for me, but I started a new job so I knew it would be.

Etched In Sand- 5*
All The Bright Places- 5*
The Glass Castle- 5*
Until I Say Goodbye, A Book About Living- 3*
Words in Deep Blue- 4*


Some heavy topics this month.

[pandora89]

43. I Found You - 4*
44. Rich People Problems - 4*
45. Local Girl Missing - 3.5*
46. The Almost Sisters - 2*
47. Little Monsters - 2.5*
48. After Anna - 4*

[kelliebeans104]

I had a pretty good August. I loved and definitely recommend each book I read this month. I'm 6 books ahead of my yearly goal of 55.

The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 5*
HP Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling 5*
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn 3*
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas 4*
A Gentlemen in Moscow - Amor Towles 4*

[litskispeciality]

I finished The Wolf of Wallstreet 3.5*'s - good, but could be shorter

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas 4*

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis 3*

I'm at 15 of 24 for the year, but I'm 1500 pages away from beating last year so I think I'm going quality/pages more than quanity

[cole]

All out of 5*

To the End of June's: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care by Cris Beams 4*

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson 5*

Caraval by Stephanie Garber 3*

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West 4*

Wonder by R.J. Palacio 5*

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 4*

I'm at 41/60. Average number of pages per book is about 40 more than last year so far.

[snshne322]

Beard Science (Winston Brothers #3)by Penny Reid ****
Wildfire (Hidden Legacy #3) by Ilona Andrews ****
The Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy #3) by Ken Follett ****
A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) by Claudia Gray ****
Silver Silence (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1) by Nalini Singh ***
Ten Thousand Skies Above You (Firebird #2) By Clauda Gray ****
Royally Screwed (Royally #1) by Emma Chase ***
Charged (Saints of Denver #2) by Jay Crownover ***
A Million Junes by Emily Henry ***

9 for the month, 90 for the year. 32,429 pages for the year.

[AJL]

All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan - 5/5*
Shifting Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter (Cambio Springs series #1) - 2.5/5*
The Butterfly Project by Emma Scott - 4/5*
The Wall of Winnepeg and Me by Mariana Zapata - 3/5*
Lingus by Mariana Zapata - 4/5*
Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata - 4.5/5*
Elements of Chemistry (books 1-3) by Penny Reid - 3/5*
Dating-ish by Penny Reid - 4/5*
What Happens Now by Jennifer Castle - 3/5*
Beard in Mind (Winston Brothers #4) by Penny Reid - 4/5*
The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff - 2/5*

13 books for the month
79 books for the year
23,521 pages read for the year