What did you read in August?

[abs]

It's September!  August flew by.  What did you read?  What was the best book of the month?

[rainbowchip]

Underground Airlines 3*
Before We Were Yours 5*
The Wedding From Hell 1-3 3.5*

It was a slow month for me mostly because I couldn't get into Underground Airlines at all so it took me a long time to read.

I'm a 42/52 for the year.

[travella]

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, 3*
Universal Harvester by John Darnielle,1*
All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker,2*
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman, didn't rate because I listened to the audio book which I hated.
Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben, 4*
I'll Be Gone By Dark by Michelle McNamara, 1*
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, 3*

I'm amazed that I read this many books this month! The best book was Don't Let Go. I usually like Harlan Coben's books so it's no surprise.

I'm at 37/40 books.

[tacokick]

Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata (odd but I liked it) ****

Now that You Mention It Kristan Higgins **

Sun Storm Åsa Larsson 0

The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett Chelsea Sedoti ***

Bizarre Romance Audrey Niffernegger and Eddie Campbell *** (unexpectedly a graphic novel! The library didn’t have it marked as such)

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly Stephanie Oakes **

Codename Villanelle Luke Jennings **1/2

Stillhouse Lake Rachel Caine **1/2

Confessions Kanae Minato **1/2

Killman Creek Rachel Caine **1/2

A Story Lately Told : coming of age in Ireland, London, and New York Anjelica Huston (so name drop-y) ***

I’ll Never Write My Memoirs Grace Jones (super honest) ****


Whisper Me This Kerry Anne King **1/2

Give Me Your Hand Megan Abbott ***

Scrappy Little Nobody Anna Kendrick **1/2

When Katie Met Cassidy Camille Perri ****

There are no Grownups Pamela Druckerman **1/2

How to Fall in Love with Anyone Mandy Len Catron **1/2


The Blessings Elise Juska *

The Late Bloomers Club Louise Miller ***

Last Seen Alive Claire Douglas *

All the Perfect Strangers Elizabeth Klehfoth ***
The Opposite of Maybe Maddie Dawson **1/2

Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook Alice Waters ****


If You see Me, Don’t Say Hi Neel Patel **1/2

Two Girls Down Louisa Luna **1/2

The Foremost Good Fortune Susan Conley **1/2
Little Disasters Randell Klein **1/2

The Last Time I Lied Riley Sager **1/2

Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win Jo Piazza ***

209 books for the year as of the end of August. I’ve read 5 in September so far.

[Vespasia]

Pretty good month for me but they are almost all from my week of vacation.


The Trespasser by Tana French - 4*

Still Life by Louise Penny - 3.5*

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - 4*

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn - 3.5*

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - 4.5*

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - 4*


Nothing particularly good this month. The Seanan McGuire books are good but really short. Song of Achilles was very well written but I didn't particularly enjoy the story (just personal preference). 


26/30 for the year. My goal was originally 25 but I increased it this month. 

[abs]

tacokick, your list always amazes me!

I had a okay month!

All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin, 3.5*
When Life Gives you Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger, 4*
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus, 4.5*
Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins, 3.5*

Best book of the moth was One of Us is Lying. I wasn't familiar with the author and didn't really know what to expect so I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

[tacokick]

Sept 5, 2018 13:04:43 GMT -5 abs said:

tacokick, your list always amazes me!

I had a okay month!

All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin, 3.5*
When Life Gives you Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger, 4*
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus, 4.5*
Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins, 3.5*

Best book of the moth was One of Us is Lying. I wasn't familiar with the author and didn't really know what to expect so I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

I do read very quickly! The checkout woman at the library always teases me when I come in and only two books are waiting for me. She says that we all know that isn’t enough books for me!

[bex]

Now That You Mention it by Kristan Higgins ***
the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ****
Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts ***
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman ****

I was on track to read a few more and now my reading has just all backed up since I keep putting books down to finish others lol.

I think my favorite was Eleanor Oliphant. I liked it a lot more than I had anticipated.

[rootbeerfloat]

Before We Were Yours, Lisa Wingate - 4*
Artemis, Andy Weir - 2.5*
We're Going to Need More Wine, Gabrielle Union - 4*
Shifting Shadows, Patricia Briggs - 5*

33/50 for the year.

[pixy0stix]

Champagne, Misfits, and Other Shady Magic (The Dowser, #7) - 4*
Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic (Dowser Series Book 8) - 5*
Wicked Wisteria (Wisteria Witches #2) - 3*
Wisteria Wonders (Wisteria Witches #3) - 4*
Watchful Wisteria (Wisteria Witches #4) - 4*

48/50 for the year.

[mrspez07]

Audio:
Nomadland 3*
(This one will stay with me for a long time. Narrator wasn’t great, topic was both fascinating and depressing)

Paper:
Warcross 4*
Stillhouse Lake 4*
Crazy Rich Asians 3*
Stolen Marriage 3*

[wesleycrusher]

travella curious why you rate I'll be gone in the dark as 1 star. I read it a couple months ago and don't remember it being anything special, but my book club is reading it this month and everyone seems to love it.

[litskispeciality]

This has been such a bad year for reading.

Finished Defending Taylor

Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham

[kelliebeans104]

I had a fairly decent August quality-wise.  Had mostly four stars. Here's what I read and listened to:

Kindle/Physical books
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman ***
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal ****

Audiobooks
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer ****
Beartown by Fredrik Backman ****
You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld ****

[ufcasey]

I read a surprisingly large number of good books this month! Usually they mostly fall into the 3 and under category

2.5 Stars
Born to Be Wilde by Eloisa James

3 Stars
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley

3.5 Stars
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
Unlit by Keri Arthur
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

4 Stars
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Force of Nature (#2 in the Aaron Falk series) by Jane Harper
Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Home (#2 in the Binti series) by Nnedi Okorafor
Bury Your Dead (#6 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache) by Louise Penny
We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union

4.5 Stars
The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker <- best book of the month (tied)

5 Stars
Magic Triumphs (#10 in the Kate Daniels series) by Ilona Andrews <- best book of the month (tied)

[minzy]

Redshirts - John Scalzi - 3 stars
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin - Terrence Hayes - 3.5 stars
American Princess - The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry - Leslie Carroll - 2.5 stars
Citizen Science - How Ordinary People Are Changing the Face of Discovery - Caren Cooper - 4 stars
Turtles All The Way Down - John Green - 4 stars
This Changes Everything - Capitalism vs The Climate - Naomi Klein - 5 stars - this one was really good

56 books read this year

[travella]

Sept 7, 2018 4:46:44 GMT -5 wesleycrusher said:

travella curious why you rate I'll be gone in the dark as 1 star. I read it a couple months ago and don't remember it being anything special, but my book club is reading it this month and everyone seems to love it.

I hated the lack of continuity and the constant jumping around in the timeline. The book felt like it was hastily thrown together because they had a tip that someone would be arrested soon and they wanted to get the book out before that happened for book sales. The only part of the book that I enjoyed was the letter written by the author to the Golden State Killer. I think the book would have been a lot better had she been able to finish the book herself.

[MrsAxilla]

I finally finished Hawaii! 1100 freaking pages took me two months. I really liked it though. The pacing was great for such a behemoth. This is why I stopped counting books and started counting pages. Hawaii was worth, like, 5 or 6 books.

[msmerymac]

Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, War on Peace by Ronan Farrow, and three babysitters club books.