Once again, we are at the end of one month and beginning a new one. It is also the beginning of anew school year. Hopefully, this school year will not be a disrupted one.
August sped by, with high temperatures and humidity once again. My hubby had surgery and it was deemed successful. But then he got an infection, there was a small opening in the wound and now he is having it packed and bandaged daily. Thank heavens for good books – for both of us.
It’s time to share what I have been reading this past month.
The total read for August was 32 books with the following breakdown:
Fantasy /Paranormal –4
Romance – 10
Women’s Fiction – 1
Historical romance – 8
Non-fiction – 2
Pix books – 4
Graphic Memoir – 1
Magical realism – 2
I continue to record in more detail where the books originated – from the library, on my TBR shelves (bought/gifted or won) or an e-book. Here’s the breakdown
Library reads – 22 TBR/owned books –2 E-books –18
Favourite Reads
My overall favourite read of the month was The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis
The rest of my top 10 reads, by author (cheating a little – it was hard to choice just 10 books this month):
Emilie Richards – Wedding Ring
Julia Quinn – Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, To Sir Philip With Love
Grace Burrowes – Lady Jennie’s Christmas Portrait, Once Upon a Tartan
Lisa Kleypas: Devil in Disguise, Devil in Winter, Scandal in Spring, It Happened One Autumn, Sugar Daddy
Sarah Gailey – Magic for Liars
Mary Sinses – The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Café
Carolyn Brown – The Hope Chest
Tyler Feder – Dancing at the Pity Party
Edith Eiger – The Gift
I am participating in quite a few challenges (check here for my list) but I have a few that are my favourites and have done these for a few years. Here are the books read for these challenges:
POPSUGAR Ultimate Reading Challenge (Through Goodreads)
I read 3 books for this challenge.
#30 -Set in place want to visit in 2021 (Nfld) – Channel of Peace by Kevin Tuerff
#35 – In different format than normally read (graphic memoir) – Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
#Adv. 7 – Book associated with a thing (blueberries!) – The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Café by Mary Sinses
52 Books in 52 Weeks
I read 3 books for this challenge:
#7 -Author with only 1 published book – Channel of Peace by Kevin Tuerff
#30 -Dragons – Dragon of Glass by Zoe Chant
#49 – Flavour in the title – Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas
Monthly Key Word Challenge
The key word I used this month: “One” – It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
Monthly Motif
The theme this month was “Magic”. I read: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Debbie McComber’s Reading Challenge
The theme this month was “something you seldom read”. I read a graphic memoir: Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
Emilie Richards’ Reading Challenge
The theme this month was “a book by Emilie Richards”. I read her book: Wedding Ring
Looking Ahead to September
I am taking part in the “Read a Series” challenge in September. I need to read the last 4 books in the Gamache series by Louise Penny
I also need to keep working on the 20 Books for Summer Challenge as well as reading more books for The Popsugar and 52Books 52 Weeks Challenges.
I am linking with the following:
Monthly Wrap-Up (At Feed Your Fiction Addiction)
Best of the Bunch (at A Cocoon of Books)