August 2022 Wrap
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- monthly wrap-up
August TBR Pile (20/26):
- BOTM: TBD
- Bookworms BC: Already read
- Friend BC: Pachinko by Lee Min-Jin ✓
- Friend BC: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley ✓
- Currently Reading Buddy Read: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles ✓
- Currently Reading Buddy Read: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin ✓
- Currently Reading Buddy Read: Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
- Fantasy: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas ✓
- Fantasy: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor ✓
- Fantasy: The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake ✓
- Horror: The Fervor by Alma Katsu
- Horror: Hide by Kiersten White ✓
- Romance: Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren ✓
- Historical Fiction: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Kid Read Aloud: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Arthur’s selection) ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: The Very Very Far North by Dan Bar-El (Quentin’s selection) ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: The Beast of Buckingham Palace by David Walliam ✓
- Poetry: [Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo](August TBR Pile: BOTM: TBD Bookworms BC: Already read Friend BC: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Currently Reading Buddy Read: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Currently Reading Buddy Read: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin Currently Reading Buddy Read: Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility Fantasy: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas Fantasy: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor Horror: The Fervor by Alma Cats Romance: Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren Historical Fiction: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Kid Read Aloud: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall Kid Read Aloud: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Kid Read Aloud: Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac) ✓
- Science Fiction: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots ✓
- Comics: Lore Olympus Vol. 2 ✓
- Added: The Mermaid by Christina Henry ✓
- Added: The Palace Papers by Tina Brown ✓
- Added: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak ✓
- Added: Dark Wild Night by Christina Lauren ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 7578 pages Pages Remaining: 387,247 pages
Current Read -
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books Bought/Received (1)
My BOTM selection this month was Small Angels by Lauren Owen. It was described as gothic fiction. Hope it lives up to the name.
UnRead Shelf Progress
- Starting Number: 329
- Books Read: 0
- Books Acquired: 1
- Books Unshelved: 0
- Finishing Number: 330
September TBR Pile: I returned all my library books and am going to focus on reading books from my shelfs for this month (and into October). I want to get the number on my unread shelf below 300 by the end of the year. I can do this!
- Bookworms BC: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (library)
- Bookworms BC: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
- Friend BC: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
- Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard
- Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
- Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
- Fantasy: Into the Windwracked Winds by A. Deborah Baker
- Fantasy: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
- Fantasy: City of Ghosts by VE Schwab (library)
- Fantasy: A Prayer for the Crown-shy by Becky Chambers (library)
- Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn
- Mystery: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (library)
- Romance: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George
- Romance: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren (library)
- Historical Fiction: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Thriller: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (library)
- Horror: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (library)
- Science Fiction: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
- Science Fiction: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
- Nonfiction: The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Nonfiction: Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi
- Nonfiction: Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine
- Poetry: The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
- Kid Read Aloud: Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
- Kid Read Aloud: Word of Mouse by James Patterson
Movies watched
- Ghost in the Shell - J was surprised that I had never seen this one. Interesting anime set-up.
- Day Shift - Our fun movie for the month. All about see Snoop Dogg take on some vampires.
- Persuasion (2022) - Goodness, that was not the book at all. I might have liked it as a separate story, but that was not my Anne Elliott.
TV Shows watched
- Only Murders in the Building S2 - Still really loving this show.
- The Umbrella Academy S3 - Finally started this season. Klaus and Five are still my favorites.
- The Sandman - Oh goodness, that was absolutely gorgeous. Loved it so much!
- Loot S1 - That was entertaining. Hope it gets a second season.
- What We Do in the Shadows S3 - Love this show so much!
- Below Deck: Down Under S1 - Still watching during the occasional lunch hour.
- The Bachelorette - Blergh. I love Gabby, but this season has done her dirty.
- Little Demon S1 - We love Danny DeVito, so of course we are going to watch this one.
- Lower Decks S3
- The Orville S3
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