Always With a Book

Month in Review: August 2021

 

And here are we in September…this year really is flying by! I had another great month of reading, this time reading quite a few of my own books and some backlist review books, too! It looks like this month coming up is amped up with great releases and I’m looking forward to quite a lot of them…I just need time to slow down so I can fit them all in!

As I have mentioned previously, I have been participating in many online book clubs this past year, and I am thrilled to announce that I am stepping up to co-host one of them! I am so excited about this new role in the #mommaleighellensbookclub and look forward to helping my friend LeighEllen grow and manage the book club. We read a mix of genres, always one historical fiction, and then branch out from there. There are usually at least two selections, though this month we are reading four. You can join one, two, three or all four. The chats happen on the Discord app, though we do have communication and announcements all done in Instagram chats. And sometimes we are even able to arrange to have zoom chats with the author. Do let me know if you’d like to join and I’d be happy to add you to whatever chat you are interested in. Here is the announcement for the September selections: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSJ85KrTG_/

 

Reading Stats:

  • Read this month: 25
  • Year to date: 215

 

Books Read:     

  1. My Mistress’ Eyes are Raven Black — Terry Roberts
  2. The Guilt Trip — Sandie Jones (audio book)
  3. No Woods So Dark As These — Randall Silvis
  4. Damnation Spring — Ash Davidson (audio book)
  5. Two Truths and a Lie — Meg Mitchell Moore (audio book)
  6. Last One Out Shut Off the Lights — Stephanie Soileau
  7. Gone for Good — Joanna Schaffhausen
  8. The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives — Kristin Miller (e-book)
  9. The Steal — C.W. Gortner & M.J. Rose
  10. The Noise — James Patterson & J.D. Barker (audio book)
  11. The Women’s March — Jennifer Chiaverini
  12. The Family Plot — Megan Collins (audio book)
  13. 56 Days — Catherine Ryan Howard (audio book)
  14. The Removed — Brandon Hobson
  15. Campus Bones — Vivian Barz (audio book)
  16. The People We Keep — Allison Larkin (audio book)
  17. The Darkness Knows — Arnaldur Indridason
  18. Sisters in Arms — Kaia Alderson (audio book)
  19. We Were Never Here — Andrea Bartz (audio book)
  20. The Night Portrait — Laura Morelli
  21. The Distant Dead — Heather Young
  22. A Slow Fire Burning — Paula Hawkins (audio book)
  23. Why Did You Lie — Yrsa Sigurdardottir
  24. The Riviera House — Natasta Lester
  25. High Stakes — Iris Johansen (audio book)

 
Favorite Books of August:     

  • Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
  • The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
  • The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

 

This year I am all about the numbers. I decided that I am not doing any challenges, but I am going to pay attention to my own stats. This may or may not change as the year goes on…we shall see.

Books read that were published this year:  21  (177 YTD)

And of those, how many were review books:  16  (164 YTD)

Backlist review books read:  3  (16 YTD)

Books read off my own shelf (not review books):  6  (25 YTD)

Books bought/won in giveaways:  9  (46 YTD)

 

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