August 2021 Wrap Up

August Wrap Up

In August, I was able to read 60 books.  I was sure I would read less this month than last month because I went away to the White Mountains in New Hampshire for four days with my family. So, here are my stats:

Digital ARCs - 43

Audiobooks - 23

Bookshelf - 2

Print ARC - 1

Total pages for month - 18,048

Total pages for year - 131,136

Average pages per book - 301

Average pages per day - 601

Average books per day - 2

NetGalley reviews - 74

Blog posts - 56

Scheduled blog posts - 16

                                                           

(All book covers are clickable, as well as the list below with the ratings.)

My favorite reads for this month are so hard to choose! The books that impressed me the most were the three books in the Night trilogy by Elie Wiesel. These three books, as well as 8 historical fiction were books that I read this month, which were all five star books for me.

I got a print ARC of Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche.  I hadn’t heard of this character until I received the book and then found out that it is also a Netflix movie. I loved this book so much that I binge read the first six books in the series in a 24 hour period.

I received an ARC of Last Seen Alive by Joanna Schaffhausen. After reading the description I realized that it is part of a five book series so I acquired the first four books and started the series by reading The Vanishing Season, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian was a thrilling book about obsession. There were four more excellent books that I just have to mention: Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams, The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones, The Sister-in-Law by Pamela Crane and the STAND OUT book for the month, I Let Him In by Jill Childs. 

For a fun book, the Russian finally got his story told in Isn’t It Bromantic by Lyssa Kay Adams. Two other lighthearted RomCons I enjoyed were Husband Auditions by Angela Ruth Strong and The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon. Lastly, I thought Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner was going to be a light read but it touched on some serious subjects.

Dates read with ratings:
The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye 8/31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline 8/31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan 8/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets 8/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady 8/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Case of the Missing Marquess 8/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche 8/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Season 8/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Isn't It Bromantic? 8/29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Husband Auditions 8/29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Woman at the Gates 8/29 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Necessary Sins 8/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Her Rival 8/24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Never Saw Me Coming 8/24 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
What She Did 8/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Secret Diary 8/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Lost Secret of Ireland: Completely unforgettable and uplifting Irish fiction 8/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost Angels 8/21 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Vanishing Child 8/21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The War Child 8/20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel Creek Girls 8/20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Italian Girl's Secret 8/19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I Let Him In 8/18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Sister-in-Law 8/17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Woman on the Beach: A totally gripping family drama with a heartbreaking twist 8/17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Death at Candlewick Castle 8/16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guilt Trip 8/16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hairpin Bridge 8/15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Her Deadly Touch 8/14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Greece Actually 8/15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Murder in the Village 8/14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Breathe Your Last 8/13 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Day 8/13 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Night 8/13 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Dawn 8/13 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Orphanage 8/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Big Summer 8/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Paris Wife 8/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Bookseller's Secret 8/12 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Radar Girls: a novel of WWII 8/10 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Avalon High 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
It Happened One Summer 8/9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Power 8/8 ⭐️⭐️
Creatures of the Flood 8/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Dating Playbook 8/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Saints and Misfits 8/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sweet Tea 8/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Death Cure 8/4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Throne of Fire 8/4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Sweet Home 8/4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pretty Broken Dolls 8/4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Pyramid 8/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The House in the Cerulean Sea 8/3 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Crown 8/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The One 8/2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Heir 8/2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daughter of the Shipwreck 8/1 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Crying House 8/1 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Red Badge of Courage 8/1 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Black Beauty 8/1 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟