August 2016 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR

August's TBR Pile (12/15):

1. Book Club Selection: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng √
2. MVPA Book Club Selection: An Innocent, A Broad by Ann Leary √
3. Series Pick: Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger √
4. Nonfiction Pick: Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
5. Jar Pick: Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick √
6. Jar Pick: Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Carriger √
7. Series in August: Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger
8. Carry-over: Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke √
9. Carry-over: High Rise by J.G. Ballard (waiting on J to finish...)
10. Added: Rat Queens Vol. 1 √
11. Added: Rat Queens Vol. 2 √
12. Added: What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Cheated by Tevi Troy √
13. Added: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade √
14. Added: More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh √
15. Added: No Man's Mistress by Mary Balogh √

Picture Book Roundup: Somehow I totally forgot to record any new books read with Arthur.

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 3443 pages Pages Remaining: 743,368 pages

Current Read - The Secret Mistress by Mary Balogh

Books I Gave Up On (1) - First Bite by Bee Wilson. I was interested in the premise of the book, but it seemed super preachy and was pretty boring.

Challenges Completed  - Nonfiction Books. I finished at least 20 nonfiction books. Love me some good nonfiction!

Books bought/received 

2016 Total Spent: $15.27

Comments - Decent reading this month. Keeping my reading momentum leading up to the baby coming.

September's TBR Pile:

1. MVPA Book Club Selection: The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio
2. Series Pick: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
3. Nonfiction Pick: The Residence by Kate Anderson Brower
4. Carry-over: High Rise by J.G. Ballard
5. Carry-over: Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger
6. Jar Pick: Where the Girls Are by Susan Douglas