August 2016 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR
August's TBR Pile (12/15):
- Book Club Selection: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng √
- MVPA Book Club Selection: An Innocent, A Broad by Ann Leary √
- Series Pick: Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger √
- Nonfiction Pick: Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
- Jar Pick: Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick √
- Jar Pick: Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Carriger √
- Series in August: Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger
- Carry-over: Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke √
- Carry-over: High Rise by J.G. Ballard (waiting on J to finish...)
- Added: Rat Queens Vol. 1 √
- Added: Rat Queens Vol. 2 √
- Added: What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Cheated by Tevi Troy √
- Added: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade √
- Added: More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh √
- 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:
- MVPA Book Club Selection: The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio
- Series Pick: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
- Nonfiction Pick: The Residence by Kate Anderson Brower
- Carry-over: High Rise by J.G. Ballard
- Carry-over: Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger
- Jar Pick: Where the Girls Are by Susan Douglas