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 ✓
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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