August TBR Pile (20/26):

1. BOTM: TBD

2. Bookworms BC: Already read

3. Friend BC: Pachinko by Lee Min-Jin ✓

4. Friend BC: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley ✓

5. Currently Reading Buddy Read: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles ✓

6. Currently Reading Buddy Read: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin ✓

7. Currently Reading Buddy Read: Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

8. Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility

9. Fantasy: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas ✓

10. Fantasy: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor ✓

11. Fantasy: The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake ✓

12. Horror: The Fervor by Alma Katsu

13. Horror: Hide by Kiersten White ✓

14. Romance: Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren ✓

15. Historical Fiction: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

16. Kid Read Aloud: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall ✓

17. Kid Read Aloud: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Arthur’s selection) ✓

18. Kid Read Aloud: The Very Very Far North by Dan Bar-El (Quentin’s selection) ✓

19. Kid Read Aloud: The Beast of Buckingham Palace by David Walliam ✓

20. Poetry: Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo ✓

21. Science Fiction: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots ✓

22. Comics: Lore Olympus Vol. 2 ✓

23. Added: The Mermaid by Christina Henry ✓

24. Added: The Palace Papers by Tina Brown ✓

25. Added: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak ✓

26. 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!

1. Bookworms BC: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (library)

2. Bookworms BC: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

3. Friend BC: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

4. Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard

5. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

6. Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility

7. Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

8. Fantasy: Into the Windwracked Winds by A. Deborah Baker

9. Fantasy: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

10. Fantasy: City of Ghosts by VE Schwab (library)

11. Fantasy: A Prayer for the Crown-shy by Becky Chambers (library)

12. Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn

13. Mystery: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (library)

14. Romance: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George

15. Romance: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren (library)

16. Historical Fiction: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

17. Thriller: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (library)

18. Horror: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (library)

19. Science Fiction: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

20. Science Fiction: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

21. Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson

22. Nonfiction: The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones

23. Nonfiction: Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi

24. Nonfiction: Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine

25. Poetry: The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill

26. Kid Read Aloud: Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

27. 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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