#August reads

[cloudmancy]

the more I think about Sherlock the more baffled I get why are THEY the face of Victorian era yaoi when gentleman thief Raffles and his schoolmate-accomplice Bunny (and yes he DOES call him his silly rabbit) are right there

[masterjedilenawrites]

A cherished companion to the To-Read list, my Done-Read list is a compilation of all the fics I read each month as I continue to read based on my notifications. If you missed the reblogs I left along the way, you can use these lists to find recs for your own reading journeys.

Thank you to the writers who brought me joy, comfort, and entertainment this month! 🤗

Finally reunited by @vibratingskull | Thrawn x reader

The Bet by @jetii | Kix x reader

Hunter and the Librarian - Ch 1 by @clonethirstingisreal | Hunter x OC!Wren

You and Me by @ladyanidala | Kix x reader

Buy Me a Caf and We'll See by @letsquestjess | Wolffe x reader

Awake - Part 6 by @danceswithsporks | Crosshair x reader

The consequences that are rendered by @winniethewife | Crosshair x reader

A Sunday Kind of Love by @campingwiththecharmings | Poe Dameron x reader

The Red Bandana by @notgonnaedit | Hunter & 99

Fives is a Menace by @wild-karrde | Fives & Rex

[bookaddict24-7]

What were some of the books you read in August? 📖

My reading in August was an interesting experience—I DNFed a lot of books (15) and ended up unhauling 5. My reviews were very mixed, but I definitely read a couple of new favourites! I feel like I was slightly overwhelmed with how many audiobooks I had from the library, so reading was a tiny bit stressful this past month! Anyway, here are the basics:

• I read 29 books

•15 of them were physical books from my personal collection.

•My favourite read of the month was Patricia Wants to Cuddle

Here’s hoping September is a great reading month!

[andreai04]

It’s delightful when your imaginations come true, isn’t it?

[bujobby]

I love audiobooks, but usually keep a physical book on hand as well.

Re-reading Kitchens of the Great Midwest for about the 6th time as a farewell to Summer, starting on Bunny to get ready for Fall 📚

[franticvampirereads]

August was a really great reading month. I think I read more fantasy books this month alone than I’ve read in the last four years combined? It’s been so nice! Here’s what I read this month:

Street Magic 4⭐️ {review}

Off Key 4⭐️ {review}

Fresh Ink 4⭐️ {review}

Therapy Game Restart vol 3 4.5⭐️ {review}

Alpha Dragon’s Eagle 4⭐️ {review}

Kings Rising 5⭐️ {review}

Mr. Villain’s Day Off vol 1 4⭐️ {review}

Intoxicating 4⭐️ {review}

That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf 5⭐️ {review}

My favorite books this month were Kings Rising and That Time I Got Drunk, both were fantastic and I just want more of them 😭❤️.

[dandelion-jester]

My August reading wrap up. Apparently I didn't read at all in the middle of the month??? But this was a good month for me.

I read:

Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb

City of Dragons by Robin Hobb

Lirael by Garth Nix

[godzilla-reads]

Goodbye, August 🦋 Welcome, September 🪲

This last month I finished 9 books, bringing my yearly total to 96 books read! My Top 3 Picks were Werewolf, Brass Dragon Codex, and Dragon Soup! Anyway, here’s the list:

🔥 Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons by Frank Tieri and Inaka Miranda

🌈 There is more than one way to be…. Strong by Clara Anganuzzi

🐺 Werewolf by Richard Corben

🔺 Brass Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

🧌 Giants by David Larkin and Sara Teale

🪱 Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West

🌻 Summer: A Folio Anthology edited by Sue Bradbury

🍜 Dragon Soup by Arlene Williams and Sally J. Smith

☀️ Saving the Sun Dragon by Tracey West

What was your favorite book of August?

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

August wrap-up (bring on the best time of the year 🎃)

[sixofravens-reads]

August Reading Wrap-Up

August was a good month for reading apparently, I finished 9 books and didn't DNF any for once!

Read:

The Riddle of the Wren - Charles de Lint

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow - Natasha Pulley

Gothic Tales - Elizabeth Gaskell

The Changeling Prince - Vivian Vande Velde

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty

Time of the Twins - Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman

War of the Twins - Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman

Test of the Twins - Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman

Blue Morning vol 1 - Shoko Hidaka

Currently Reading

The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin

[gothark]

Books I've read in August 2024:

And what I thought about them:

The Water Outlaws - I genuinely feel bad for how bored I was reading this book. I was so excited by the premise but it felt like literally nothing was happening. It took me days to get through this and it really shouldn't have on page count alone.

3.25 Stars

Siege and Storm - This was just so mid, there is only one character I liked in this and even him I didn't really like at the end anymore lol mostly I was busy being annoyed by our main characters and their stupid, stupid choices.

3.25 Stars

Ruin and Rising - I was so glad to be done with the series xD I only read it so I could have the context for reading Six of Crows with a friend. I don't regret it but I certainly could have spent my time reading better books lol

3 Stars

Golden Son - my beloved. I genuinely cannot explain what the Red Rising Series makes me feel but I'm just here for the ride and enjoying literally every second. So down bad for this series.

5 Stars

StreamLine - I read this as an ARC and man I really enjoyed this. That SAO nostalgia but actually good even now and some really good representation. I have a longer review here:

4.5 Stars

The Titan's Curse - Obligatory Rick Riordan book of the month because he hasn't disappointed me yet (and I don't think he will in the future lol) Just had a really good time with this one

5 Stars

A Gathering of Shadows - it was fiiiiine. I wished so much more from the tournament arc just to be really disappointed xD but this series is growing on my like a mind controlling fungus and I think I'm slowly loosing the battle (help) still just

3.5 Stars

The Last Sun - Oh I really liked this one, really good urban fantasy (with men kissing, my favorite) but it just missed that one tiny thing I can never describe that makes a book 5 stars for me. I loved this book but it just didn't give me that spark. Hopefully further down the series!

4.75 Stars

Scythe - another one I really wanted to like and just didn't. The world building was so interesting (if very fragile in my opinion) but the characters were just.... flat. I didn't feel for any of them and that was kinda the important part lol they just felt a little two dimensional to me.

3.25 Stars

Punk 57 - oh I really disliked this one. I hate bullies, i hate bully romances and that was basically all this was. Add some cringe pop culture and song lyric sections, topped with some really uncomfortable smut and you have basically everything I dislike lol

1 Star

Trial of the Sun Queen - The world building of this book is as solid as the foam in the bathtub of an overenthuisiastic toddler. It doesn't do anything new, or particularly well, it was very predictable and I was just really uncomforatble most of the time while reading this.

2.5 Stars

The Resurrectionist - Another ARC this month and dear lord, this was everything I wanted. I loved the premise, the plot, the characters and I will buy this book so hard when it comes out. Say anything bad about this and you can come catch these hands.

5 Stars

The Fox and the Dryad - I did like this book... mostly. The relationship was cute but would have been cuter if it had less... you know... lying. It's another one of those were characters just need to open their mouths and talk to each other. Also the mentions of designer brands were genuinely driving me insane. I wanted to cry each time they are mentioned (which is too often)

4.5 Stars

[duckprintspress]

August was a bit of a weird reading month for me, there were a bunch of really busy times when I could hardly read at all and a bunch of times when I had basically nothing to do BUT read. So here we are.

My August reads:

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

小蘑菇 vol. 1 by 一十四洲 (this is vol. 1 of the manhua, in Chinese, and I read it in Chinese, and yeah I'm pretty proud of myself, three years of work paying off)

The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin

How to Survive as a Villain vol. 1 (official) and the rest as a fantranslation, by Yi Yi Yi Yi

Flamer by Mike Curato

Yona of the Dawn vol. 3 and 4 by Mizuho Kusanagi

Dead Endia: The Broken Halo by Hamish Steele

Wolfpitch by Balazs Lorinczi

Solo Leveling vol. 8 by Chugong

My Hero Academia vol. 15 and 16 by Kohei Horishiki

Blue Flag vol. 6 and 7 by Kaito

Haikyuu vol. 8 by Haruichi Furudate

The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish vol. 1 and 2 by Xue Shan Fei Hu

Bubbles and Butterflies by Genevieve Maxwell

Dancing for the King by Terra P. Waters

LA Photographs Itself by YF Ollwell

Rabbit, Run by Lyonel Loy (not pictured cause the author didn't want me to add it to Storygraph)

Welcome Back, Alice vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi

Black or White vol. 8 by Sachimo

I Want to Be a Wall vol. 3 by Honami Shirono

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

[andreai04]

Don't you know girls have to fool people every day of their lives if they want to get anywhere?

[journalette]

My August read has been Casalinghitudine by Clara Sereni, translated to English as Keeping a House: a novel in recipes.

In this novel, the author tells her story through typical dishes and personal or familiar recipes. But what do recipes and narration have in common? When I was lured in by the promising premise of this book I hadn’t thought about it, but after some research I found interesting answers. Stories and recipes both have an aesthetic dimension as they are ways of searching for beauty and sensitive pleasure. However, they have a functional dimension as well, for they serve us to keep each other safe and give us comfort.

For this novel, Sereni created a new word in Italian, casalinghitudine, bringing together the adjective casalinga (domestic, housewife), and the suffix -itudine. With this nominalization, the author was able to give ontological status to the social and political pulsion of hosting reunions, cooking, and taking care of guests, a task often left to women and, therefore, undervalued.

[tealeavesand-roses]

Final Girls by Riley Sager 🔪🩸

Rating: 4.25/5

Leaning into the ✨summerween✨ of it all and trying to squeeze some thrillers into the mix before my semester starts. I really enjoyed Final Girls by Riley Sager. It started a little slow, and I wasn't too crazy about the central-park-quinn-has-repressed-anger-and-puts-man-in-a-coma subplot. However, the twist at the end both pleasantly and chillingly surprised me. Also, can we all collectively agree that Jeff sucked?

add me on StoryGraph: tealeavesandroses 🥀🕯️ :)

[noahhawthorneauthor]

August was a good one !