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Bookworm Blogging, Monthly Wrap-Ups

August 2022 Wrap-Up

Sarah

August flew by. I did a little more dogsitting, and I worked a lot. I also had allergy testing done AND got my first allergy shot! I also got to play a super fun D&D one-shot and hope I can play more soon. This past week we went back to off-season hours at work, so I had a lot more time for reading and movies.

Books Read:

  • Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater. DNF.
  • One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. 3 stars, review.
  • Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune. DNF.
  • Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin. 4 stars, review.
  • In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power. DNF.
  • The Odyssey by Lara Williams. 4 stars, review.
  • Dark Circles by Caite Dolan-Leach. 2 stars, review.
  • The Thief of Always by Clive Barker. 3 stars, review.
  • Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters. 5 stars, RTC.
  • The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani. 4 stars, RTC.

Books read: 7 books, 3 DNFs
Average rating: 3.57 stars (much better than July)

Other Media:

Short Reads/Watches:

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My Month in Photos:

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August 2021 Wrap-Up

Sarah

Books Read:

  • A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. 4 stars.
  • The Crystal Kingdom by The McElroys and Carey Pietsch. 4 stars.

Books read: 2 book
Average rating: 4 stars

Other Media:

Short Reads/Watches:

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My Month in Photos:

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August 2019 Wrap-Up

Sarah

Sooo August was an unusually productive reading month for me because I had an excess of free time where pretty much all I could do was read. I don’t expect more like this, but it was still a nice surprise!

Books Read:

  • The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon. 4 stars, review.
  • Truth or Beard by Penny Reid. 4 stars, review.
  • Dark Web by Kelvin Teo. 1 star, review.
  • Typhoid Mary by Charlie Dalton. 3 stars.
  • Amatka by Karin Tidbeck. 3.5 stars, review.
  • We Went to the Woods by Caite Dolan-Leach. 4 stars, review.
  • A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. 4.5 stars, review.
  • Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen. 3.5 stars, review.
  • Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon. 3.5 stars, review.
  • The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney. 3.5 stars, review.
  • The Good People by Hannah Kent. 2.5 stars, review.
  • More Than This by Patrick Ness. 2.5 stars, review.
  • Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson. 4 stars, review.
  • The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien. 4 stars, review to come.
  • Pleased to Meet Me by Bill Sullivan. 4 stars, review.
  • All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld. 3 stars, review to come.

Books read: 16 (!!!!!)
Average rating: 3.4 stars

Other Media:

Notable Posts by Others:

  • Jemma explains what endometriosis actually is. As an endo sufferer, I appreciate awareness-raising stuff!

My Month in Photos:

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August 2018 Wrap-Up

Sarah

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Books Read:

  • Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater. 5/5 stars, review.
  • Rust & Stardust by T. Greenwood. 3.5/5 stars, review.
  • Disquiet by Julia Leigh. 4/5 stars, review.
  • Give People Money by Annie Lowrey. 4/5 stars, review.

Books read: 4 books
Books DNF’d: None!
Average Rating: 4.13 stars.

Movies:

  • Ready Player One [2018] directed by Steven Spielberg. 2/5 stars.
  • A Quiet Place [2018] directed by John Krasinski. 4/5 stars, rewatch.
  • The Purge: Election Year [2016] directed by James DeMonaco. 2/5 stars.
  • Jennifer’s Body [2009] directed by Karyn Kusama. 3.5 stars.

Other Posts:

Notable Posts By Others:

Reading Goal Progress:

In July, I read 4 books, which puts me at a total of 54 books for the year. I’m 5 books ahead of schedule and at 72% of my reading goal for the year. 🙂

Monthly Photo Dump:

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August 2017 Wrap-Up

Sarah


Books I Read:

  • The Education of a Coroner by John Bateson. 3/5 stars, review.
  • Watership Down by Richard Adams. DNF.
  • Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. DNF.
  • Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O’Malley. 5/5 stars, review.
  • Dancing After Hours by Andre Dubus. 4/5 stars, review.
  • Cats & Daughters by Helen Brown. DNF.
  • The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle. DNF.
  • Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin. 4/5 stars, Goodreads review.
  • A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett. 4/5 stars, Goodreads review.
  • Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera. 5/5 stars, review.
  • Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz. 4/5 stars, Goodreads review.
  • My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. 3/5 stars, review.

Books read: 8
Books DNF’d: 4
Average Rating: 4 stars

Posts:

Reading Goal Progress:

This year I have read 44 books so far! This past month was pretty productive for me as far as reading went. My current 2017 goal is 50 books, which means I am now 11 books ahead of schedule and 88% of my way to my goal, holy cow! I might bump it up again, but I might just be content with leaving it as is and seeing how far I get! Some of my upcoming reads are pretty long, so they’ll take a bit longer to read.

Notable Posts by Others:

Blog Stats:

  • I currently have 70 followers (what?!), which is up from 53 last month. I’ll have to decide what to do to celebrate when I hit 100! Any suggestions?
  • In August I had 154 visitors, which is 9 more than July.
  • I had 226 views in August, which is 44 less than July.

Thanks for reading! How was August for you? Let me know in the comments. You can also follow me on Twitter and Goodreads.