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Friday, September 01, 2017

Month in Review: August 2017



Goodbye August ...Hello September!!! So, this was a funny month - between being on vacation at the beach for a week and then coming home only to realize I had a stress fracture in my foot and needed to stay off it for 2 weeks, I suddenly found myself with tons of reading time on my hands :) Not that I'm complaining - those piles of books aren't going to read themselves!


Here are my reading stats for August! 
  • Books read: 23
 
Books I read:

  1. The Book of Summer -- Michelle Gable (audio book)
  2. The End of Temperance Dare -- Wendy Webb
  3. The People at Number 9 -- Felicity Everett
  4. The Goddesses -- Swan Huntley (audio book)
  5. Emma in the Night --Wendy Walker
  6. A Beautiful Poison -- Lydia Kang
  7. Cockroaches -- Jo Nesbo
  8. Last Breath -- Karin Slaughter (e-book)
  9. The Salt House -- Lisa Duffy
  10. Sleep Tight -- Caroline Mitchell (audio book)
  11. Girl in Snow -- Danya Kukafka
  12. Unraveling Oliver -- Liz Nugent
  13. The Other Girl -- Erica Spindler (e-book)
  14. The Cottingley Secret -- Hazel Gaynor (audio book)
  15. The Walls -- Hollie Overton
  16. Two Nights -- Kathy Reichs (audio book)
  17. Everything We Left Behind -- Kerry Lonsdale (audio book)
  18. The Daughters of Ireland -- Santa Montefiore (audio book)
  19. Hide & Seek -- M.J. Arlidge
  20. The Burning Girl -- Claire Messud
  21. Mrs. Saint & the Defectives --  Julie Lawson Timmer (audio book)
  22. Lie to Me -- J.T. Ellison
  23. The Good Daughter -- Karin Slaughter
  
Favorite Books of August:
 
  • Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker
  • Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

2017 Reading Challenge Update:
 
  • You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge -- Books Read: 134/150
  • Library Reading Challenge -- Books Borrowed: 13/24
  • #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks Reading Challenge -- Books Read: 7/15
  • New Authors Reading Challenge -- New Authors Read: 53/45 - Completed
  • E-books Reading Challenge -- E-books Read: 23/25
  • Audio Books Reading Challenge -- Books Listened to: 58/50 - Completed

*Kathyrn over at The Book Date has created a Month in Review meme for those who put together these monthly posts. From now on, I'll be linking my post up each month...Thanks Kathryn for putting this meme together!!!