September 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

I didn’t feel super slumpy this month, but I guess I was? I didn’t read a ton from my TBR, but I feel okay about it.

• The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand – Currently Reading
• Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody [ARC 9/1]
• The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi [ARC 9/22] – DNF 12%
• Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff [ARC 10/6]
• Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford [ARC 10/6] – Currently Reading
• 1984 by George Orwell
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black – Read, review coming

Also read/reading:

• Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles [ARC 8/25] – Read, review coming
• Majesty by Katharine McGee – Read and reviewed
• Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan – Read, review coming
• Friends and Foes by Sarah M. Eden – Read, review coming
• Lumberjanes vol 12: Jackalope Springs Eternal by Shannon Watters, Noelle Stevenson, et al – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 5, 1 DNF
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of September = 319
Books added to TBR = 5
Books read/deleted from TBR = 5
Total on TBR now = 319

How did your reading go this month?

19 Best Book Deals for 9/8/20: All the Bright Places, Next Year in Havana, Trail of Lightning, and more

As of this posting, all of these deals are active, but I don’t know for how long!

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The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith

The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan

The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell

Tidelands by Philippa Gregory

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Liar’s Daughter by Megan Cooley Peterson

Here to Stay by Sara Farizan

180 Seconds by Jessica Park

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Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford

East by Edith Pattou

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell

The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

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September 2020 TBR

I have no idea how much I’ll be able to read this month. Hopefully this slump’ll go away.

• The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand (I promise to get to this one this month finally!)
• Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody [ARC 9/1]
• The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi [ARC 9/22]
• Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff [ARC 10/6]
• Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford [ARC 10/6]
• 1984 by George Orwell
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

13 Best Book Deals for 1/28/20: The Invention of Wings, The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, and more

As of this posting, all of these deals are active, but I don’t know for how long!

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The Love Solution by Ashley Croft

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The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

My Mother, a Serial Killer by Hazel Baron & Janet Fife-Yeomans

The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee

A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

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Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

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Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

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What a crazy summer | August Wrap-Up & TBR Update

I can’t believe August is over already! It seems like we just moved to California last week, but we’ve actually been here for almost three months. As I’ve been seeing everyone’s back-to-school/end of summer vacation social media posts, I’ve realized that we’re in a super interesting time of life where our summer vacation doesn’t really end? We don’t have any kids in school yet and we’re not in school anymore either. The weather will get cooler but like…we’re in California so it’s not going to get that cold. My husband has been working full-time all summer and he’s going to continue to do that…things just aren’t really changing for us like they are for everyone else. We can still go do summery, outside things basically as long as we want. Anyway, unrelated to book things but it was an interesting realization that I had.

• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (buddy read with Audrey Writes Abroad) – Read and reviewed
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He – Read and reviewed
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach – Read and reviewed
• Color Me In by Natasha Diaz [ARC] – DNF 43%
• Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford [ARC] – Read and reviewed
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte – Read and reviewed
• Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley – Finished listening to #6 and #7, currently listening to #8

Also read/reading:

• Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz – Finished listening
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling – Finished listening
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling – Finished listening
• Runaways vol 2: Best Friends Forever by Rainbow Rowell – Finished
• Runaways vol 3: That Was Yesterday by Rainbow Rowell – Finished
• Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills – Read and reviewed
• Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob – Finished

Books finished this month: 14 with 1 DNF
Books currently reading: 1

Well, would you look at that! I actually managed to complete my TBR and then some this month! Way to go me!

A couple other things real quick, I finished my Goodreads Reading Goal this month! I had no idea how this year was going to go (especially with last year being a bit of a dud reading year) so I set my goal to 70. Luckily, I’ve exceeded my expectations! My new goal for the year is 100. Second, I’m working on a TBR weeding project. I’m going alphabetically and I’m trying to just take one letter at a time, figuring out what I want to keep on my TBR and what can go. So you’ll see my TBR count going down significantly and that’s why.

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 383
TBR at the beginning of August = 469
Books added to TBR = 8
Books read/deleted from TBR = 65
Total on TBR now = 412

How did your reading go this month?

Reading through these Summer days | August TBR

I feel really good about how I did last month and I hope this month goes well too!

• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (buddy read with Audrey Writes Abroad)
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
• Stiff by Mary Roach
• Color Me In by Natasha Diaz [ARC]
• Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford [ARC]
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Continue reading)
• Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley (Continue listening)

We’ll see how I do. I’m really hoping I can carry July’s momentum into August! (And I’m hoping to be a little more active on the blogosphere too…)

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!