Happy September! I don't know about you, but I am beyond ready for fall. They had the pumpkin spice creamer back in the stores last Friday and I of course had to get a bottle. I may have already had several cups of pumpkin spice coffee... But anyways, back to books. I was able to get through a lot this month and this has been my best of the year! I was able to finish the Ripped Bodice Summer Bingo as well as Boards 2 and 3 of the Summer of Soon! [link will be added once the 3rd wrap up is posted.]
Most of my reading came towards the end of the month once I was really able to get out of my slump. I tried to participate in the Dark Romance Readathon, but only ended up with one book for that. That's okay though since I didn't want to get back into that funky mood where I'm not quite in a full blown slump. I was also pretty varied this month and ended up reading a lot of contemporary, which isn't a genre I'm drawn too usually. A lot of the challenges I've been participating in though have prompts that are usually easier met with contemporary, so that is a big part of it. Also, I started following several readers that mainly stick with contemporary to help curate my selections there. I've also continued my trend of reading a lot of newer releases. As always, my stats are listed below followed by the list of books I read in order read. The links will be to the corresponding review and I'll update as they are posted!
August 2021
31 books read for 8,929 pages
💗 I averaged 0.58 days per book
💗 The average page count book was 288.03
💗 I read 4 books under 100 pages, 3 in the 100s, 5 in the 200s, 18 in the 300s and 1 in the 500s
💗 4 of the books I read were for clubs or readathons
💗 10 of my books were diverse
💗 I read 5 new authors
💗 I reread 5 books
💗 I owned 10 of the books in paperback and added 14 to my wishlist
💗 I read 21 books in eBook and 10 in paperback
💗 The decades broken down with 1 in the 1990s, 5 in the 2000s, 11 in the 2010s, and 14 in the 2020s
💗 My average rating was 4.19
🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 - 10 books
🍎🍎🍎🍎 - 18 books
🍎🍎🍎 - 2 books
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💗 17 books were contemporary, 3 were dark, 1 was fantasy, 9 were historical and 1 was sci-fi. All were romance!
1. The Spy by Sophie Lark 🍎🍎🍎🍎
2. Wrong Car, Wright Guy by Megan Wade 🍎🍎🍎🍎
3. Deep, Deep Donuts by Megan Wade 🍎🍎🍎🍎
4. Meant to Be by Teri Osburn 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
5. Up to the Challenge by Teri Osburn 🍎🍎🍎🍎
6. Single Dad Seeks Juliet by Max Monroe 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
7. Hot Stuff by Max Monroe 🍎🍎🍎🍎
8. Grumpy Cowboy by Max Monroe 🍎🍎🍎🍎
9. Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
10. Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
11. Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
12. Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells 🍎🍎🍎🍎
13. Written On His Skin by Simone Stark 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
14. Going Cowboy Crazy by Katie Lane 🍎🍎🍎🍎
15. Ain't Myth-Behaving by Katie MacAlister 🍎🍎🍎🍎
16. How to Seduce a Duke by Kathryn Caskie 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
17. How to Engage an Earl by Kathryn Caskie 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
18. How to Propose to a Prince by Kathryn Caskie 🍎🍎🍎🍎
19. Rocky Waters by C.M. Steele 🍎🍎
20. Hot Water by Fern Fraser 🍎🍎🍎
21. Alien Tongues by Chloe Parker 🍎🍎🍎🍎
22. Twisted Love by Ana Huang 🍎🍎🍎🍎
23. Ravished by Amanda Quick 🍎🍎🍎🍎
24. Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 🍎🍎🍎
25. The Ultimate Pi Day Party by Jackie Lau 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
26. Ice Cream Lover by Jackie Lau 🍎🍎🍎🍎
27. Man Vs. Durian by Jackie Lau 🍎🍎🍎🍎
28. The Governess Game by Tessa Dare 🍎🍎🍎🍎
29. The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare 🍎🍎🍎🍎
30. Live and Let Grow by Penny Reid 🍎🍎🍎🍎
31. Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
💗 It's a little hard to pick my favorites this month since I was pretty varied in my subgenres. For historical it has to be Kathryn Caskie. While the Lisa Kleypas books were amazing, it was as expected. Kathryn Caskie is a new author to me and I'm so happy to find a new historical author to read. I can't wait to get through the rest of her backlist! I also found a couple new contemporary authors, Max Monroe and Teri Osburn. I really loved Single Dad Seeks Juliet and almost want to reread it already. As for disappointment, there are two that stick out. I was really let down by Rocky Waters. The premise sounded so good but it was too short and just written really oddly. Then there's Kiss An Angel and that fact that I was triggered for the first time. Just a perfect storm that really messed with my head. I'm glad I was able to binge Jackie Lau to get me out of my head.
Things might start calming down in September. Today starts the autumn reading challenge Fall In Love. I'm sure we'll see another round of the Paranormal Romance Readathon and/or the Love in the Night Readathon since we are getting closer to spooky season. I don't know if there's anything else planned at this point. I do need to start buckling down on getting some Christmas presents made, but I might try looking for some audiobooks. I kept checking this month if there were audiobooks for what I wanted to read on my apps, but no luck. I could join a service, but since I'm not 100% into them yet, I wanted to stick to the free options available via my library. I also found a new marvel podcast called The Abingers so that's been my jam lately. I've been wanting to rewatch the MCU and want to do that paired with the podcast. I tend to watch a lot of tv and youtube when I craft, but we'll see what happens! Especially with football coming back as well as hockey (preseason starts later this month)!
How was your reading last month?
Bookishly Yours,
Stasi🍎
Charts: Decades, Genres, Pages, Stars
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