August Wrap Up
August was a pretty good month for me. I went on vacation to Rhode Island a few weeks ago, but now I'm back in school.
For the most part, August was a good reading month. Unfortunately though, for the past week, I have been in a huge reading slump. I'm finding I don't have as much time to read during the day and when I get home from school, I'm too exhausted to pick up a book.
Currently, I'm reading My Contrary Mary so I'm hoping that'll take me out of this reading slump!
Book reviews:
The Cleaners by Ken Liu
My rating: 3 stars
Series: Faraway
Genre: fantasy
Synopsis:
Is it better to remember or forget? Gui is a professional cleaner who scrubs away the unwanted memories of the past. Unlike other cleaners, Gui can't feel the memories from the objects. However, Clara can. She doesn't like to though. When her sister Beatrice brings back a memory from her childhood, Clara's mind might change.
Dorothy Must Die Stories Vol 2 by Danielle Paige
My rating: 3 stars
Series: Dorothy Must Die novella collection
Genre: fantasy, retelling
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The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
My rating: 4 stars
Genre: fantasy, horror, mystery
Synopsis:
Natasha's sister is missing. Her car was found abandoned on the edge of a nature reserve. When the case runs cold, Natasha's anger starts to rise. She's desperate to find answers and will do anything possible to get them, including turning the Lloyds for help. Della Lloyd's family has been gathering magic from the Bend. When Natasha appears on her doorstep, Della knows it will take more than a simple potion to help her. Della has her own secrets to hide though. She thinks the monster responsible for all the missing women in town is her mother.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
My rating: 5 stars
Series: Six of Crows book 1
Genre: fantasy
Synopsis:
Ketterdam is a busy city full of trade and business. In Ketterdam, anything can be done for the right price. When Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist that'll make him rich beyond his wildest dreams, he knows he can't pull it off alone. Kaz recruits the help of a heartrender, a runaway, a sharpshooter, a spy, and a convict.
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
My rating: 4 stars
Series: Six of Crows book 2
Genre: fantasy
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Evil Thing by Serena Valentino
My rating: 3 stars
Series: Villians book 7
Genre: fantasy, retellings
Synopsis:
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
My rating: 5 stars
Genre: horror, mystery
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 stars
Series: The Hunger Games book 1
Genre: dystopian
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Cress by Marissa Myer
My rating: 3 stars
Series: The Lunar Chronicles book 3
Genre: dystopian
Synopsis:
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
My rating: 4 stars
Series: My Lady Jane book 1
Genre: historical fiction
Synopsis:
Lady Jane Grey didn't plan to get married. But she does anyway. Edward knows he's dying so he arranges to marry Jane off to Gifford (but he likes to be called G) so he can have an heir. Jane and G aren't thrilled at first. And Janes is even less thrilled when she finds out that G is an Eðian. G turns into a horse every morning at sunrise. It isn't long before Edward, Jane, and G find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy that will change England forever.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
My rating: 3 stars
Genre: classics, fantasy
Synopsis:
Shortly after Mary Lennox moves to Misselthwaite, she finds a walled-in garden. With the help of Dickon, a boy who has the strange ability to charm animals, Mary is able to restore the garden to its former glory. The garden helps Mary get better and its secret powers help her sick cousin, Colin.
Other posts:
What I read this month:
Total: 12 books
Favorite: We Can Be Heros
- Keeping It Real by Paula Chase
- Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
- Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
- Death is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
- Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive by Chris Colfer
- We Can Be Heros by Kyrie McCauley
- All of Us Villians by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman
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