August wrap up

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a better August than I did! I feel like I’m in a bit of a reading slump, I’ve been really struggling to concentrate on reading books all through August, but in the last week it’s like my brain has just completely given up. I’m just so tired. So I only managed to get to 6 (and a half!) books this month, and to be honest, each of them was a bit of a slog, even the ones I really enjoyed since my brain just refused to cooperate with reading. Though I did read another three for work, that counts right? Hopefully I’ll have a better September… And it’s my birthday month! I would have loved to mood read to celebrate this month but I have so many ARCS to read and I have no idea if I’ll even get time to read a non-ARC. The pains of being a book blogger…

Books read

I read 6 (and a half) books this month! My favourite was probably The Year of the Witching. I’ve been in such a mood for spooky books recently and this one completely scratched that itch!

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart (review will come this month on pub day!)

The Four Profound Weaves by R.M Lemberg (review will come this month on pub day!)

Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen (you can read my review here!)

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (you can read my review here!)

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna (you can read my review here!)

Iron Heart by Nina Varela (review will come this month on pub day!)

And I’m halfway through The Ikessar Falcon right now!

Books bought/borrowed/approved for

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

The Ikessar Falcon by K. Villoso

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

September TBR

As I said above, I feel like I’m currently sinking into a pile of ARCs and I can’t let myself read anything else until I’m back on top of them. Which will also free me up for October where I’m participating in the Gothtober readathon, which is all about gothic fiction! Check it out here! I’m so fucking excited for this. I’m going to spend all month preparing my TBR.

But for now, here’s what I’ll be reading in September! I’ve got 7 ARCs I need to get through and then a couple extras if I actually manage that.

The Ikessar Falcon by K. Villoso

Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliot

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

The Midnight Bargain by C.L Polk

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

My blog posts

Reviews

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
The First Sister by Linden A Lewis
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isobel Sterling
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles

#5OnMyTBR

Misc

And the last of this series, young adult science fiction, posts on Thursday!

Community

Here are some of my favourite posts from the community this month!

The Perks of Being Noura interviewed Xiran Jay Zhao, the author of my most anticipated 2021 YA Iron Widow!
Vee, Krisha and Nandini created The Poppy War book tag which looks so much fun and which I will of course be doing this month!
Shealea posted about 31 Filipino Bookish Creators You Should Follow and greatly expanded my subcriber list!
The Alliterates posted a list of gothic romance, just in time for spooky season!
Reads Rainbow posted their list of sapphic books releasing July – December!