August haul
Bought
- July “Let the Games Begin” Shelflove Crate
- August “Unlikely Heroes” Shelflove Crate
- August “The Dregs” Flick the Wick box
- The Darkest Minds box w/ signed book from Good Choice Reading
- Shakespeare quote blanket designed by Dorothy Reads (Society6)
- Nerdy Tees August Shadowhunter shirt
Books
Book Outlet Haul
- Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
- Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
- Blood and Sand by C.K. Wyk
- A Conjuring of Light by Victoria Schwab
- Amid Stars and Darkness by Chani Lynn Feener
- Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda
- Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton
- Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
Other books
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
- Hades’ Daughter by Sara Douglass
- Darkwitch Rising by Sara Douglass
Bookish merch
- Gryffindor book sleeve from MyBookZleeves
- Strange the Dreamer phone case designed by Evie Bookish (Society6)
- Fable & Black enamel pins – Constant Vigilance & Fight Evil Read Books
- Fable & Black buttons – The Wand Chooses the Wizard, Alas Earwax, You’re Just as Sane as I Am, Always
- Book of Potions notebook from Fable & Black
- Happy Hello magnetic bookmarks: Karou & Akiva, Iko & Kinney, Manon & Dorian, Harry Potter set, Inuyasha set, Godspawn set
- Hogwarts enamel pin from Happy Hello
- Muggle Born Sisters enamel pins – chocolate frog, Dumbledore’s Army, Marauder’s, Hogwarts Dueling Club, Mandrake root
- Mister Kindly enamel pin from Moledro Craft Co
- The Thirteen enamel pin from Icey Designs
- Porg button and Kylo Porg enamel pin from Squadron Goals
- Little Inklings bookmarks – potions, Red Rising, break the chains, ond eldr, AIDAN
- In the Reads woodmarks – potions, Deathly Hallows
- Love You More Studio book sleeves (4 Harry Potter)
- Love You More Studio soap – 300 Fox Way & Bloodwalk
Freebies
For review
- Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean (NetGalley)
- This Splintered Silence by Kayla Olson (Edelweiss)
- The Pioneer by Bridget Tyler (Edelweiss)
- The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala (Edelweiss)
From the library
- Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh
- The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
From publisher/for promo
- Stygian by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Storygram Tours)
- Shatter the Suns by Caitlin Sangster (Storygram)
- The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (Random House)
- Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne (Disney)
- The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken, SIGNED (Big Honcho)
- Dare You To Lie by Amber Lynn Natusch (Tor)
- The Rule of One by Ashley & Leslie Saunders (Storygram)
- Rule by Ellen Goodlett (Storygram)
- All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis (Storygram)
- #murdertrending swag pack (from Gretchen)
Thank you so much to Storygram Tours, Big Honcho Media, Tor Books, Disney Books, Penguin Random House, and Gretchen McNeil for all of these!!
Rep stuff
- Love You More Studio rep package: book sleeves (3), Alosa & Bertie Botts soap
- August “Oh So Criminal” Illumicrate
- August “Mutinous Pirates” Fairyloot
- August “Born to Lead” Enchanted Book Box
Traded
- Totally Wicked candles: I am AIDAN, Godspeed Hypatia, I’m Surrounded by Idiots
- The Soap Librarian bath products: The Dark Arts & Book of Spells soap (shaped like books!) and Pumpkin Juice bath salts
Thanks so much to Courtney and Drea for the trades, I love everything!!
August Wrap Up
Books I read
- Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis – ★★★★½
- Sanctuary by Caryn Lix – ★★★★½
- Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett – ★★★★
- Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry – ★★★★
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han – ★★★
- Inferno by Julie Kagawa – ★★★★★
- This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada – ★★★★★
- Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead – DNF
- Saga, Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughan – ★★★★
- This Splintered Silence by Kayla Olson – ★★½
- One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington – ★★★★
- Rule by Ellen Goodlett – ★★★½
- Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (audiobook) – ★★★
Pages read: 4,718
Average rating: 3.9
Favorite book read in August: This Mortal Coil
Least favorite book read in August: This Splintered Silence
I did so well this month!! I read more pages than I’ve read all year. Twice as many as my average per month!
Books I reviewed
- ARC Review: Mirage by Somaiya Daud
- Review: Contagion by Erin Bowman
- Review: Toil & Trouble Anthology
- Review: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
- Review: Legendary by Stephanie Garber (unpopular opinion again oops)
- Review: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
- Review: Sanctuary by Caryn Lix
- Review: Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
Other posts
Bout of Books wrap up
I kicked ass for Bout of Books week!! I read 5 full books, half of 2 more, and a graphic novel. That’s what I normally read in a whole month! I’m so proud of myself!
Total # pages read: 2,521 (that’s more than I normally read in a whole month!!)
Total time spent reading: 26 hours, 35 minutes
Books I read:
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
- Inferno
- This Mortal Coil
- Gameboard of the Gods (DNF)
- Saga vol. 8
- This Splintered Silence
- One Past Midnight
- Rule
August Bookstagram Highlights
September TBR
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
- The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan
- The Tiger’s Daughter by Rivera K. Arsenault
- Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian
What’s in your mailbox, loverlies? Link me up!
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