Hello friends! Welcome to another wrap up of 2024! How did your month go? Here is all we wanted to highlight from August:
August Reading
Reading in Numbers
| Kriti | Ariel |
|---|---|
| Total Books Read: 7 Stats/Breakdown: Personal picks: 4 Review copies: 3 Fiction: 5 Non-Fiction: 2 Backlist Bingo Books: 1 | Total Books Read: 10 Stats/Breakdown: Library Books: 6 Review Copies: 4 Fiction: 10 Non-Fiction: 0 Backlist Bingo Books: 3 |
Buddy Read of the Month
Non-Bookish Noteworthy
Ariel – Escape from Mystwood Mansion – a cozy escape puzzle where you’re a postal worker just trying to deliver a package and has to find their way out of a puzzled-filled mansion!
Kriti – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare – Entertaining action second world war movie on Amazon Prime.
Throwback from Previous Years on the Blog
2023: The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August – originally self-published, this one got picked up by Del Rey UK.
2022: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri – One of my favorite authors to return to who writes about the Indian immigrant experience.
2021: What we carry by Kalyn Fogarty – a story about motherhood and loss.
2020: The Mother Code by Carole Stivers – a post-pandemic story when children are given to AI to survive.
2019: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas – I enjoyed this story about female time travellers.
Important Links for You
Do you have book recommendations or a book you would like to see reviewed? Use this form to send book names to Kriti.
The Backlist Bingo update for August now available. Join us whenever your reading allows. Here is the link to the spreadsheet.
Did you have a favorite book in May? What are you reading in June?
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