It’s true that August “sipped away like a bottle of wine,” but I gotta admit, my August 2024 reading didn’t go down so smoothly.
I started my reading month off super strong with The Spellshop and The Black Bird Oracle, and then strayed from my original TBR to reread Legends & Lattes. That’s where the good seemed to end. After that, it was one letdown after another, sandwiched between only somewhat decent books. Thankfully, the last novel I picked up, How to End a Love Story, was pretty good, otherwise I would’ve felt particularly disappointed with the month!
Honestly, this goes to show that it doesn’t always benefit me to attempt mood-reading. I’m definitely better at sticking with a planned TBR and usually end up preferring my reads when I stay true to that list! While I haven’t done as phenomenally with my priority 24 TBR for the year, I’m hoping to finish up as much of it as I can over the next couple of months. The ‘ber months are when I feel the most inspired, creative, and excited to read, so I’m looking forward to diving into all sorts of great stories!
Keep on scrolling to see my August 2024 reading recap, along with what I’m hoping to read in September!
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The 9 Books I Read in August 2024
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August 2024 Reading Stats
Books That Got a 5-Star Rating [*reread]
The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls #5)
by Deborah Harkness
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Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1)*
by Travis Baldree
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Books That Got a 4 or 4.5-Star Rating
The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst
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How to End a Love Story
by Yulin Kuang
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Books That Got a 3 or 3.5-Star Rating
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1)
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Steeped in Secrets (Crystals & CuriosiTEAs #1)
by Lauren Elliott
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Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain #2)
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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Books That Got a 2 or 2.5-Star Rating
Murder in a Cup (Crystals & CuriosiTEAs #2)
by Lauren Elliott
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The Honey Witch
by Sydney J. Shields
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September 2024 TBR
Wisteria (Belladonna #3) by Adalyn Grace
What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile #1) by Isabel Ibañez
Murder Marks the Page (Tomes and Tea Mystery #1) by Karen Rose Smith
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Outdrawn by Deanna Grey
Ryan and Avery by David Levithan
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I had the same experience in August, for some reason I read so many mediocre and disappointing books, it made me really sad 😔 Luckily, I had some good reads as well, most of them Manga though 😄
I’m glad to see that you enjoyed The Spellshop though, I’m planning on reading it soon 🥰