Hey all, Dani here.
August is over already, and I have been 30 years old for a whole month now. Wow, time just keeps passing by so quickly. Where is my ability to pause time for a bit so I can catch up on all of this reading I need to do? Anyway, August was a pretty productive month, so that was nice.
Of course, when it comes to looking back over the past month, it also shows me just how lazy I have been when it comes to reviews. Over the last few months I have read quite a few books, and yet have only written a handful of reviews. So I need to try and get some more of those prepped up for all of you.
Let’s start with everything I read in the month of August.
Game of Secrets by Kim Foster – 4 stars
Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake – 5 stars
My Hero Academia, Vol 14 by Kohei Horikoshi – 5 stars
Dawn of the Arcana, Vol 1 by Rei Toma – 4 stars
Blue Exorcist, Vol 1 by Kazue Kato – 5 stars
Avatar: the Last Airbender: North and South Part One by Gene Luen Yang – 5 stars
Avatar: the Last Airbender: North and South Part Two by Gene Luen Yang – 5 stars
Avatar: the Last Airbender: North and South Part Three by Gene Luen Yang – 5 stars
Blue Exorcist, Vol 2 by Kazue Kato – 5 stars
Blue Exorcist, Vol 3 by Kazue Kato – 5 stars
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows – 5 stars
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken – 3.5 stars
Black Clover, Vol 1 by Yuki Tabata – 4.5 stars
I’m in the middle of reading a book right now. I was hoping to finish it before August ended but that didn’t happen. Still, I’m pretty happy with the number of books I read.
Next up is what I watched in the month of August. I started my month watching Legally Blond while finishing up a costume for Gen Con. It is still a cute and fun movie, and I give it 4 stars. Then we all sat in our hotel room and watched Monsters University, which obviously still gets 5 stars. My fiance and I finished watching Legend of Korra, which I give 5 stars to as well. Then we watched Ready Player One again, and I still have to give the movie 5 stars. I’ll do a multi-format review for the book, audiobook, and movie soon. After that I got to see the Disney movie Bolt for the first time, and I give it 4 stars. Next up was Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which gets 4 stars. Then it was time to watch the cuteness that was To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, which definitely gets 5 stars from me. After that I finally got to see the new-ish Goosebumps movie, which I liked and gave 4 stars to. At the very end of the month I managed to watch The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (4 stars), so I will try to have my review of both book and film up fairly soon.
We are still keeping up with Critical Role Campaign 2, and as always, I am finding the storylines and character development to be really interesting. We are also keeping up with the current season of My Hero Academia, because we are both obsessed with it. Finally we are continuing to try and get me all caught up on Fairy Tail, which is going to take a lot more hours. We’re only on the second season right now, but I am really enjoying it. Oh, and my fiance decided to start watching Black Clover as well. It is an interesting premise, but we are both annoyed by the gratingly loud voice of main character Asta. He really doesn’t have to yell everything, but he pretty much does.
Okay, that’s all for what I watched over the month, so now let’s jump into the book haul and OwlCrate unboxing portions of this post.
Fun fact…my September book haul is already looking a bit crazy, because my fiance and I went to both Barnes & Noble and Half-Price Books on September 2nd. The deals were just too good, you guys. I regret nothing…but I may need to try and do another book unhaul sometime soon, or at least a reorganization of my bookshelves.
The last portion of this post is the TBR, and as per usual, I should really spend a little time staring at my bookshelves before I try to write these. I need to go figure out what books I’m going to try and read this month. Hmm… Okay, so I think I’ve found a pretty decent list.
And that is all I have for you guys today. Did you have a nice reading month in August? What books are you hoping to read in September? Let’s talk books in the comments. As always, I’ll be back soon with more bookish content.
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Really want to read the darkest minds it seems like it might be a good read
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Awesome post! I just started Fairy Tail (I’m new to anime) and have only seen 5 episodes but how would you rate it?
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I absolutely give Fairy Tail 5 stars. If I lived in that world, Fairy Tail is the guild I would want to join. Yes, things are sometimes chaotic, and they might fight each other on occasion, but ultimately their loyalty to each other is just super inspirational. Plus there’s the way they push past their limits because they never give up.
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That’s really encouraging to hear, I’m definitely going to stick with it!!
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Yay!
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Also, I’m glad my comment earlier made sense, because I wrote it at 5am and I was still really tired and not fully awake.
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Haha, you’re fine!! I understood it perfectly 😀
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Sounds like you had a great month!! That is a lot of books read 😀 Is it just me or is Captain Marvel doing a better Rosie The Riveter pose than Rosie is on Redeemer? (I’m assuming that is supposed to be Rosie the Riveter?)
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Haha…I never thought of it that way, but you have a point. And yes, the main character for Redeemer is doing a Rosie the Riveter style pose.
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