August TBR

Hey all, Sam here.

Wow, okay, so we’re at the end of July, and I think things went pretty well with the TBR for the month, so we’ll do it again for August. I mean, okay, I guess it helps that I’m really trying to keep up with my NetGalley release schedule the past few months. There are certain books that I need to read each month if I want to get their reviews up around their release dates.

But I also know there’s a bunch of other book releases, books that I wasn’t approved for on NetGalley that I also want to read, so we’ll see what happens. My TBRs might end up getting shaken up or even tossed out the window.

So, first up: my NetGalley reads, and I’ll put the book’s release date up with it so you have an idea of when I’d like to have it read and reviewed.

The Salt-Black Tree by Lilith Saintcrow (Aug 8), Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (Aug 15), Face the Night by Lani Forbes (Aug 15), The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim (Aug 22)

Glancing through the rest of this post, I think it’s safe to say I’m definitely in a fantasy mood. Which makes a lot of sense because I really enjoy fantasy and also there are a whole bunch of awesome sounding fantasy books being released.

I have a few more NetGalley reads as well, taking me through the end of August and into September.

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan (Aug 22), Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim (Aug 29), Daughter of Winter and Twilight by Helen Corcoran (Sept 4), City of Bones by Martha Wells (Sept 5)

Here’s my question for myself…for a couple of these it’s been a long while since I read their first books…should I try and squeeze in re-reads, should I just read some reviews and see if that’s enough to refresh my memory, or should I just dive in and hope for the best?

Then there’s some books that I’ve had on my shelves for a little while. These non-NetGalley books are a little more prone to changing depending on my mood and my reading speed and all of that.

For non-NetGalley reads I tentatively have Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs, and Putting the Fact in Fantasy edited by Dan Koboldt

Obviously, this is probably not all that I’ll read in the month of August, but this seems like a pretty good starting point. I know there’s more than a few books I’ve downloaded from Kindle Unlimited that I’m also interested in reading, and depending on how many of those I get into, I might start doing bonus review posts to cover them all. I know there’s a lot of books I need to start drafting reviews for, because currently most of my book reviews are focused on NetGalley reads.

Anyway…are there any books that you’re hoping to read in August? Let me know…you know, just in case there’s some book that I absolutely need to add to my TBR.

That’s all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.