August Reading Thread 📚

[adelbert]

It's August already!

How was July for you? Did you read any fantastic or terrible books? Any books coming out this month that you're excited for?

[abs]

Happy August!

All of my July reads were solid. Nothing outstanding but nothing terrible either.

I think Meet Me in Paradise was a June read but in case it wasn't I'll mention it again. Probably the best book I've read this summer.

Other July reads:
A Special Place for Women ***
Just Last Night ****
Pack Up the Moon ****
While We Were Dating ***

The only book on my radar for August is Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown. I am sure it will be ridiculous like most of her books but they are always fun fast reads.

[polson]

i made it through 13 books in june (eta and by june i mean july🙃)…most were solid 3 stars with a few 4 stars:

jar of hearts - 3 stars
the invisible husband of frick island - 4 stars
paper ghosts - 3 stars
malibu rising - 3 stars
class mom - 3 stars
you’ve been volunteered - 3 stars
the bone garden - 3 stars
the once and future witches - 3 stars
evvie drake starts over - 3 stars
the girls weekend - 3 stars
the lions of fifth avenue - 4 stars
pretty little wife - 3 stars
desert heat - 3 stars

i have been trying to pick a few here and there that are outside of my normal reads and i feel like i’m back in my reading groove. i’m starting this month reading golden girl and listening to lapena’s someone we know. i have a few holds that should come through but no real agenda for this month.

[Lakes]

I always read less in the summer since I’m so busy with outside things. I read 7 in July which is my summer best so far! Three of them were on vacation where I detoxed from technology and one was a quick comic book.

5 stars: A Sand County Almanac, Among the Poppies, and They Can Talk (comic)
4 stars: The Book of Eels
2 stars: Adirondack, Monarchs and Milkweed, The Songbird and the Spy

I’m excited for Owls of the Eastern Ice: a quest to find and save the world's largest owl. My library had a copy on order since winter and it’s finally being processed! I’m one of the first holds so it come in early this week.

[Diordra]

I read 18 books in July 😯

Highlights were The Air Awakens Series, the last Mortal Instruments- City of Heavenly Fire and The New Camelot trilogy by Sierra Simone

[mrsnorris]

Only read four books this month, which is low for me but I also DNF three so that wasted a lot of reading time too (annoying!) Nothing particularly memorable either, hoping for less of a blah month in August!

Into Thin Air (***)
While We Were Dating (***)
Tales from the Hinterland (***)
Jolene (***)

[flippinchica]

In July I read:
Twice Shy BY Sarah Hogle 3 stars
Who do you Love by Jennifer Weiner 3.5 stars
Beach Read by Emily Henry 3 stars
Malibu Rising 4 stars
And a whole slew of Eloisa James books
Much ado about you
Kiss me Annabel
Taming of the Duke
Pleasure for Pleasure
Potent Pleasures
Midnight Pleasures
All enjoyable and quick reads
Right now I am reading Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
I also have my hold for Dial A for Aunties coming up on my holds and Bookish Life of Nina Hill on my TBR list

[nelzie]

I read 7 books in July which is low for me but better than the 1 I read in June when I was in a major slump.

The Final Girl Support Group - 4 stars
Spoiler Alert - 4 stars
Don't You Forget About Me - 2.5 stars
Better Than the Movies - 3.5 stars
The Spanish Love Deception - 4.5 stars
Eliza Starts a Rumor - 2.5 stars
Act Your Age, Eve Brown - 3 stars

I haven't looked at my August list yet.

[wedding]

I read 13 books in July



My favorites were Girl A and The Things We Cannot Say.

I have a few on deck for August including The Rose Code, which I am looking forward to.

[brux]

Last weekend, I read Anxious People by Fredrik Backman and really enjoyed it.

For August, I’m going to read:
In Five Years
The Great Circle.

[mathrun]

July Reads:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (4)
First Person Singular (3)
Before She Disappeared (4)
Flowers for Algernon (3.5)
An American Marriage (5)
Winter Garden (4)
A Court of Frost and Starlight (4.5)
The Last Time I Lied (3.5)
Wilder Girls (4.5)
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (3)
A Court of Silver Flames (5)
Who Gets In and Why (4)
The Lost and Found Bookshop (2)
Naked In Death (reread) (4)
Lock Every Door (5)
Six of Crows (5)

August TBR
Switch by Chip Heath
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
The Family Plot by Megan Collins
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Guest List
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

[adelbert]

I only read one book in July! A short story, "The Haunting of Tram Car 015" by P. Djèlí Clark which I really enjoyed and now I'm reading the full length novel based in the same universe, A Dead Djinn in Cairo and so far it's great.

I said this last month but I've been so busy doing really fun enjoyable things with the family during our summer holidays that I haven't wanted to read I also haven't watched any TV or basically had much down time for a few weeks. So totally not the norm. School is starting up again and I'm sure this month I'll have some chances to read a few more books.

I know two authors I love have books coming out this month so that will definitely get me reading. Or at the very least downloading them to my Kindle. 😉

[mintyblueair]

In July, I finished:

One Last Stop--enjoyable and very cute, but I found the characters all really similar and the style of witty banter that was constantly going on was tiresome at times

The Only Good Indians--there were things I loved about this book, but overall it wasn't a page turner for me

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine--I loved this book and I fell in love with Eleanor. I was not interested in reading this book but my mom kept suggesting it, and I am so glad I finally did.

And I got halfway through The Martian. I am finding it just as fun and fast paced as Project Hail Mary, but I think I liked PHM more for other reasons. I figured the main characters would be identical in terms of personality but it's not bothering me as much as I thought it would.

[snowyowl]

I’ve been out of books for a couple days, but discovered an unread book on my Kindle, woot! It’s The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. It looks bonkers, hopefully it’s fun.

I checked the preorders I have for this month. On deck:
Along Came A Lady - Christy Caldwell (I have a vague sense I don’t love her writing, don’t know if I checked on that before ordering 😬).
All’s Well - Mona Awad. I believe I got it off an upcoming horror list, but all the reviews say it’s very funny, so I don’t know what to expect!
Live and Let Grow - Penny Reid. She is VERY hit or miss for me, with a lean towards miss, so 🤞
The Heart Principle - Helen Hoang. I liked her creativity and interesting characters in previous books. Looking forward to this one.

[bugglesbee]

Not all in July, but my recent reads were:
Anxious People, Midnight Library, Invisible Life of Addie LaRux, In Five Years, November 9, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - I enjoyed all of them!

I am currently reading When We Were Orphans, Ishiguro and it’s slow for me. I am half way and still hoping it picks up.

[chocolatecake]

I finished the audiobook Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Galdwell.
It’s not at all what I thought it would be and I learned a lot. It’s well researched and the actual audio clips of real events makes it ‘entertaining.’ Would highly recommend as audiobook as it might be boring to read.

[caer]

July was a decent month for me. I read some good thrillers. My favorite was Local Woman Missing. The only book that was a total miss for me was Very Sincerely Yours, which I just found to be boring.

I’m reading Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell right now and really liking it! These are the books I finished in July:

[cdnfroggy]

I only read three books in July-I was in a big slump all month.

The Stitchers - 4 *
The Queen of Cicadas - 3.5 *
Shit, Actually 5 ****

I’m hoping to finish Dead Dead Girls, Thé Final Girl Support Group, Undead Girl Gang, Goblin and Survive the Night

[mintyblueair]

For this month, I want to read The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Commonwealth by Ann Patchett.

[justbecause]

I need one a good book.
Everything lately has been lackluster.

[missmissy234]

I interestingly got an email from Amazon that my Kindle version of Malibu Rising was an unauthorized version and they refunded me my money. Now I'm wondering how different that version was than the authorized version. The ending on mine just seem very abrupt and I hated how it all came "together" and just ended. Could I have read a version that didn't end that way? Did anyone else get this notification from Amazon?

[angelashly]

July was a weird month personally, but my books were ok:

The Darkest Flower-3 stars
Pack Up the Moon-4 stars
Sunkissed-3.5 stars
Survive the night-3 stars
The Secret Bridesmaid-4 stars

I finished While We Were Dating last night too, but that technically was August, but I enjoyed it a lot.

[byjove]

I finished 18 in July.

Standouts for me:
Malibu Rising
The Perfect Find
One by One
Beach Read
The Secret Bridesmaid
I tore through the Court of Thorns and Roses- high entertainment value, but I'm not sure how much I truly loved it.

Currently reading Devil in the Dark Water, and While Justice Sleeps and To Have and To Hoax just became available from the library. I'm basically reading as fast I can to keep up lol. Thinking I need to be picking more books on audio when they are available. On audio I'm listening to How to Catch a Sinful Marquess by Amy Rose Bennett. This is a new author for me.

[byjove]

Aug 2, 2021 7:08:42 GMT -6 missmissy234 said:

I interestingly got an email from Amazon that my Kindle version of Malibu Rising was an unauthorized version and they refunded me my money. Now I'm wondering how different that version was than the authorized version. The ending on mine just seem very abrupt and I hated how it all came "together" and just ended. Could I have read a version that didn't end that way? Did anyone else get this notification from Amazon?

Can you describe a little more on how it abruptly ended? I wouldn't have described the ending that way necessarily.

[angelashly]

So far on deck for August:
Isn't it Bromantic
Local Woman Missing
Such A Quiet Place
The Therapist
The Stranger in the Mirror
Not a Happy Family


I have a few more just in case I don't like one of the above. I've heard not great things about The Therapist so I am wondering if I push that to next month.

[caer]

Aug 2, 2021 7:08:42 GMT -6 missmissy234 said:

I interestingly got an email from Amazon that my Kindle version of Malibu Rising was an unauthorized version and they refunded me my money. Now I'm wondering how different that version was than the authorized version. The ending on mine just seem very abrupt and I hated how it all came "together" and just ended. Could I have read a version that didn't end that way? Did anyone else get this notification from Amazon?

So there was a discussion about this on the peloton book club page and people were saying that whole characters/storylines were missing from the unauthorized version! I haven’t read it so I can’t help with the details but it’s definitely an issue.

[byjove]

Aug 2, 2021 6:51:52 GMT -6 justbecause said:

I need one a good book.
Everything lately has been lackluster.

Genre? What have you tried recently that you didn't like?

[missmissy234]

Aug 2, 2021 7:33:23 GMT -6 byjove said:

Aug 2, 2021 7:08:42 GMT -6 missmissy234 said:

I interestingly got an email from Amazon that my Kindle version of Malibu Rising was an unauthorized version and they refunded me my money. Now I'm wondering how different that version was than the authorized version. The ending on mine just seem very abrupt and I hated how it all came "together" and just ended. Could I have read a version that didn't end that way? Did anyone else get this notification from Amazon?

Can you describe a little more on how it abruptly ended? I wouldn't have described the ending that way necessarily.

For me, this is how I summarized the ending:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}
Full discussion on various celebrities at the party. Then at 5 am it cuts the Riva family sitting on the beach.
I guess Jay & Hud fought over some girl that was alluded in previous chapters
Some girl named Casey was sitting on the beach with them, that I guess is their half sister. I don't remember this being talked about in previous chapters.
Nina decides to leave for a vacation.

Final sentences was Mick setting the house on fire.

I just hated that it seemed to just tie things up very quickly with so much time spent on characters at the party that we have no idea who they were!

[gingy]

I finished:
Nothing to See Here - 5
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - 4.5

DNF:
People We Meet on Vacation

Currently reading:
One Last Stop
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev

Next Up:
The Anthropocene Reviewed
While We Were Dating

[byjove]

Aug 2, 2021 7:52:58 GMT -6 missmissy234 said:

Aug 2, 2021 7:33:23 GMT -6 byjove said:

Can you describe a little more on how it abruptly ended? I wouldn't have described the ending that way necessarily.

For me, this is how I summarized the ending:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}
Full discussion on various celebrities at the party. Then at 5 am it cuts the Riva family sitting on the beach.
I guess Jay & Hud fought over some girl that was alluded in previous chapters
Some girl named Casey was sitting on the beach with them, that I guess is their half sister. I don't remember this being talked about in previous chapters.
Nina decides to leave for a vacation.

Final sentences was Mick setting the house on fire.

I just hated that it seemed to just tie things up very quickly with so much time spent on characters at the party that we have no idea who they were!

Yeah, sounds like you missed a few chapters in the second half and that is not exactly the ending. We did not read the same book.