Confessions of a Literary Addict

Completely forgot to write this up! The month kind of flew for me, I didn’t realize it was over.

Right off the bat, my reading during August looks like it was a doozy at 25 books, but don’t let that fool you. A lot of them were fairly short books by Ellen Hopkins (and I can read those things in a day, easy). One was a novella.

Ngl, though, seeing the total as 25 still kind of thrills me. I’m so close to my reading goal already! I’ll have to bump it up! 😀

Anyway, onto the goods!

What I read:

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Tricks by Ellen Hopkins // ★★☆☆☆
Traffick by Ellen Hopkins // ★★★☆☆
Identical by Ellen Hopkins // ★★★☆☆

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Rumble by Ellen Hopkins // ★★☆☆☆
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins // ★★★☆☆
The Wedding by Jennifer L. Armentrout // ★★☆☆☆

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My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows //★★★★☆
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch // ★★★☆☆
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler // ★★★☆☆

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Midnight by L.J. Smith // ★☆☆☆☆
Covet by Tracy Wolff // ★★☆☆☆
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess // ★★☆☆☆

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One Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison // ★★★☆☆
Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison // ★★★☆☆
Something Deadly This Way Comes by Kim Harrison // ★★★☆☆

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The Other People by C.J. Tudor // ★★★☆☆
The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor // ★★★★☆
Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards // ★★☆☆☆

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Of Poseidon by Anna Banks // ★★★☆☆
Of Triton by Anna Banks // ★★★☆☆
Of Triton by Anna Banks // ★★☆☆☆

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The Good Girl by Mary Kubica // ★★★☆☆
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas // ★☆☆☆☆
The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas // ★☆☆☆☆

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner // ★★★☆☆

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21 in 2021

1. Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
2. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
3. Renegades by Marissa Meyer
4. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
6. World War Z by Max Brooks
7. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
8. Angelfall by Susan Ee
9. The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
10. The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
11. Replica by Lauren Oliver
12. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
13. The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
14. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
15. Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
16. Peony in Love by Lisa See
17. Wicked by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie
18. The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
19. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
20. Feed by M.T. Anderson
21. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

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Whew. That was a lot. Only five more books left in my 21 in 2021, too! I’m slowly making my way through Wicked at the moment, and I’ll probably pick up Mara Dyer after. I really want to save Ashes for last because I think I’ll like it a lot, and I’d love to finish this all off with a good note, but I also really want to pick it up right now. The struggle!

My library is also constantly updating their catalogue with more and more new audiobooks on Libby and Hoopla, so I keep getting sidetracked reading books I see on the spot and decide, yes, that’s what I’m reading now. My other books on my currently-reading? I don’t know them.

… It’s a bit of a problem.

I also read all the books in my August TBR, so expect a September one coming… well, as soon as I write it! (Probably tomorrow?)

Thanks for reading!