There was not much happening on the blog this month as I was away on vacation for two weeks, but I did keep reading — quite a lot, actually! Here’s what I was up to this month.
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Reviews
- The Fledgling by Jane Langton was an unusual mix of magic and philosophy, from my Phoenix Award list.
Other Books Read
The Devil in Music by Kate Ross- The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
- Miss Billy by Eleanor H. Porter
- The Gilded Chalet by Padraig Rooney – Mount TBR, Reading Around the World
- A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
- The Spirit Within Us by Evelyn Capel – Mount TBR
- Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
- Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
- The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahearn
- The Assistants by Camille Perri
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – Classics club
- The Last Gods of Indochine by Samuel Ferrer – Reading Around the World
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Reading Around the World
- The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy – Mount TBR, Classics club
Other Features and Events
- I asked, Would you like to contribute a post for Witch Week?
- I reported on my Mount TBR challenge progress halfway through the year. I’ve been in a slump, but maybe I’m coming out of it.
Shared in the Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer, the Month in Review linkup at The Book Date, and the Monthly Wrap-up Round-up hosted by Feed Your Fiction Addiction
The Emerald City Book Review Archive 
I’m sorry you’ve been in a slump…but glad to hear you’re coming out of it! Same thing going on over here 🙂
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It’s good to have a change of pace from time to time.
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You read a lot of books. That is a good thing! You also managed to read an eclectic bunch of books. It is difficult to blog when one is away.
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Yes, I have found it’s more realistic for me to just take a break. The plus side was getting a lot of reading done!
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Wow! You read a lot! Does it make you restless to read so much & not journal? I’m trying to journal less so I can read more, yet as much as I like just moving into the next book, I find I wonder if journaling would have solidified the book for me, and given me a record of my response? So hard to juggle things! Still there are worse things than too many reading dilemmas. 🙂
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I’m actually quite prone to writing posts some time after finishing the book…sometimes I don’t feel like writing immediately, my thoughts need time to solidify I suppose. Although it would be good to capture some of them in a more timely manner, before I forget my first impressions. This would be an interesting topic for a discussion.
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You really did read a lot! 🙂 Happy August!
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Thanks, you too!
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Wow, you really did read a lot! I hope you enjoyed them all. Especially Frankenstein – that’s one of my favourite classics! 🙂
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I did enjoy Frankenstein. I need to solidify my thoughts (see comment above) so I can write something meaningful about it.
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Wow! What a month! 🙂 I can’t wait to see photos from your vacation! 🙂
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I have put them on my computer now, so I’m one step closer to actually getting them into a post.
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I’m so inspired that you’re ?getting over? your reading slump. I am in one right now and it’s AWFUL and I am so so ready to be finished with it.
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Oh, ugh. Hope you can shake yourself out of it somehow.
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Lory, the blog may have been quite but you’ve read an amazing amount. In particular, I hope you enjoyed Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 🙂
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I did, as you can now see!
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