Monthly Review – August 2017

In August I read 20 books.  You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading !

I started the following series:

• Black Butler Artworks Vol 1 by Yana Toboso (4/5 stars)
• Land of the Lustrous Vol 1 by Haruko Ichikawa (3/5 stars)
• The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, Book 1) by Rick Yancey (5/5 stars)
• Bitter Spirits (Roaring Twenties, Book 1) by Jenn Bennett (4/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• None!

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, Book 1) by Rick Yancey (5/5 stars)
• The Brightest Fell (October Daye, Book 11) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
• Odd & True by Cat Winters (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:

– YA Reading Challenge (Progress: 62/100)
– Paranormal Reading Challenge (Progress: 49/100)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (Progress: 54/52) DONE!
– Audiobook Reading Challenge (Progress: 27/25) DONE!
– Steampunk Reading Challenge (Progress: 19/26)
– Flights of Fantasy Reading Challenge (Progress: 114/100) DONE!
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge (Progress: 155/200)
– New Release Reading Challenge (Progress: 58/100)
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge (Progress: 39/100)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Lilith Dark and the Beastie Tree by Charles Dowd (3/5 stars)
2. Black Butler Artworks Vol 1 by Yana Toboso (4/5 stars)
3. Land of the Lustrous Vol 1 by Haruko Ichikawa (3/5 stars)
4. Call of Fire (Breath of Earth, Book 2) by Beth Cato (3/5 stars)
5. Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, Book 5) by Sarah J. Maas (2/5 stars)
6. The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, Book 1) by Rick Yancey (5/5 stars)
7. Now I Rise (And I Darken, Book 2) by Kiersten White (4/5 stars)
8. Day Zero (Arcana Chronicles, Book 3.5) by Kresley Cole (4/5 stars)
9. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikrey by Gabrielle Zevin, Narrated by Scott Brick (4/5 stars)
10. Spectacle (Menagerie, Book 2) by Rachel Vincent (4/5 stars)
11. Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (4/5 stars)
12. Tomie by Junji Ito (4/5 stars)
13. Bitter Spirits (Roaring Twenties, Book 1) by Jenn Bennett (4/5 stars)
14. Fireblood (Frostblood Saga, Book 2) by Elly Blake (4/5 stars)
15. The Collector by Sergio Toppi (3/5 stars)
16. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (3/5 stars)
17. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Narrated by Claire Danes (4/5 stars)
18. The Brightest Fell (October Daye, Book 11) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
19. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, Book 2) by Seanan McGuire (4.5/5 stars)
20. Odd & True by Cat Winters (5/5 stars)