Monthly Review – August 2018

In August I read 22 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:

• The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo, Dice Tsutsumi (4/5 stars)
• Knights of the Borrowed Dark (Knights of the Borrowed Dark, Book 1) by Dave Rudden (3/5 stars)
• Tokyo Tarareba Girls Vol 1 by Akiko Higashimura (3/5 stars)
• Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, Book 1) by Shannon Messenger (2/5 stars)
• One Foot in the Grave (The Mortician’s Daughter, Book 1) by C.C. Hunter (4/5 stars)
• Death and Relaxation (Ordinary Magic, Book 1) by Devon Monk (5/5 stars)
• Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1) by Ann Aguirre, Narrated by Suzanna Duff (3/5 stars)
• Seafire (Seafire, Book 1) by Natalie Parker (3.5/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• Bright We Burn (The Conqueror’s Saga, Book 3) by Kiersten White (5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Bright We Burn (The Conqueror’s Saga, Book 3) by Kiersten White (5/5 stars)
• Death and Relaxation (Ordinary Magic, Book 1) by Devon Monk (5/5 stars)
• Berserk Vol 39 by Kentaro Miura (5/5 stars)
• Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier (5/5 stars)
• Falling Fire (Air Awakens, Book 2) by Elise Kova (5/5 stars)
• Night and Silence (October Daye, Book 12) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)

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

– Goodreads Reading Challenge (Progress: 203/200) COMPLETE!
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge (Progress: 114/100)  COMPLETE!
– New Release Reading Challenge (Progress: 54/31-60) COMPLETE!
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (Progress: 45/52)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Bright We Burn (The Conqueror’s Saga, Book 3) by Kiersten White (5/5 stars)
2. The Periodic Table by Primo Levi, Narrated by Neville Jason (4/5 stars)
3. The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo, Dice Tsutsumi (4/5 stars)
4. The Girl in the Green Silk Gown (Ghost Roads, Book 2) by Seanan McGuire (4.5/5 stars)
5. Clockwork Assassin (Lady Mechanika, Vol 4) by Joe Benitez, M. M. Chen, Peter Steigerwald, Beth Sotelo, Mike Garcia (3/5 stars)
6. Knights of the Borrowed Dark (Knights of the Borrowed Dark, Book 1) by Dave Rudden (3/5 stars)
7. Tokyo Tarareba Girls Vol 1 by Akiko Higashimura (3/5 stars)
8. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King (3/5 stars)
9. Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, Book 1) by Shannon Messenger (2/5 stars)
10. One Foot in the Grave (The Mortician’s Daughter, Book 1) by C.C. Hunter (4/5 stars)
11. Death and Relaxation (Ordinary Magic, Book 1) by Devon Monk (5/5 stars)
12. Berserk Vol 39 by Kentaro Miura (5/5 stars)
13. Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier (5/5 stars)
14. Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1) by Ann Aguirre, Narrated by Suzanna Duff (3/5 stars)
15. Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Vol 2 by Takaya Kagami (4.5/5 stars)
16. Made to be Broken (Nadia Stafford, Book 2) by Kelley Armstrong (4/5 stars)
17. Seafire (Seafire, Book 1) by Natalie Parker (3.5/5 stars)
18. Falling Fire (Air Awakens, Book 2) by Elise Kova (5/5 stars)
19. A World Without Darkness (Dam Keeper, Book 2) by Robert Kondo, Dice Tsutsumi (4/5 stars)
20. Night and Silence (October Daye, Book 12) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)