August 2020 Wrap-Up and September 2020 TBR

Hello! After finishing summer school in July, I finally had the time to sit down and read a ton of books. This month, I read a total of 17 books! While a portion of them were graphic novels, I read way more than what I usually read. I hope I can keep up this pace in September before school resumes again. This month’s reads consisted of mainly rereads: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and Saga. I reread PJO and HoO for ~nostalgia~ while I reread Saga because, well, I really missed it. I also read three new books this month, two of which I really enjoyed. 

Here are the books I read in the month of August!

Books mentioned:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (Books 1-5)

The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (Books 1-5)

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Vol. 1-4)

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

July 2020 Wrap-Up

Hello it's been a while! Although I only got through half of this month’s TBR, I managed to finish 4 books and 3 volumes of a graphic novel! I sort of fell into a reading slump mid-July (and perhaps got distracted by video games again…). Nevertheless I found two new favorite books and branched out of my comfort zone to read some contemporaries! While I do enjoy some of the contemporary genre, I realized it takes me forever to get through these books compared to fantasy books. I still plan to read more contemporaries in the future, but ] I probably won’t read more than two in a single month.

Here are the books I read in the month of July!

Books Mentioned:

The Wicked + The Divine Volumes 2, 3, & 4 by Keiron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

*this was written before I wrote a full book review for each one, so I apologize in advance if I don’t have too much to say or if some thoughts are incoherent!

June 2020 Wrap Up

Hello! This month was pretty difficult in terms of reading as I had final exams the first two weeks of June and a one week break before starting summer school. I also got way too distracted by mobage and Animal Crossing and may have spent more time playing games than reading (whoops). And with everything going on in the world, it was sometimes difficult to fully immerse myself mentally in a book.  Please check https://currentinfo.carrd.co/ to find petitions and gofundmes to support those facing global tragedies.

I managed to read a total of 4 books this month and will be continuing to read one book into July. Although I didn’t get through my June TBR, I’m still happy I managed to get through most of it! I hope to read at least 6 books next month (though who knows… there’s the Animal Crossing July update coming…)!

Books Mentioned:

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Wicked + The Divine Volume 1 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara