The month that was… August 2019

August was another busy month, but it ended on an extremely pleasant note as I spent the last week soaking up the sun in Lanzarote!  😎 I spent a fair amount of time reading, and I’ll be sharing what I read and my thoughts on those books shortly – quite possibly through a series of mini reviews – we’ll see how it goes!

So what happened on Jo’s Book Blog in August?  I posted ten reviews in total before I left Blighty for sunnier climes (which seems like quite good going for me!).  The standout novels of these were:

• The Amber Fury by Natalie Haynes
• The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
• In the Dark by Cara Hunter

I also reviewed:

• The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver
• The Light Between Us by Katie Khan
• Vengeful by V. E. Schwab
• Do Not Feed the Bear by Rachel Elliott
• Haverscroft by S. A. Harris

And I took part in two blog tours:

• Gone by Leona Deakin
• Shelf Life by Livia Franchini

I also took part in Shelf Control (on the 14th and the 21st) highlighting some of the unread books on my shelves.

Twenty Books of Summer finished yesterday, and while I’ve read my twenty books, I haven’t written up all of the review yet.  That still counts though, right?!

TBR Watch

Despite getting some reading done on my holiday, my number of unread books hasn’t actually reduced at all, thanks to a little splurge at the end of the month!  I regret nothing! 😛

But, I am particularly pleased that I only have four unread books that I purchased prior to 2019!  I’m hoping to finish these this month, which will be something of a record for me!