Monthly wrap-up: August 2020
When I checked my e-mail yesterday, I had a bunch of wrap-up posts to read. It was only then that I realised: August is over! A new month has begun, I can’t believe it went so fast, but at the same time the beginning of August feels ages ago.
Time is a weird concept in the midst of a pandemic.
Looking back at August, I don’t think anything major happened that was fun. My writing course started again after three weeks of Summer break. I went to the zoo with my niece and sisters and it was so busy that I was scared most of the time. And I also started Chloe Ting’s hourglass challenge and it’s intense!
The past week I went to two different condolence services, which were so sad and made me a bit of a mess the whole week.
Anyway, it’s September now, which means I only have to work for one month before I have two weeks of from work!
Now, let’s dive in my bookish life in August.
August in books
Books I read
Click on the cover to go to the Goodreads page.
I actually read a pretty decent amount of books again. I blame the nice weather (read: heat wave) we had. I couldn’t do anyhting except read, but hey, I don’t mind. Last month, I made a TBR jar, and at the beginning of August I finally started with the jar. I read some good books this month, all four stars and one five stars! The fun thing is that I now have exactly 300 books I marked as read on Goodreads. I also read 50/45 books for my reading challenge!
Books I hauled
Before you think: I thought you wouldn’t go to the library before you read all your own books, let me just say that I know. BUT, I also have a challenge to read one non-fiction book a month (or at least just 12 this year), and so I had to get Everything Is Figureoutable. It’s my August non-fiction read, but I haven’t finished it yet… Plus I got approved for ARCs, which is always exciting 😀 One is a Christmas read and I mean… It’s never too early to start with Christmas right?
August in the blogosphere
I have been blog-hopping, but I haven’t had the energy and inspiration to leave a lot of comments. Nevertheless, there were a lot of great posts this month:
- Chana & Malka @ Paper Procratinations made an urban dictionary, which was very useful for me!
- Sofi @ A Book. A Thought wrote TWO incredible book recommendations posts for standalone books. You find them here and here.
- Nyx @ Drizzle And Hurricane Books explained why she never DNF books and I relate to every single point.
- Tracy @ Truffle’s Literary Wonders wrote an incredible post about how to get a healthier relationship with reading.
- May @ Forever & Everly talked about her reading spreadsheet in Google Sheets and I fell in love and am going to copy a lot of it 🙂
- Rhi @ Marshmallow Harmonies wrote a great discussion about rereading books that
(almost)changed my mind about rereading! - Rhi also wrote a book recommendation for every mood post!
I wrote a few posts myself too:
Book reviews (click on the image to go to my review)
Other posts (click on the image to go to the post)
Looking into September
Everybody’s talking about the start of Fall, but with this Fall weather all I’m thinking about is Christmas. Is it too early? I feel like putting out some lights and drink hot cocoa.
Plus, I’m also hoping to finish my TBR jar this month and the two non-fiction books I’m reading at the moment.
How was your August? Did you read a lot? I hope you have a lovely September!
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My name is Jas, welcome to my blog. XIV is about my life around my lucky number. You’ll find anything from songs and books to trips and family stuff.
Haha, I’m also thinking about winter and cooler weather. It was nearly 100 degrees today, and I was miserable. Good luck with your TBR jar! I’ve thought about making one of those, but I’m lazy.
Wow, if it’s that hot, I understand you’re thinking about the Winter! Haha, I get that. I had this idea since April, so it took me a while, but I’m glad I finally made one.
Thank you for commenting! 🙂
Haha I’m also thinking about Christmas! Idk if it is too early, but yesterday I was craving gingerbread cookies so bad that I almost started baking (and I never bake!). Love your wrap-up format, it looks so pretty! Hope you have a great September ✨
Yes! I already bought hot chocolate, even when it was still pretty hot outside 😆
Thank you so much! I hope you’ve been having a great September too 🙂
It looks like you had a pretty good reading month! 🙂 I really liked Famous in a Small Town when I read it and also The Bromance Book Club was pretty good. I have Windfall and American Royals on my TBR! I hope you have a great September. <3
I did 🙂 I hope you had a good reading month too! And I absolutely loved American Royals, so I hope you’ll like it too. Hope you had and have a great September too <3
Hahaha, I swear I am also absolutely ready to start the holiday season NOW, even though it’s only September 😂 Give me peppermint hot cocoas and warm sweaters!! Ooh, I’m happy to see that you enjoyed American Royals, I really liked that one and am looking forward to reading the sequel!
Thank you for sharing our post! I’m so happy you enjoyed it 💕 I hope you’ve been having a wonderful September!!
You’re welcome! Ahh yes, hot cocoas, sweaters, blankets and all the pretty Christmas lights, I’m so ready!
I am really looking forward to the sequel too! 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by 💛