Showing posts with label Monthly Recap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monthly Recap. Show all posts

August 2021 Bookish Recap

September 01, 2021


How is it that summer is already over? My children are days away from school and August was all about reading what I love and back-to-school shopping. With my eldest going into her second year of university, my middle going into her 11th year of high school, and my youngest starting junior high, my hands are full! I am definitely looking forward to whatever September brings and I wish for all of you to be blessed and find some awesome reads :)

So let's get down to what all I did in August...

Best Books of August

August was a great reading month for me. So great that it's hard for me to nail down the best book because after starting the Pure/Dark Ones series by Aja James... all of those books deserve the glory! So I'll just share with you all of the amazing reads I got to enjoy this month...

Gen Pop by Lani Lynn Vale - 4 stars
Pure Healing by Aja James - 5 stars
Dark Longing by Aja James - 5 stars
Dark Desires by Aja James - 5 stars
Dark Pleasures by Aja James - 5 stars
Pure Rapture by Aja James - 5 stars
Dark Redemption by Aja James - 5 stars
Pure Awakening by Aja James - 4 stars
Pure Ecstasy by Aja James - 5 stars
Dark Obsession by Aja James - 5 stars
Pure Providence by Aja James - 5 stars
Pure Magnetism by Aja James - 5 stars
Pure Surrender by Aja James - 5 stars
Pure Darkness by Aja James - 5 stars
Bond of Destiny by Larissa Ione - 4 stars
Dark Possession by Aja James - 5 stars

Aja James is a hidden gem. I'm not sure why because her gift with words is outstanding! She has definitely made a place for herself on my must-buy list.

Book Haul

Physical Books:




Ebooks




Added to my tbr

I did pretty awesome with not adding too much to my list. One day, it will be zero so I can actually get through my dang TBR.



Reading Stats

I read a total of 4246 pages across 16 books. Most of these came from this fabulous series I found (Pure/Dark Ones by Aja James), although I did find some amazing ARCs as well. Not a whole lot of variety here :)





What Else?

Once again, I've got nothing. I'm looking forward to continuing the Pure/Dark Ones series. I love paranormal romance, especially when it's done to this caliber of excellence. I don't want it to end, but I can't stop now. If you happen to know any great paranormal or fantasy romance books that you think I'd enjoy, especially if they're hot without the mess of menage, please let me know!



What are you looking forward to for September? I hope it's as incredible as we deserve it to be!

Talk soon,


xo, Natalie

July 2021 Bookish Recap

August 01, 2021


We are one month away from the end of summer (yeah I'm sad about it too 😭😭😭) and it is unlike any summer I've ever experienced. Covid-19 has ruined all of the fun, huh? At least we're still able to read whatever we want and that's been my goal this year. I'm trying to knock out my tbr lists and while I've been sticking to it, these lists don't seem to be going anywhere! 😓😬

For the month of July, I didn't read a ton of books, but I did get some quality reading in. At least in my opinion. Without further ado, here's what July was like for me:

The Best Books of July




The other books I read were:
* Charge to my Line by Lani Lynn Vale - 4 stars
* Imperfect by Ari Reavis - 4 stars
* Counter to my Intelligence by Lani Lynn Vale - 4 stars
* Right to my Wrong by Lani Lynn Vale - 4 stars
* Wrong Text, Right Love by Claudia Burgoa - 4 stars
* Perfectly Adequate by Jewel E. Ann - 4 stars
* Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti - 4 stars
* The Promised Neverland - 4 stars
* Claimed by J.R. Ward - 4 stars
* No Rep by Lani Lynn Vale - 4 stars
* A Dash of Death by Michelle Hillen Klump - DNF
* The Prince by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 3 stars

Book Haul


Ebooks


Physical Books


Added to my TBR


I did not do a great job of not adding to my tbr this month. Not only did I buy a bunch of books I have yet to read, I put too many on my to-read lists. Oops!


See what I'm saying? I did soooo bad this month! 😂🤣

My Reading Stats


I read a total of 4036 pages and 13 books. Not great, but not bad. Most of these came from my TBR, although I did find some amazing ARCs as well.





What Else?


I've got nothing. Aside from being fully vaccinated (YAY), my life hasn't seen much change. I work, I read, I spend time with my daughters, I cook, I clean, I eat, I sleep... and repeat. I hope you all have an amazing reading month in August. I'm looking forward to so many books, especially after the book haul I splurged on this month, and I'm looking forward to talking about books in the weeks to come.



Thanks for sticking around until the end :D I'm still looking for book recs, so if you have one you think I'll love, please let me know. I'm looking for extremely sexy Fantasy or Paranormal. And when I say sexy, I do mean descriptive to explicit scenes please. I'm grown and I don't need my sex to be watered down.

What are you looking forward to for August? I hope it's as incredible as we deserve it to be!

Talk soon,


xo, Natalie