August Wrap-Up

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WOW! So much happened this month. I participated in two read-a-thons, read the most books this month so far this year and had some amazing stats on my blog this month! This was such a good reading month and now I just have to catch up on all my reviews!

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Books I Read:

Confessions of a Working Girl by Miss S.

The Wedding by Nicolas Sparks

♠ The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale

♠ The Unfairest of Them All by Shannon Hale

♠ Tithe by Holly Black

♠ The Giver by Lois Lowry

♠ Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

♠ Messenger by Lois Lowry

Frozen: Heart of Dread by Melissa De La Cruz & Michael Johnston

♠ The Seventh Friend by Tim Stead

♠ We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Aug Stats

Things That Happened on Falling Down The Book Hole This Month:

August TBR List

August Book of the Month

Book Blogger Shout-out : Kitty Cat Reads 

RABT: Black Dog Night Blitz 

Read.Sleep.Repeat. 2014 Series Challenge|Update

E-Reader Chat 

Book Shelf Tour

Dusting Off The Shelf Read-a-Thon

Second Chance Summer {Mid-Way Reactions}

Bout of Books 11.0 

Bookish Bucket List Update

5 Book Challenge 

August Book Haul

Second Chance Summer {Final Reactions}

For Even More Posts and Bookish Things From August (Links to the threads of post)

Making Up For Monday 

Top Ten Tuesday 

Third Sentence Thursday 

Friday Reads

Swoon Worthy Saturday 

Upcoming Excitements!

September Book of the Month – FCLA Book Club Read

♠ Falling For Autumn Read-a-Thon

♠ Debut Author Tour

Tithe by Holly Black | Book Review

TITHE BY HOLLY BLACK Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Series: Modern Faerie Tale Trilogy “Crippled things are always more beautiful. It’s the flaw that brings out beauty.” – Holly Black, Tithe Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother’s rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye […]

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Reason To Breathe by Rebecca Donovan| Book Review

REASON TO BREATHE BY REBECCA DONOVAN Genre: YA, Contemporary/Romancce “Love helped me live life instead of just survive it.” – Rebecca Donovan, Reason to Breathe Series: Breathing Trilogy Synopsis:  In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen […]

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Second Chance Summer { Final Reactions}

 THOUGHTS | Chapters 21-40 * WARNING this post will contain spoilers and probably too much personal information about Autumn @Kitty Cat Reads and I. So if you haven’t yet read Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson I would recommend closing your eyes/computer/tab or anything else that might ruin the book for you.  ♠ Last 50 pages saved the […]

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We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han | Book Review

WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE SUMMER BY JENNY HAN Genre: YA, Contemporary “Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.” – Jenny Han, We’ll Always Have Summer Series: Summer Trilogy The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer #1) It’s Not Summer Without You (Summer #2) Synopsis:  It’s been two years since […]

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Book Haul | August 2014

This month was a month for e-books. I got a Kindle and started to purchase more e-books via Kindle Unlimited and Kindle lending library. I also found a lot of free e-books, won some books/e-books, received some from publishers, book outlet  and netgalley. (All of the physical books!) ♠ Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (I received this […]

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Bookish Bucket List |Update #5

It has been five month since I posted my Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Bucket List for 2014. I am continuing with my monthly update to show the progress I am making. Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List (2014) 1. Read (complete) at least 50 book.  (I am currently at 59 books read ! I have upped my […]

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Bout of Books 11 Read-a-thon | Wrap-Up

  Although I wasn’t able to read as much as I wanted to do to work and getting my wisdom teeth pulled out, I am incredibly proud of how much I got read and the Bout of Books experience overall this time around. I can not even believe how much I have appreciated all the comments and people […]

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Bout of Books 11 Read-a-thon | Update #6

  Day 6:  Saturday 23, 2014 Book(s) Read Today:  Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Pages Read:  100 pages  Comments: I was so busy yesterday I didn’t read anything so that would be why I did not have an update. But I was able to do some reading today after work. I am […]

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