Books Via Ashley

And another month has come and gone! Sometimes I feel like I get the most reading done during my busiest months? I don't know how that works because it seems like a paradox, but maybe my mind just needs to chill more when I'm busier. Anyway! In August I read ELEVEN books! Your Soul is a River - Nikita Gill (5 stars) Red Sister - Mark Lawrence (4.5 stars) Meet Cute - Various Authors (4 stars) The Rogue Not Taken - Sarah McLean (4 stars) Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik (5 stars) Wicked and the Wallflower - Sarah McLean (3 stars) Because You Love To Hate Me - Various Authors (2 stars) Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce (4.5 stars) [ reread ] In The Hands of the Goddess - Tamora Pierce (4.5 stars) [ reread ] The Woman Who Rides Like A Man - Tamora Pierce (4.5 stars) [ reread ] Lioness Rampant - Tamora Pierce (4.5 stars) [ reread ] So, first of all, I reread one of my FAVORITE series from when I was younger, The Song Of The Lioness quar...

August started off slow. I was kind of in a book slump--nothing really caught my interest and I went through a lot of first chapters. Plus, we were moving for the first week and then unpacking the rest of the month, so I was tired from that. But towards the end of the month things picked up again! It helped that I got some good ARCs via NetGalley! In total, I read eight books this month! And one that I mostly read but could not bring myself to finish... The Tiger's Watch  - Julia Ember (2 stars) The Jane Austen Project  - Kathleen A. Flynn (4 stars) The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue  - Mackenzie Lee (5 stars) Howl's Moving Castle  - Diana Wynne Jones (5 stars) [reread] Book of a Thousand Days  - Shannon Hale (5 stars) Nyxia  - Scott Reintger (4 stars) The Fire Queen - Emily R. King (4 stars) Into The Dim - Janet B. Taylor (3.5 stars) A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars - Yaba Badoe (0 stars - DNF) Quite a few 5 stars! In truth,  Ho...