August Reads
August was a hard month for me in terms of reading goals. Between the end of the summer/back to school rush, the anniversary of my brain surgery, and my birthday; I read significantly less this month than my usual.
- Book 1: Lockwood and Co, The Whispering Skull (Book 2 of Lockwood&Co)
- Book 2: The Murder of Mary Russell
- Book 3: Island of the Mad (Another Mary Russell Novel)
- Book 4: Riviera Gold (Another Mary Russell Novel)
- Book 5: Castle Shade (Another Mary Russell Novel)
- Book 6: A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality (Book 2 of Saffron Everleigh)
- Book 7: A Right Worthy Woman
- Book 8: A Discovery of Witches (reread one of my fave books ever)
- Book 9: The Second Mrs. Astor
- Book 10: The Hollow Boy (Book 3 of Lockwood&Co)
The majority of these books were comfort rereads which I found necessary for my mental health.
The most disappointing book was A Right Worthy Woman, I was so incredibly disappointed. I adored The Personal Librarian and the premise was similar. The first Black Banker, with multiple businesses and part of Black Wallstreet? It sounded like something I would absolutely adore and fall into. Unfortunately, it was full of telling and not showing and didn’t read well as a novel or as a non fiction book. So It was hard to love, and I couldn’t get immersed in it.
The bright side was it gave me a bit of context and a place to start from in researching this wonderful woman.
All Jazd Up 