August was a big catch-up-on-ARCs month for me but boy howdy were the ARCs good! I finished Cleat Cute in about 24 hours during a power outage. And I flew through The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi switching between the physical book (which is beautiful) and the audiobook which was so phenomenally performed I’m still thinking about it. If you’re looking for an audiobook, get it!
If you’re looking for some reading motivation and a community to read with, join my friend Bookie and I for our Summer or Fall Readathon taking place in our Discord communities and our Instagram accounts. You can find more information on this post, we’ve got some reading prompts and an upcoming read-in.
August Reads
- Fly With Me by Andie Burke ⭐ 3.5 digital ARC - pub. date September 5
- The Only One Left by Riley Sager ⭐ 3
- The Lonely Book by Meg Grehan ⭐ 4 digital ARC - pub. date September 12
- Mobility by Lydia Kiesling ⭐ 4.5 digital ARC - pub. date August 1
- The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty ⭐ 5 Discord Book Club selection
- Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner ⭐ 4 digital ARC - pub. date September 19
- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang ⭐ 4.5
- Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas ⭐ 4 digital ARC - pub. date September 12
August Numbers
📖 read: 2442 pages
🎧 listened: 11 hours, 28 minutes
September TBR
It’s long… I know! I’m guessing I can get through at least half.
- A Rival Most Vial by R.K. Ashwick Discord Book Club selection
- Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz digital ARC - pub. date September 12
- Pluralities by Avi Silver digital ARC - pub. date October 3
- Something About Her by Clementine Taylor digital ARC - pub. date November 7
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins re-read
- Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett buddy read
- Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
More Book Stuff
You can watch the VOD of the September Books with Bella stream and keep an eye out for future streams on my Twitch channel. I also post regularly on my book-focused Instagram.