Sunday, August 05, 2012

Sunday Salon: August Reading Reflections

The other day I was on Twitter when someone tweeted that it is only 4 months until Christmas! How can that possibly be? How can it be August already? In some ways that isn't a bad thing. I am ready for winter to be over and as such the days are starting to get longer. I even left work in almost daylight a couple of days last week!

On the reading front, it was another pretty good month in July. Here's what I read:

A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley 3.5/5
A Lady Never Surrenders  by Sabrina Jeffries 4/5
Smart and Sexy by Jill Shalvis 3/5
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott 4/5
Passing Love by Jacqueline E Luckett 3.5/5
Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti 4.5/5
Paris in Love by Eloisa James 4/5
A Stranger in My Street by Deborah Burrows 4.5/5
Poppy at Summerhill by Gabrielle Wang 3.5/5
Within Reach by Sarah Mayberry 4/5
Fables 3: Storybook Love  by Bill Willingham 3.5/5
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 3.5/5
The Thread by Victoria Hislop 4/5
Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea  by Sophia Nash 2.5/5
Almost Home by Mariah Stewart 4/5
The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan 4/5
A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House 4/5
Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller 3.5/5
Just One More Night by Sarah Mayberry 4/5
Fifty Shades of Alice in Wonderland by Melinda DuChamp 3.5/5
Manu's French Bistro by Manu Feildel 4/5
Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe 4/5
The Proposal by Mary Balogh 4/5
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty 3.5/5
The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden 4.5/5

For the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge I read A Red Herring Without Mustard, That Deadman Dance,  Passing Love, A Stranger in My Street, Poppy at Summerhill, Shadown of Night, The Thread, and A Parchment of Leaves.

For the Australian Women Writers Challenge I read Bad Power, A Stranger in my Street, Poppy at Summerhill, Within Reach, Boomerang Bride and A Corner of White.

All of those books also counted for the Aussie Author challenge as did Manu's French Bistro.

A Parchment of Leaves also counted as a read for War Through the Generations challenge.


Onwards to August!


Currently Reading

Daughter of Mars by Tom Keneally and When You Wish Upon a Duke by Isabella Bradford

Up Next

Landscape of Farewell by Alex Miller

10 comments:

  1. I saw daylight too this week - at first I thought I'd accidently left work early. It's still too cold to come out to the computer for too long at night time. Are you enjoying the Tom Keneally book?

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    1. It's such a thrill when you can see the change coming.

      I am liking the Tom Keneally but it is taking a long time to get through. It is so overdue at the library but I am determined to finish it!

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  2. Agust means I am half way through my contract yay! but means its soon back to relief teaching boo!

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  3. I know the feeling waiting for winter to be over. For me, though, tt's just so darn hot here, I can't wait for fall.

    Fantastic reading month!

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  4. You had a great July! I hope you have a great August too.

    My Sunday Salon post is here.

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  5. Oh my goodness, you had a fantastic reading month! I would love to have a month like the one you've had, and wish you a lot of luck with books in August!

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