June was a slow month leading up to our move. I was distracted and busy and finished a grand total of…four books. Reader, that’s better than I did in August, ha! However, they were all really good books!
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May Book Round Up
On the heels of my busy and packed April reading habits, May came in a little quieter, but I’m ok with that. I only read three books, but all were fantastic and two were part of getting ready for our Scotland trip. You see, we’ll be living in Edinburgh during the festival season and one of those, is the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I bought tickets to a few Front Line talks (like key note speakers) and wanted to read books by those authors in particular. I also am making an effort to specifically read novels that have won the Booker Prize or the International Booker Prize, just as a personal goal.
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Well, August was a slightly slower month for books – not for any nefarious reason, really. I had a hard time focusing to finish the book I had going while I was in Vegas at the end of the month, and a few I read earlier in the month were longer, so it naturally lead to reading slightly less overall. I’ve been dealing with COVID fog this week so only just finished my last August read here at the beginning of September. Also, my kiddo started school and that was all consuming, even though I was sick and couldn’t attend meet the teacher or drop her off at all! I masked up and picked out her first day outfit and got the requisite pictures.
Anyway, now I am in the middle of Madeline Martin’s newest novel, The Secret Book Society. I am moving kind of slowly through it because I just can’t focus, but it’s good so far. That said, let’s take a look back at August.
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