Wow… Is it really the end of August already?! This month was a pretty average reading month for me, I managed to read a grand total of five books! You can view my full review of them by clicking on their title (if it’s already out, that is – the rest will be to follow), and I’ve included a brief summary of my overall thoughts below. Now, without further ado, let’s get on to the books I read this month!
Not My Problem By Ciara Smyth
Rating: ✯✯✯✯
Thoughts: If you like humour, friendship and cute relationships, (and let’s be real, who doesn’t?!) then this one’s for you! Not My Problem is a really fab contemporary which features some truly brilliant adventures, whilst the protagonist, Aideen, solved all of her friends’ problems. Of course, none of that would have been possible without her trusty new friends! With a great cast of hilarious characters, Not My Problem was everything I want from a good contemporary, and it had so much heart. My one issue was the more open ending, but I still wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this book to anyone looking for a superbly funny book which still delves into a lot of relevant and relatable issues!
Perfect On Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Rating: ✯✯✯✯✯
Thoughts: After finishing Not My Problem, I was in a bit of a reading slump, until I stumbled across this. Perfect On Paper is the brilliantly queer book I didn’t know I needed and I loved every word of it. Seriously, you need this book in your life – Darcy’s struggles with biphobia were a real eye opener and every member of the Queer And Questioning Club owns my heart. The book also features an incredibly adorable relationship – with just the right amount of slow burn – and some truly fantastic characters. Of course, I also have to mention the fab dating advice service Darcy offers, which was a great addition! I would definitely recommend this to anyone searching for a cute romance with lots of friendship and character development!
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
Rating: ✯✯✯✯✯
Thoughts: Wow. I don’t think anything could’ve fully prepared me for the conclusion to the A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder series, and As Good As Dead was everything I wanted it to be and more. Sure, it was a lot darker than the previous two books, but I actually really enjoyed watching the series go down a different direction while also coming full circle. As Good As Dead was the sort of book that you can’t put down and that keeps you up at night – yes, it was that good. I actually cried a few times reading this and what Pip went through! I would definitely recommend this series to any mystery fan, so if you haven’t read it yet, get to it, asap – As Good As Dead is probably my favourite read of the year so far!
The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Rating: ✯✯✯✯✯
Thoughts: This one was a lot more than what I went in expecting! The vast majority of the book takes place during a bank heist over the space of just a few hours, which means there’s tons of action! Of course, there’s a lot more to this thriller than that – friendship and drama are also very prevalent in this suspenseful read. Each of the characters were so precious and they all deserved so much better – they were all insanely strong and really likable! This was genuinely such an interesting read that I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a slightly different type of thriller which still has lots of humour and heart!
We Are 100 by Nathan Timmel
Rating: ✯✯✯✯✯
Thoughts: This was a lot different to anything I’d usually read, but I absolutely loved it and am so grateful to Nathan for sending me a copy to review. This one actually isn’t YA so it was definitely outside my usual scene but I really loved this action packed thriller! I was so invested in the story and the characters’ journey as the vast majority of them were all so likeable and I’d love to see them in another installment. This was such a page turner and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for an action packed thriller exploring terrorism and the chase behind catching the perpetrator.
Have you read any of these? What books have you read this month? Let me know in the comments!
I hope you enjoyed reading this wrap up, and it’s inspired you to add a few new books to your tbr!
Ceri
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Excellent reviews Ceri. I’m looking forward to reading next month’s 😊
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Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy them, thanks for reading and commenting 🙂
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Since I’ve started reading your reviews, my reading list has grown longer, lol. Looking forward to seeing what you will be reading next, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to like what you suggest 🙂
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I’m glad to hear that, haha – secretly I’m just trying to get everyone else’s tbr to the same length of mine, lol! I hope you enjoy, thank you so much for reading and commenting 🙂
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Such a great selection!
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Thank you – I really recommend all of them! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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Thank you for the recommendations! I am always interested in new books to read xx
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You’re very welcome, I hope you enjoy them if you end up picking any up! Thanks for reading and commenting xx
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Thanks for sharing your read books. I haven’t read any of them. However, I would love to add them to my reading list.
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Five books in a month is amazing, and it’s even better that this month’s reads included your favourite book of the year!
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Haha thank you, it’s not as many as I was hoping for but it’s better than nothing! It was definitely a good reading month, thanks for reading and commenting.
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You’re welcome, it’s still progress though, and it’s more than I’ve managed for the majority of months this year!
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I have not read any from this list but your excellent reviews could lead me to try at least one 🙂 Je
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I really hope you enjoy if you end up picking any up! Thank you so much for reading and commenting 🙂
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all these books! I’ve actually been looking for a new read, and “The Girls I’ve Been” looks intriguing.
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I’m so glad you like the sound of it, I really hope you like it as much as I did! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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A great selection here Ceri!!! This month has gone too quick!! Thank you for sharing!!
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Thank you – there’s definitely some good ones here! It really has, I can’t believe it’s almost September already. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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I enjoyed these reviews and The Girls I’ve Been sounds like something I would like to read. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you liked it! I really hope you enjoy, thanks for reading and commenting!
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What a lovely selection, it sounds like you’ve read some incredible books this month, I don’t know where August has gone xx
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Thank you! I definitely have, it’s been full of great reads – I agree haha, time is going to quick this year! Thanks so much for reading and commenting xx
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Nice Monthly Wrap! I think “The Girls I’ve Been” by Tess Sharpe is the kind of my read. thriller with humor?
interesting. 🙂
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Thank you so much! I’d definitely recommend it if you like thrillers with humuor, I didn’t think that combination could work but it proved me wrong! Thanks for reading and commenting 🙂
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To me 5 books in one month are a dream reading score! It was a good month with great reviews from our side. I haven’t read any of them yet.
Thank you for sharing and keep up with the good work!
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Haha I guess it could be worse! I really hope you pick a couple of them up, thank you for reading and commenting and supporting my blog!
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Great selection of books! I love that you do a wrap up at the end of every month. Look forward to next months!
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Thank you, I think so too! This was my first month doing one but it was so much fun so I think it’ll definitely stick. Thank you so much for reading and commenting!
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Great reviews! I have been meaning to read more contemporary books all of your mentions are going in my tbr list. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you! I love contemporaries and both of the ones I read this month were fab so I really hope you enjoy. Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
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Great reviews! I agree with you, The Girls I’ve Been was so much better than what I expected from reading the blurb!
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Thank you so much! I definitely agree with that, it was a lot more of a thriller than I expected but I really enjoyed it! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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I haven’t read any of these but I love the sound of The girls I’ve been.
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I really hope you enjoy if you end up reading! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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I love the selection of books you read this month! Definitely adding a couple to my list x
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Thank you, I really enjoyed all of them! I really hope you enjoy, thank you so much for reading and commenting x
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What a great wrap up for August! I am still looking forward to reading As Good As Dead! The Girls I’ve Been and We Are 100 look really interesting as well. That’s great how you’ve got 4 books that were 5 star reads! Can’t wait to see what you’re reading this month!
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Thank you so much! I really hope you enjoy once you get to reading it, it’s absolutely amazing! I’d definitely recommend the others too. This month was certainly a good reading month! Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment.
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What a great wrap up for august! I’m looking forward to reading some of these. Thank you so much for sharing Xo
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Thank you so much! I really hope you enjoy them, thank you so much for reading and commenting x
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Love this! I’m a librarian, so I enjoy reading book reviews and other takes on literature.
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That’s such a cool job! Thank you so much for reading and commenting, I’m glad you found it interesting!
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These are such great reviews! I read each of your reviews and I choose to add two of them to my TBR. What a great selection of books you had this last month. I can’t wait for you to share your September reads! Time really does fly.
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Thank you so much! I really hope you enjoy them. August was definitely a great reading month, hoping September will be just as good! Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
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These books sound great! I have not read any yet. We are 100 sounds right up my alley, as I love thrillers. So I will definitely keep an eye out for that one!
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They definitely are, I’d highly recommend them all! I’m so glad to hear that, my review for We Are 100 is actually coming out on Monday if you wanted to find out more! Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
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I went to this beautiful bookstore in Cambridge and was desperate to pick up Not my Problem or As Good As Dead. I couldn’t find them but they are deffinitly going on the Christmas/birthday wishlist. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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Lucky you, I’m so jealous! Fingers crossed you get them soon, thanks for reading and commenting.
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