August was an okay reading month! Looking back on what I read, I definitely kept to some authors I know and some rereads, but sometimes that’s what you need! I have never finished the full Old Man’s War saga, so I wanted to reread the first book as a refresher before I continue with the rest. I’m terrible at finishing series. Hester Fox is a favorite gothic fiction writer of mine, and while The Last Heir to Blackwood Library wasn’t my favorite, it definitely had spooky Downton Abbey vibes. Midnight Pearls was a reread and a revisit of a teenage favorite, and I thought it held up well enough! Wildlife, The Tiger Came to the Mountains, and Awakening Anne were all ebook reads (and shorter reads) that I enjoyed. I’ve been reading a lot of those shorter novella series Kindle Unlimited has, especially when I feel like I’m in a reading slump. Awakening Anne felt like a gaslamp fantasy, but I felt kind of lost in the middle of it. I really liked The Murder of Mr. Wickham, and I thought Gray captured the essence of regency fiction. I’m looking forward to the next in the series! My biggest disappointment was The Paragon Hotel, because I have enjoyed Faye’s writing in the past but this fell very flat and weird for me.
WHAT I READ
💖 purchased/owned | 🌠 library/borrowed | 🔮 review copy | 💞 reread | 👻 dnf
💖 The Last Heir to Blackwood Library, by Hester Fox
💖💞 Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi
💖💞 Midnight Pearls, by Debbie Viguié
🌠 Wildlife, by Jeff VanderMeer
🌠 The Tiger Came to the Mountains, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
💖 Awakening Anne, by Kalynn Applewhite
💖 The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray
💖 The Paragon Hotel, by Lyndsay Faye
