August 2016 Reads + Monthly Recap

*sigh*

OMG LIFE.

Same as it was a few months ago.

But it's fine. I'm starting to accept that adulting is really effing exhausting. What can I do except learn to adjust.

Let's move on to my recap.

Books I read this August:

August 2016 New Releases

New Book Releases this August 2016

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A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles #1) by Amanda Bouchet Published: August 2, 2016 The Book Depository Amazon _____________ Catalia "Cat" Fisa is a powerful clairvoyant known as the Kingmaker. This smart-mouthed soothsayer has no interest in her powers and would much rather fly under the radar, far from the clutches of her homicidal mother. But when an ambitious warlord captures her, she may not have a choice… Griffin is intent on bringing peace to his newly conquered realm in the magic-deprived south. When he discovers Cat is the Kingmaker, he abducts her. But Cat will do everything in her power to avoid her dangerous destiny and battle her captor at every turn. Although up for the battle, Griffin would prefer for Cat to help his people willingly, and he's ready to do whatever it takes to coax her…even if that means falling in love with her.

August 2015 Reads + Monthly Recap

It's past 3AM now on the first day of September. My sister has exams in the morning so she made coffee in order to stay up late and study. She managed to make one sip, declared the coffee ineffective and promptly fell asleep. On the floor. And here I am, wide awake, happily drinking her coffee. She asked me to wake her up in five minutes. As if. This girl is so hard to wake.

Whatever. Let's move on to the recap part. So this August I read 14 books and 1 novella. I was hoping to read 18 - 20 and for a while it seemed possible especially when I was reading 1 book a day on the first week but as I have predicted, it was a very busy month and stuff besides reading and blogging had to be done eventually.

   

August 2015 New Releases: Part 2

New Book Releases this August 2015

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Crossed (Soul Eaters #3) by Eliza Crewe Published: August 17, 2015 Amazon ______________ War is here. Full-scale war has erupted between the Crusaders and demons and even Chi has to admit isn’t going well. Like any sensible rat, Meda’s eager to abandon the sinking ship but, unfortunately, her friends aren't nearly as pragmatic. Instead, Meda’s forced to try to keep them all alive until the dust settles. As the Crusaders take more and more drastic measures, the tables turn and Meda suddenly finds herself in the role of voice of sanity. No one is more horrified than she is. When old enemies reappear as new allies and old friends become new enemies Meda has to decide—again—whose side she’s really on. And then the Crusaders decide that Meda should go to Hell. Literally. Can’t a monster ever catch a break?

August 2015 New Releases: Part 1

New Book Releases this August 2015

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Daughter of Dusk (Midnight Thief #2) by Livia Blackburne Published: August 4, 2015 The Book Depository Amazon ______________ After learning the truth about her bloodlines, Kyra can’t help but feel like a monster. Though she’s formed a tentative alliance with the Palace, Kyra must keep her identity a secret or risk being hunted like the rest of her Demon Rider kin. Tristam and the imprisoned assassin James are among the few who know about her heritage, but when Tristam reveals a heartbreaking secret of his own, Kyra’s not sure she can trust him. And with James’s fate in the hands of the palace, Kyra fears that he will give her away to save himself. As tensions rise within Forge's Council, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding villages, Kyra knows she must do something to save her city. But she walks a dangerous line between opposing armies: will she be able to use her link to the Demon Riders for good, or will her Makvani blood prove to be deadly? In this spellbinding sequel to Midnight Thief, Kyra and Tristam face their biggest battle yet as they grapple with changing allegiances, shocking deceit, and vengeful opponents.

August 2014 Reads + Monthly Recap

August was freaking exhausting especially this last week. I had an epic Friday after-exam-week night out of town with my 5th year class and I’m still tired from it but since midterm exams are OVER then I am going to have time for my blog. My poor blog. Anyway, the weekend was an awesome break from studying. It felt like we did the ice bucket challenge the whole time because we stayed at a mountain resort and it was effin’ cold, especially the pool water, but we still decided to swim at, like, 10 in the evening so there was no one else there but us and the guys thought it would be awesome to bring a dipper, shout “ice bucket challenge!”, and chuck the contents to ANYONE. Like this:

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LOL. That's not us. But back to the main topic.. this month I only read 8 books and 1 novella. Not so bad considering the busy month I had and some of it took me longer to finish than usual because of the number of pages. I'm really hoping to catch up this September because I am still behind on my reading challenges.

August New Releases

New Book Releases this August 2014

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Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread and Stone #1) by Lori M. Lee Published: August 5, 2014 The Book Depository Amazon __________ In the Labyrinth, we had a saying: keep silent, keep still, keep safe. In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn’t know where her ability comes from—or where she came from. All that matters is that she and Reev stay together, and maybe one day move out of the freight container they call home, away from the metal walls of the Labyrinth. Kai’s only friend is Avan, the shopkeeper’s son with the scandalous reputation that both frightens and intrigues her. Then Reev disappears. When keeping silent and safe means losing him forever, Kai vows to do whatever it takes to find him. She will leave the only home she’s ever known and risk getting caught up in a revolution centuries in the making. But to save Reev, Kai must unravel the threads of her past and face shocking truths about her brother, her friendship with Avan, and her unique power.

August Reads + Monthly Recap

Happy September 1^st or 2^nd! Depends on which timezone you belong - it's the latter for me. In four months, 2013 is gonna end. In four months, I WILL NO LONGER BE A TEENAGER. Let me take a moment to process that... Yep. In four months, I’ll be one year older but I bet it won’t feel like that. HA!

I know when it comes to books I always say how impatient I am for next year to come when my most anticipated will be published. But it’s really scary when I think about time and realize how fast it’s flying. Wasn’t it just a few months ago when we celebrated New Year? But no, 8 months have already passed and welcome to the 2013 countdown. Even school seems to breeze right through. I know it seems like a long day when I sit in my chair and listen to class for an hour, a long week when I think about upcoming quizzes and assignments, a long month when it comes to projects and extracurricular activities. But looking at the bigger picture, I actually already survived 3 months of my fourth year in college. And now it’s our midterm exams when it feels like it was just last week when we crammed for prelims.

Anyway, August has been busy. No surprise there. Thanks to what free time I got I was able to read 12 books this month. Most of them are ebooks since I don’t bring physical books to school (it won’t fit in my bag) and I spend 70% of the day out of our house.

August New Releases: Part 2

Newly released books this August

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Shooting Scars (The Artists Trilogy #2) by Karina Halle Published: August 20, 2013 _____ Sometimes the right choice can be the deadliest. When Ellie Watt made the ultimate sacrifice for Camden McQueen, she never thought it would be easy. But walking away with her ex-lover, Javier Bernal, in order to ensure Camden’s safety has brought a whole new set of dangers. With Javier’s plans for Ellie growing more secretive by the moment, Ellie must find a way to stay ahead of the game before her past swallows her whole. Meanwhile, Camden’s new life is short-lived. Fueled by revenge and pursued by authorities, he teams up with an unlikely partner in order to save Ellie. But as Camden toes the line between love and retribution, he realizes that in order to get back the woman he loves, he may have to lose himself in the process. He might just turn into the very man he’s hunting. Told in dual POV from Camden and Ellie.

August New Releases: Part 1

Newly released books this August

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Infinityglass  (Hourglass #3) by Myra McEntire Published: August 6, 3012 The Book Depository _____ The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourglass series. The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members — many of them teenagers -­have uncanny abilities to make time work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a responsibility to take great care, because altering one small moment can have devastating consequences for the past, present, and future. But some time trav­elers are not exactly honorable, and sometimes unsavory deals must be struck to maintain order. With the Infinityglass (central to understanding and harnessing the time gene) at large, the hunt is on to find it before someone else does. But the Hourglass has an advantage. Lily, who has the ability to locate anything lost, has determined that the Infinityglass isn't an object. It's a person. And the Hourglass must find him or her first. But where do you start searching for the very key to time when every second could be the last?

August TBR Pile

Yeah. I made another monthly TBR list. I'm still positive that sometime in the future, or hopefully this month, I will be able to read EVERYTHING I've included in it. Last month out of the 10 books that were on my list, I only read 4. Sad but true. Anyway, here are the books I am planning going to read this August:

Life in Outer Space
by Melissa Keil

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Sam Kinnison is a geek, and he’s totally fine with that. He has his horror movies, his nerdy friends, World of Warcraft – and until Princess Leia turns up in his bedroom, he doesn’t have to worry about girls.

Then Sam meets Camilla. She’s beautiful, friendly and completely irrelevant to his life. Sam is determined to ignore her, except that Camilla has a life of her own – and she’s decided that he’s going to be part of it.

Sam believes that everything he needs to know he can learn from the movies ... but now it looks like he’s been watching the wrong ones.