Thursday, August 31, 2023

LazyDayLit's August 2023 Reading WrapUp & Challenge Progress

 


GOODBYE AUGUST! 

I read 13 books this month! 
10 fiction novels
2 graphic novels
2 nonfiction reads
0 poetry collections


What I read this month:


FICTION READS


    

The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Bloom



Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King



Tucket's Gold by Gary Paulsen
Tucket's Home by Gary Paulsen


Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith





GRAPHIC NOVELS READ IN AUGUST


Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely
Serafina and the Black Cloak: The Graphic Novel by Robert Beatty +


NONFICTION READS



Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely
Pageboy by Elliot Page



Started But Didn't Finish


Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson


Chapter Books I Read To/With My Child






and more...





CHALLENGE PROGRESS



ABC CHALLENGE


AUGUST

Fiction:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
17 / 26
Graphic Novels:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
19 / 26

Nonfiction:
A B C D E F H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
17 / 26

Fiction:
O
The One and Only Ruby
The Only One Left

J
Juniper & Thorn

Graphic Novels:



Nonfiction/Poetry:
N
Numb to This: A Memoir of a Mass Shooting



BookRiot's READ HARDER Challenge

4/24

JAN: 0/24
FEB: +2
MAR: 0
APR: 0
MAY: +1
June: +1 or more
JULY: 0

AUGUST: 0



The52BookClub Reading Challenge

16 / 52


JAN: +2
FEB: +6
MAR:
APR:
MAY: +4
JUNE: +4
JULY: 

AUGUST: 0


PopSugar Reading Challenge

Jan: +1
Feb: +4
MAR: 
APR:
MAY: +1
JUNE: +2
JULY: 

AUGUST: +2

Prompt 7: Title has the word "Girl" in it
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Prompt 37: A book you should have read in high school
Are You There God? IT's Me Margarget



Barnes&Noble ReadingChallenge

Jan: +3
Feb: +6
MAR:
APR:
MAY: +1
JUNE: +2
JULY: 

AUGUST: 

Prompt 42: Featuring a friend group
Are You There God? 


Nonfiction Reader Challenge

History:

Memoir/Biography:
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Numb to This

Crime & Punishment:

Science:
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

Health:

Travel:

Food:

Social Media:

Sports:

Relationships:

The Arts:

Published in 2023: 



NEW TO ME AUTHORS

FEB: +12
MAR: +12
APR: +12
MAY: +16
June: +18
July:

August:
Jimmy Juliano
Kindra Neely
Kate Alice Marshall
Elliot Page
ANthony Doerr
Ava Reid
Cynthia Leitich SMith
McKayla Coyle



Happy reading! 


Tuesday, August 1, 2023

LazyDayLit's AUGUST 2023 TBR & Reading Goals

HELLO AUGUST!


Hello readers!




MY AUGUST HOPEFULS


GIFTED/ARCS


Many thanks to Farrar, Strous, and Giroux,
and Andrews McMeel Publishing
for the chance to read these! 



Library Loans






      



BOOK CLUB READS




Nonfiction Picks




Off My Shelves







What are you looking forward to reading this month?



O - P Reads for #TBRTACKLECHALLENGE
+ @tbrtacklechallenge's August Bookstragram prompts:
~ starts with O or P:
Our Last Echoes 
~Pink or Green on cover 
Nic Blake and the Remarkables or Tress of the Emerald Sea
~Animal on the cover
Hell Bent
~Recommended by a friend
A Little Life
~Retelling
Hester



You can keep up with what I end up reading over on Bookstagram @LazyDayLit


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