August 2020 WRAP-UP

I can’t believe it’s already the end of Summer. I’m already dreading winter…
But it also means lots of other great upcoming books to read. More about that tomorrow.
Let’s focus today on what I just read.
I managed to read 28 books for 20 books of Summer. I hope to have time to post a recap on that on September 3rd.

📚 For now, here is what I read in August.
It’s actually a pathetic 7 books. I thought I had read a lot. So the only explanation is that I’m actually in the process of reading lots of books – for readalongs. So only a few pages a day.
Oh also, I have spent some evening time obsessed by foreign language learning (Italian and Russian)!

I’m glad I participated in Bout of Books and had a great reading week, that helped a bit with the monthly stats.

7 books:
3 in print 
=  with 1,005 pages, a daily average of 32 pages/day
4 in audio
= 23H29, a daily average of 45 minutes

5 in mystery:

1. Il était deux fois, by Franck Thilliez – French audio
2. The Inugami Curse, by Seishi Yokomizo – ebook, received or review
3. The Big Four, #5 by Agatha Christie – audio, for The Classics Club
4. Don’t Look For Me, by Wendy Walker –  for Criminal Element. Review live mid September
5. Killer Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury – ebook, received or review. Counts for The Classics Club

2 in nonfiction:

1. The First Book of Kings – audio, for The Classics Club
2. The Second Book of Kings – audio, for The Classics Club

MY FAVORITE BOOKS THIS PAST MONTH

READING CHALLENGES & RECAP

Classics Club: 42/50 (from October 2019-until September 2024)
Japanese Literature Challenge: 9 books read
Total of books read in 2020 = 79/110
Number of books added to my TBR this past month = 5

BOOKS I REVIEWED THIS PAST MONTH

GIVEAWAYS

The open giveaways are on my homepage

We have 2 books available for reviews on France Book Tours
One is a historical novel with a famous musician in Paris.
The other is a horror novel based on a super famous French classic!
And I’m going to post a third one very soon: a Middle Grade historical novel!

MOST POPULAR BOOK REVIEW THIS PAST MONTH

click on the cover to access my review
Which shows that negative reviews can bring you lots of readers!!

MOST POPULAR POST THIS PAST MONTH
– NON BOOK REVIEW –

Classic Spin #24
A book I haven’t even started!!

BOOK BLOG THAT BROUGHT ME MOST TRAFFIC THIS PAST MONTH

The Classics Club
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Come back tomorrow
to see the books I plan to read in September,
and some major milestone!!

How was YOUR month of August?

Nicole at Feed Your Fiction Addiction
has created a Month In Review meme
where you can link your monthly recap posts
Thanks Nicole!