August Reading Recap

August Favorite Read

This is hard as usual. I really loved meeting Charley Davidson and hanging out with Georgina Kincaid. But the real surprise or treasure was Seraphina. It was magical and swept me away to the land of dragons. I highly recommend the audiobook. It is as well done as Scorpio Races with a story similar to Fire. WIN! (Review posts 9/14)

I Read:

• First Grave to the Right (Charley Davidson #1) by Darynda Jones*
• [Audiobook] Seraphina (Seraphina #1) by Rachel Hartman
• My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers #1) by Rachel Vincent

Challenge Reads:

• One Grave at a Time (Night Huntress #6) by Jeaniene Frost–All Series, All Summer
• Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles #4) by Kevin Hearne*–All Series, All Summer
• Succubus on Top (Georgina Kincaid #2) by Richelle Mead*–TBR Pile & All Series, All Summer
• Hot Moon Rising by Desiree Holt*–Why Buy the Cow? Free Ebooks
• Shadowfever (Fever #5) by Karen Marie Moning–All Series, All Summer
• Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry #3) by Simone Elkeles–All Series, All Summer
• Lost in Time (Blue Bloods #6) by Melissa de la Cruz–All Series, All Summer
• [Audiobook] Midnight Alley (Morganville Vampires #3) by Rachel Caine–All Series, All Summer
• Shine (Shade #3) by Jeri Smith-Ready–All Series, All Summer
• Taking Instruction by Cheyenne McCray*–Why Buy the Cow? Free Ebooks
• Once Bitten, Forever Burned by Langlais & Kennedy*–Why Buy the Cow? Free Ebooks

All Series, All Summer

On my Series Showdown tab, I posted 25 series that I started since I started blogging. These series all had books in that series already published waiting for me to read, but I didn’t own most of them. All count there were 50 books possible in the 25 series. So from June 1 to August 31…

• I read 19 : 50 books
• I caught up on 12 : 25 series
• I completed 3 series
• I started 7 new series over the summer *sigh*

This was a winning challenge. It made me clear a few books off my shelf. Mostly it will be nice to be caught up with all the new books in the series as they are released. I like getting excited about a much loved series book coming out, but it is a drag when you realize you need to read 3 more books before you get to it OR if you have to avoid all the buzz. I am super pumped that Amanda & Kelly are keeping it going. I can’t wait to see what they have cooked up.

Operation TBR: *the books that counted toward

Sponsored by Once Upon A Chapter. Library books don’t count either way. Freebies don’t count as bought, but they count as read. All bought and review request books count as bought.

NOTE: This was a library read kind of month. Which scored a WIN in the All Series, All Summer column, but a FAIL in the Operation TBR column.