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TOO MUCH TBR • August 2022

August 4, 2022 Leave a Comment


For those who do not know, Too Much TBR is a way to help me see which books I really need to read and tackle them. Is it effective? Perhaps. It helps a lot seeing a visual of the books on my TBR pile.

Let’s get down to it.

BACK IN JULY

In July, I finished two books (one of which was a graphic novel), and started a gazillion other books.

  • One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks. Eh, it’s a very predictable story that relies heavily on stereotypes.
  • Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. As I said in my review, Siren Queen “is a strange world set in a 1930s Hollywood—it’s full of monsters in human bodies and Faustian bargains in blood pacts that is never fully explained how or why.” I enjoyed it because of the commentary on Hollywood (damn shame about the lack of depth in the magical realism).

I started Seven Days in June by Tia Williams and Mary: An Awakening in Terror by Nat Cassidy. We shall see if I finish it.

PRIORITY AUGUST READS

  • Babel: “Babel — a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell — grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire.” Dark academia with an Asian main character. Ready for this.
  • Seven Days in June: “A second chance romance between a single mom/bestselling erotia writer and a reclusive award-winning novelist.“
  • Mary: An Awakening in Terror: “A middlle-aged woman who moves back to her hometown to reconnect with her past butbegins having terrifying visions that echoes an infamous serial killer.“
AUGUST BOOKS I WANT TO READ

Babel by R.F. Kuang | Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim | A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin | Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste

A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers | The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez | Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane | The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri | Lemon Bird: Can Help! by Paulina Ganucheau

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala | Belladonna by Adalyn Grace | Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin | Small Angels by Lauren Owen | The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead

Note: All these books here do not account for other books that may slip into my TBR list (because mood reading will probably happen) nor of the comics I will be reading. I’m sure I missed other books I want to read this month too, but since I can’t remember, it must not be priority, right? Let’s hope I make a dent in my TBR books for June!

How was your July? Tell me what’s on your August TBR list. Have you read any of the books on my lists? Or are you planning to read them? 

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