August Wrap-Up (2018)

August has been a very busy month. I thought I would keep it to get ahead of upcoming uni work and reading but I ended up reading only from my tbr and getting ready to move apartment! This was a lot of planning, boxes to make and things to think about so I haven’t read as much as usual. Still happy with what I managed! (and sorry for posting this so late!)

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1) City of Lies (Poison Wars #1), by Sam Hawke
Eh. I do understand why so many people liked this fantasy novel and I wish I had loved it because it has a lot of cool things but I… didn’t.

2) Noumenon, by Marina J. Lostetter
Haaaaa I liked this one a lot! Generational spaceship crewed with clones and a great AI!

3) The Stars Are Legion, by Kameron Hurley
Horror scifi with a women only worldbuilding, that was a blast!

4) Iron Cast, by Destiny Soria
During the first half I almost stopped reading because I was bored despite the great characters, but the second half was really cool and I was glad I had kept reading!

5) Dreadful Company (Dr. Greta Helsing #2), by Vivian Shaw 
Not as enjoyable as the first book because characters weren’t together enough, but still great and looking forward for more!

6) In the Stacks: Author’s Enhanced Edition, by Scott Lynch
This was cool but not mind blowing either.

7) Les Fiancés de l’hiver (La Passe-Miroir #1), by Christelle Dabos
Ça faisait longtemps que je voulais relire celui-ci et la sortie de la traduction anglais en était enfin l’occasion! Je ne l’ai pas autant adoré qu’à l’époque mais ça reste quand même un livre et une héroïne pour lesquels j’ai beaucoup de tendresse.

8) The Apple-Tree Throne, by Premee Mohamed
War veterans, ghosts, day to day life, this was surprising and not was I was expecting but still a nice read.

9) Forest of Memory, by Mary Robinette Kowal
This was very atmospheric and I liked the way it ended more than the whole of it. Its novella lenght was perfect for it.

10) The Bitter Twins (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy #2), by Jen Williams
I felt like it took a long time for things to happen in this one but I like the characters so much that I enjoyed reading it.

11) Lucy and Linh, by Alice Pung
Wow this tackles so many topics! A young Chinese-Vietnamese girl, child of refugees in Australia, gets a scholarship to a private school where she’ll meet casual racism, privilege, elitism, white people using people of colour as their object and to make themselves look better… So many more things as well. Great great book.

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I hope everyone is having a nice start to their September!