September 2022 TBR & Monthly Challenge

My favorite blurb, as always: In 2022, I'm continuing to participate in the Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge (new challenge each month - September is "Rings of Power" theme). You sign up and are split into teams and finish books for points. They also have a mini game, photo challenge, and charity challenge to get points for your team as well.

So I still have a few books from my past few months' TBRs that I haven't read and I hope to keep them on the back burner for if I finish books in the upcoming months. However, I needed a fresh TBR and one that tackled some more of my goals for the year.

In August, I finished 10 books. I completed my Haul It challenge and I am one finished series away from completing my goal of 20 finished series (we'll ignore that if I complete my TBR, I will start 6 more series). September is set to be an insane month of work and kids' stuff, so I am giving myself a little grace here and hoping I can still finish 8 books, but won't kick myself if I don't!

My TBR for September:

• Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames (Paperback - Purchased)
  
• The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (Hardcover - Purchased)
• Empire of the Vampire (Audio - Borrowed)
• One, Two, Three by Elodie Nowodazkij (Kindle - Netgalley)
  
• She, Myself, and I by Emma Young (Kindle - Netgalley)
• Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong (Ebook - Netgalley)
• Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai (Ebook - Netgalley)
• Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon (Kindle - Purchased)
  

2021 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 67% 
Goodreads Challenge: 79/52 books - 151% COMPLETED 6/8
Series Challenge: 19/20 series - 95% AHEAD!
Netgalley Challenge: 16/13 books - 123% COMPLETED 6/8
Haul It Challenge: 30/30 books - 100% COMPLETED 8/23

What are you planning on reading in September?

July 2022 Book Haul

I only hauled 9 books this month and I read 6 of those. So that is definitely a huge win. At this point, I have now hauled 72 books and read 43 of them. So I have read 60% of the books I have hauled and that's awesome! I said last month that I would love to be under 20 left unread at the end of the year and I'm currently sitting at 29 unread, so hopefully I can continue to read these books and hit that goal!

 

 

KINDLE/AUDIBLE BOOKS

1. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake - eARC from Netgalley
2. Make Me Wilder by Serena Bell
3. Don't Overthink This by Kelly Piazza
4. Rebel by Amy Tintera
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid - borrowed audiobook
2. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi - borrowed audiobook
3. Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi - borrowed audiobook
4. Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi - borrowed audiobook 
5. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl - borrowed audiobook
   

Tally for 2022:
Total Books Hauled: 71 (Read: 42/Unread: 29)
Total Physical Books: 3 (Read: 0/Unread: 3)
Total Kindle/Audible Books: 43 (Read: 17/Unread: 26)
Total Library Books: 25 (Read: 25/Unread: 0)

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in July?

Have you read any of my hauled books?

Books I Read in July 2022

I read 9 books in July.

• Pucked Up by Helena Hunting (Kindle, 305 pages, 2015, Adult Romance, Purchased) - 2.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Audio, 9 hr 11 min, 2015, Adult Contemporary, Borrowed) - 4 stars | My Review
• Pucked Over by Helena Hunting (Kindle, 350 pages, 2016, Adult Romance, Purchased) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge 
• Rebel by Amy Tintera (Audio, 7 hr 59 min, 2014, YA Sci Fi/Dystopia, Purchased) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi (Audio, 11 hr 22 min, 2020, MG Fantasy, Borrowed) - 3.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi (Audio, 12 hr 8 min, 2021, MG Fantasy, Borrowed) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi (Audio, 11 hr 19 min, 2022, MG Fantasy, Borrowed) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Forever Pucked by Helena Hunting (Kindle, 274 pages, 2021, Adult Romance, Purchased) - 2 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Storyteller by Dave Grohl (Audio, 10 hr 35 min, 2021, Adult Nonfiction, Borrowed) - 5 stars | My Review
  

Pages read: 929 + 62 hr 34 min
Pages DNF: 0

READING STATS
BY FORMAT

• Kindle: 3 (2022 Total: 21)
  
• Physical: 0 (2022 Total: 4)
• Audio: 6 (2022 Total: 42)

BY PAGE COUNT

• Under 250 pages: 0 (2022 Total: 8)
• 250 to 400 pages: 7 (2022 Total: 41)
  
• 400 to 700 pages: 2 (2022 Total: 18)
• 700+ pages: 0 (2022 Total: 0)

BY RATING

• 1 star: 0 (2022 Total: 0)
• 2 stars: 2 (2022 Total: 12)
• 3 stars: 3 (2022 Total: 22)
• 4 stars: 3 (2022 Total: 24)
• 5 stars: 1 (2022 Total: 9)

BY AUDIENCE

• MG: 3 (2022 Total: 5)
• YA: 1 (2022 Total: 26)
• Adult: 5 (2022 Total: 36)

August 2022 TBR & Monthly Challenges

My favorite blurb, as always: In 2022, I'm continuing to participate in the Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge (new challenge each month - August is "Camp Words & Whimsy" theme). You sign up and are split into teams and finish books for points. They also have a mini game, photo challenge, and charity challenge to get points for your team as well.

I knew July would be a little wild with a week vacation and then two weeks of band camp. The only week other than that was me catching up on work and training on a new client at the same time so it left me pretty mentally tired too. AND I ended up with a kidney stone starting to pass the last week. July was an adventure. Not necessarily one I would like to repeat, but an adventure none-the-less.

I finished 8 books and, instead of doing another new TBR, I'm going to pull the books I did not read in July to go into August and 2 Netgalley books I'd like to read before their publishing dates. We have a week of all the appointments and then school starts, so it's going to be another busy month and it won't really slow down until like April where we get a month to breathe before all the end of the month stuff haha.

My TBR for August:

• For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa (Kindle - Netgalley)
  
• Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee (Kindle - Netgalley)
  
• Pucked Off by Helena Hunting (Kindle - Purchased)
• Pucked Love by Helena Hunting (Kindle - Purchased)
• Desperate Measures by Katee Roberts (Kindle - Purchased)
• Lizzie Blake's Biggest Mistake by Mazey Eddings (Kindle - Netgalley)
• The Make-Up Test by Jenny L. Howe (Kindle - Netgalley)
  

2021 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 58% 
Goodreads Challenge: 69/52 books - 132% COMPLETED 6/8
Series Challenge: 17/20 series - 85% AHEAD!
Netgalley Challenge: 15/13 books - 115% COMPLETED 6/8
Haul It Challenge: 28/30 books - 93% AHEAD!

What are you planning on reading in August?

June 2022 Book Haul

Another 12 books hauled, most of these are library books. I have 1 preordered book and 3 Netgalley books as well. I've read 6 with 6 left. I'm sitting at about 52% read of the books hauled this year, which is great. Like I talked about last month, I'd love to be under 20 books unread at the end of the year. We'll see what happens.

PHYSICAL BOOKS

1.  The Midnight Orchestra by Jessica Khoury - preordered Hardcover arrived
   

KINDLE/AUDIBLE BOOKS

1. Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai - received eARC from Netgalley 
2. Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong - received eARC from Netgalley
3. The Witch Hunt by Sasha Peyton Smith - received eARC from Netgalley
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. By the Book by Jasmine Guillory - borrowed audiobook
2. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston - borrowed audiobook 
3. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir by Molly Shannon - borrowed audiobook
4. Gallant by V.E. Schwab - borrowed audiobook
5. We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza - borrowed audiobook
6. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes - borrowed audiobook
7. Book of Night by Holly Black - borrowed audiobook
8. Book Lovers by Emily Henry - borrowed audiobook
   

Tally for 2022:
Total Books Hauled: 62 (Read: 32/Unread: 30)
Total Physical Books: 3 (Read: 0/Unread: 3)
Total Kindle/Audible Books: 38 (Read: 13/Unread: 25)
Total Library Books: 21 (Read:19/Unread: 2)

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in June?

Have you read any of my hauled books?