I had a great month of reading, a couple of perfect summer reads, a couple of re-reads, some action-adventure, some darkness, some hope.
- We Are Water (book, audiobook)… Wally Lamb, read by various
- I Am Malala (Young Readers Ed.)… Malala Yousafzai w. Patricia McCormick
- Jurassic Park … Michael Crichton
- America: The Audiobook (audiobook) … Jon Stewart, et al, read by various
- Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. … (audiobook) … Rob Delaney, read by author
- An Untamed State … Roxane Gay
- The Long Walk … Stephen King as Richard Bachman
I enjoyed all of these books, and they were so varied in tone and subject matter it’s hard to pick a favorite. Maybe I’ll say An Untamed State by a hair. America: The Audiobook and Rob Delaney‘s memoir were perfect for our road trip a few weeks ago. We Are Water was an indulgent family drama for me, and The Long Walk and Jurassic Park were great for high summer. I hardly ever re-read but this month I had two: the Delaney and Jurassic Park.
The Long Walk was my 50th book read in 2015! I didn’t exactly expect to hit that milestone this early, we still have a quarter of the year to go. My 50 Book Pledge shelf says I’m on pace for 75 total in 2015. I have a couple chunksters in the queue so I likely won’t make it more than maybe 60… we’ll see! I’d be happy with any number, really 🙂
What did you read in August? What are you looking forward to next?
The Long Walk was one of the first Stephen King books I ever read, and I fell in love. I think I was about 12 then, so it was a little bit too mature for me but I still loved it
I cheated a little… I’m not finished yet! I thought I’d be finished by the time this post was up
oh well, close enough. It’s a great book, the kids’ physical and psychological breakdown feels totally real.
My August reads were: The Stolen Child (Keith Donohue), Winter’s Journey (Kathryn Meyer Griffith), Ready Player One (Ernest Cline), Everyone Dies at the End (Riley Westbrook), Seveneves (Neal Stephenson), Seeing Evil (Jason Parent), Centuries of June (Donohue again), A Time of Demons and Angels (Meyer Griffith again), The Long Earth (Pratchett/Baxter), Zombie Makers: Stories of the undead (Rebecca L. Johnson), Symbiont (Mira Grant), Old Man’s War (John Scalzi), Year Zero (Rob Reid), Solaris (Stanislaw Lem), Ashes of the World (Boyd Craven), The Fold (Peter Clines), The World Burns (Boyd Craven), Monster Story (AJ Coonley), and The Boy Who Drew Monsters (Donohue again).
Holy crap..just typing those out made me realize I really shouldn’t feel bad for not reading that much this August. Read more than I thought I did!!
My TBR / In progress list is: Tesla, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Gone, Ancillary Sword, and Hunter.
Wow, I’m really impressed! I’ve only read one off that list: Ready Player One, on audio narrated by Will Wheaton. So good!! It’s one of my go-to audiobook recommendations. 🙂
I read and enjoyed Wally Lamb’s I Know This Much Is True. I wonder if I’d enjoy We Are Water as well. I’ve got An Untamed State on my (never-ending) to read list. Looking forward to it.
I didn’t like Water quite as well as I liked I Know, but it was that same sweeping family drama Lamb is known for. I hope you have a chance to read it! And Untamed State, wow. My review will up soon.