August 2025 reads!
The Teller of Small Fortunes 4 ⭐️
Listen for the Lie 4 ⭐️ (great on audio)
Ask for Andrea 4.5 ⭐️ (great on audio)
The People We Keep ⭐️ ALL THE STARS ⭐️
Fifty Fifty 3 ⭐️
The Man No One Believed 4 ⭐️
The Expat Affair 3 ⭐️
The Bright Years ⭐️ ALL THE STARS ⭐️ and all the FEELS!!!
These Summer Storms ~DNF ~got though over 200 pages and just couldn‘t continue 🤷🏻♀️
#HaikuADay #HaikuHive
Still one haiku behind (Friday‘s) but today‘s is inspired by doing a few hours of work today on the Labor Day holiday, but at least changing the scene by working out of my local coffee shop where I can be fed & caffeinated while I do it.
Laboring
It is Labor Day
And so I labor, low key,
Coffee close at hand
Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me
August #wrapup
Total read = 9
Audio - 6
1 middle grade, 1 novella
Print - 3
1 novella
My pick for August is tagged. I also loved Book Woman. I read it for work bookclub and then found out I read the wrong book. 😂 The rest were picks as well.
pick#Read2025
Finished this one earlier in the week, my second for August‘s #AuthorAMonth #JudyBlume. The library audiobook became free & so I listened to it & really enjoyed the reread. I must have read this book a bazillion times growing up & it all came back. Perfectly captures growing up in the late 70s-early 80s for me & all those things—bras, periods, boys & friendships & all the questions & angst they bring.
Mia named every dog they passed-Itchy, Gravy, Crackers, Poop….
🐶💩
“No, not you, too, Nina. I mean, you were always supportive of me, but I can‘t stand it if my deepest desire is for your constant, unconditional approval. Is it? Am I that needy? That shallow?”
She could actually go back to high school! And maybe just stay there for as long as she wanted! It was her deepest, most secret, most shameful desire.
“You‘re not psychotic. You‘re depressed because you‘re not as special as you thought and your life‘s a mess and you‘re looking for excuses.”
“Thanks, Mom.”
