August was kind of a sucky month for me. There were just so very many things that were not going right… Which left me a stressed out, exhausted mess. Normally that would mean that I would read a lot more to try and get myself calm. But, sadly, because I was actually that overwrought and exhausted, I only managed to finish 7 books. And I didn’t even get a chance to read many short stories… as I said, a sucky month. 😦

Photography

• James and Other Apes by James Mollison

Series

• One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #2)
• Voodoo Moon by Lori Handeland (Nightcreature #7.5)
• The Devil’s Due by Lora Leigh (Breeds #19.5)
• Breath of Magic by Cheyenne McCray (Magic #3.5)
• Valkyrie by Kate O’Hearn (Valkyrie #1)
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
• Cave Canem by Susan Sizemore (Laws of the Blood #5.5)
• Nigsu ga Tesgu by Jeff Somers (The Ustari Cycle #4.5)

Standalone stories – Novels

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Bloody Valentine by James Patterson

Standalone stories – Novellas

• The Widow’s Auction by Sabrina Jeffries

Standalone stories – Short stories

• The Face of the Killer by Violet Addison & David N. Smith
• Taking Hold by Anya Bast
• The Governess by Elizabeth Bear
• Her Furry Face by Leigh Kennedy
• For the Briar Rose by Elizabeth E. Wein

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