August was…great. I had a new job, worked on reconnecting with old friends, joined a book club and just generally got my life feeling a lot more sorted. I also found out that two of my closest friends were pregnant… both due within the same month. It made for a FANTASTIC ending to the month… although left me feeling a little baby obsessed…

Non-fiction

• Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Approach by Jeffrey J. Arnett & Malcolm Hughes
• Punishment and Sentencing by Melissa Bull

Series

• Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (Tomorrow #1)
• The Flower of Arizona by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.01)
• One Hell of a Ride by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.02)
• No Place Like Home by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.03)
• Married in Green by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.05)
• Sweet Poison Wine by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.06)
• The First Fall by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.07)
• Loch and Key by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.08)
• We Both Go Down Together by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.09)
• Oh Pretty Bird by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.10)
• Bury Me In Satin by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #0.11)
• Through the House by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #4.5)
• Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #5)
• Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Rokesbys #1)
• 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan #12)
• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #1)
• Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #1.5)
• Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #2)
• Love Hacked by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #3)
• Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #4)
• Rock Wedding by Nalini Singh (Rock Kiss #4)

Standalones – Novels

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
• Misery by Stephen King

Standalones – Short stories

• Command by James Warner Bellah
• Burn Him Out by Frank Bonham
• The Ghost in the Doctor by Brenda Cooper
• Holy Jingle by Alan Dean Foster
• The Mansion of Imperatives by James Grady
• The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie
• Woolsley’s Kitchen Nightmare by E.E. Knight
• The Strength Inside by Melissa Marr
• The Man With No Heart by Beth Revis
• Wrecking Party by Alastair Reynolds
• The Boys Go Fishing by Sarah Smith
• The Colt by Wallace Stegner
• Bookkeeper, Narrator, Gunslinger by Charles Yu

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