August Wrap Up & Favourite Books of the Month

August has been an amazing bookish month! I’m not sure how, but I managed to read/listen to 16 books! I completed the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge, which meant that I also reviewed a lot books! 😂

It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell
Dear Miss Lake by AJ Pearce
The Delivery by Gregg Hurwitz
Summer at Flora's House by Freya North
South America by Claudia Martin
The Final Target by Nora Roberts
Scary Monsters and Super Creeps by Dom Joly
A Honeymoon in Venice by Veronica Henry
Invitation From A Dictator by Rory Clements
Poirot and me by David Suchet and Geoffrey Wansell
John Grebble is Gone by Peter James
A Summer Country Escape by Julie Caplin
Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena
A Girl's Best Friend by Julie Caplin
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
Overland Before the Hippie Trail by Patricia Noble Sullivan

For those of you who enjoy graphs, here are my stats from StoryGraph

Favourites

I enjoyed all of the books I read and listened to this month, but these were my stand out favourites. ICYMI here are my reviews 😀

Dear Miss Lake by AJ Pearce
It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell
Summer at Flora's House by Freya North
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

Bookish Travel

My armchair travel has been amazing, mainly because of two nonfiction books, South America and Overland Before the Hippie Trail. If my calculations are correct I visited 56 countries! 🤯 🌍

Australia

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

England

A Girl's Best Friend by Julie Caplin

England

A Summer Country Escape by Julie Caplin

England, USA, Morocco, Greece,

Poirot and me by David Suchet and Geoffrey Wansell

Germany

Invitation From A Dictator by Rory Clements

Italy, France

A Honeymoon in Venice by Veronica Henry

England, Canada, Japan, Congo, USA, India, Nepal, Scotland

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps by Dom Joly

USA

The Final Target by Nora Roberts

USA, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan

Overland Before the Hippie Trail by Patricia Noble Sullivan

Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile

South America by Claudia Martin

Scotland

Summer at Flora's House by Freya North

USA

The Delivery by Gregg Hurwitz

England, Belgium,

Dear Miss Lake by AJ Pearce

England

It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell

So how was your August?
Did you read or listen to any good books?