August Wrap-Up!
This may be late, but I’m doing it anyway! I had a pretty great August, bookish and non-bookish! I cannot believe that we are already almost halfway through with September though. Where has 2016 gone?!
BOOKS READ
I read a total of six books in August!
A Long Way From You not pictued because it was overdue from the library! haha
– A Long Way From You by Gwendolyn Heasley \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
– Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
– The Program by Suzanne Young \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
– Dance of Fire by Yelena Black \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
– The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
– The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
STANDOUT BOOK OF THE MONTH
I’ve decided I’m going to start featuring a book or two each month that really stood out to me. Maybe it will be one I found to be surprisingly good, or one that I knew was going to become a favorite. This month I’m going to feature:
The Importance of Being Earnest
and
The Program
I was so pleasantly surprised with both of these books! I did not expect to like them nearly as much as I actually did.
BOOKS REVIEWED
Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Program by Yelena Black \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CLASSIC READ
For the Pretty Books 2016 Classic Challenge, I read The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Be sure to look for my post about it, coming soon!
BOOK HAUL
I only bought one book in August: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey! I loved The 5th Wave, so I cannot wait to read this second book in the series and find out what happens next. 🙂
MISCELLANEOUS
I also participated in the #ReadThemAllThon that went from August 14th through September 3rd. Click here to find out which books I was reading, and my progress for that read-a-thon!
I also started a new feature called Movie Monday! I’ve only made one post, so far, about it. To hear my thoughts comparing Matilda by Roald Dahl to its movie, click here. 🙂
I finally, very slowly, started to catch up on tags! I was nominated for the Liebster Award a couple months ago, and I finally got around to doing it.
That wraps up my August! I had a really great month filled with swimming, the fair, and camping, along with some really great books. I hope you all had an excellent August as well, and I hope your September is going great, too! 🙂
Be sure to follow me on Twitter and Instagram to continue to stay updated on what I am reading in between blog posts.
the calico books 
I love The Program! Probably one of my favorite series.
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It is so good!! It was one of the best dystopians I’ve read in a while. 😄🙌🏼
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I still haven’t read the most recent addition to it. I think it’s The Epidemic? It came out in April and I was so excited for it but haven’t gotten around to it. But yeah, I love that series so much.
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I haven’t read the sequel yet, but I can’t wait! 😁 The original series is just a duology right? And then she wrote other books in the series focusing on completely new characters? I think that is what I saw. ☺️
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Yup! There’s The Program and The Treatment. And then there’s like a prequel duology that follows different characters, The Remedy and the Epidemic. I think I saw on Goodreads she’s adding another book to the series and it’s listed in a way that makes it seem it’s going to expand on The Program & The Treatment, but I’m not really sure. 😛
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Oh ok! Great! So there’s lots more books that feature The Program’s world. I can’t wait to read them! 😄👍🏼
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Okay scratch that – it takes place after The Treatment, but has different characters. So maybe a new duology?
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The Infinite Sea is so good, I hope you like it! I’ve been wanting to read The Unexpected Everything, I even started reading it in August but I have yet to finish it. I don’t even know why I stopped reading. I was really liking it, but for whatever reason I just stopped. I need to pick it back up soon.
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I’m so glad to hear you liked it!! You should definitely keep reading The Unexpected Everything. I feel like it’s more of a character driven novel. It stays good throughout the entire thing though. 😊
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I heard about the Program through Goodreads and was wondering if it was good?!
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I ended up liking it way more than I thought I would! I figured it would be just like any other YA dystopian, and while there were some similarities, I found the storyline to be very original and unique. I would definitely recommend giving The Program a read!! 😊
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Sweet! I will!!! Thanks!
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