Monthly Re-Cap: August 2018

Hello Readers, Bloggers, and Awesome people! 

Yay! It is almost Autumn!!!! I am getting so excited for cooler weather and all the fun fall activities and delicious treats! But we are here to talk about August - WOO! August was a mess but also great. 

Some Greats: We had a visit from family, the World of Warcraft expansion is OUT!, we had a wonderful day kayaking with friends, we had a brewery tour day, AND the Renaissance fair was early this year (we normally go in Sept). 

Some Bummers: We had a pet pass away, and that was very sad but expected. Timmy, our beardie, had a long life and being in Vermont it was surprising he lasted this long (temp control up here is a beast). I overburdened myself with reviews and tours and had to quarantine myself for days to get books read and because of that I haven't been able to PLAY the expansion of my game....

In other news, I bought the book for my first class 😳, this is getting more real - I go back on October 1st so still a month to get my sh** together.

~~Books I Read in August~~

       
     

How did I do on my August TBR? 
I finished 2/3 but noted two more for tours - which were the Barsk books, so really 4/5... lol which is pretty good!

~~Links to Some Reviews~~

Everywhere You Want to Be by Christina June (YA) - 4 stars
The Phantom Tower by Keir Graff (MG) - 4 stars
Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard by Lawrence Schoen (Adult) - 4 stars
The Moons of Barsk by Lawrence Schoen (Adult)  - 4 stars
Goldilocks and the Infinite Bears by John McNamee (GN, Adult) - 5 stars 
The Mystery Boxes (Explorer #1) - not reviewed, 3 stars

~~Reviews Up This Month From Previous Re-Caps~~
The Carnivorous Carnival (#9) by Lemony Snicket (MG)- 5 stars

Jake, Lucid Dreamer by David Naimen (MG) -5 stars

Giant by Xuan Loc Xuan (Youth) - 4 stars

Sam and Poppy and the Leaf Thief by Cathon (Youth) - 3 stars

Sheets by Brenna Thummler (MG, GN) -4 stars 
 The Steves by Morag Hood (Youth)- 3 stars
A Fall Ball for All by Jamie Swanson (Youth) -4 stars


Reviews still on their way to you:
 Coming soon in 2018 ...

Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica (#1-6) by Paul Dini (Adult, GN)
Anna at the Art Museum by Hasel Hutchings (Youth) 
The House of Lost and Found by Martin Widmark (Youth) 
Luke and Lottie: It's Halloween! by Ruthe Wielockx (Youth) 
Chilly da Vinci by Jarrett Rutland (Youth)
A Valentine for Frankenstein by Leslie Kimmelman (Youth)