Books I Read in August
I was reading my fourth book this month on the very last day! But I made it. Yay!
That’s 30 down and 20 to go.
Can I read 20 more books before the end of the year??
Only time will tell.
What I liked:
Cute Chicken Little retelling told from the point of view of a chicken. Funny, and heartwarming but also a little darker than I expected. Very interesting premise.
What could have been improved:
The whole thing felt a little rushed.
What I liked:
An extremely out there, but fun, premise for this one. Decent cast of characters. Much science. Solid narrator. (I listened to it.)
What could have been improved:
There were a few threads that didn’t really tie back to the main characters. They were distracting.
*Note: I didn’t mean to listen to this and read Project Hail Mary at the same time, but it happened, and there were enough similar tropes that I got the stories, particularly in the first third, mixed up more than once.*
What I liked:
I do love my characters, and the two leads in this were spot on. The author chose to write a disabled character and made her strong within the confines of her abilities. Unlike Hail Mary, I didn’t like this ending. It was powerful, and the right thing to do, but I didn’t like it.
What could have been improved:
The pacing through the first half of the book was a little slow.
What I liked:
The two main characters in this book are awesome. Cool apocalypse premise. I actually liked the ending.
What could have been improved:
I was prepared for all the science, but there was even more than I wanted to read.
