The Book Catch-Up August
- Brooke
- Sep 6, 2019
- 5 min read
other month and more books have be read. August was a month where I really enjoyed reading. And felt that reading spark come back. I've been giving myself time each day to read which has helped me get to a total of 5 books this month. Below you'll see my mini reviews on all of my August reads.
Lexi Angelo is a Convention Kid - she's got a clipboard and a walkie talkie to prove it. Aidan Green is a messy-haired, annoyingly arrogant author and he's disrupting her perfect planning. In a flurry of awkward encounters, lost schedules and late-night conversations, Lexi discovers that some things can't be planned... Things like falling in love.
The first read of August turned out to be one of my favourite books I've read. I'd heard that this was the UK's answer to Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and I agree. I loved Fangirl and Unconventional just as much as each other. I love a book that's based around a character being a fan. As I've been a fan of many people over the years. It brings back all my memories. (cont...)
Shauna is in her final year at an elite private school and has great expectations. She holds an Indigenous scholarship and is determined to be the first member of her family to go to university, no matter what. The year is off to an excellent start, and she and her friends are dreaming big about life after school and a trip to Paris.
I liked this book. I liked how it dealt with the issues any aboriginal girl living in Australia would have to. It's a great coming of age story about an indigenous girl who stands up for her rights as both an aboriginal but also a female. It follows Shauna throughout her last year at a. private girls school where she's on a scholarship and how she goes about things when great big obstacles get in her way and how she overcomes the. Such a nice read and something I definitely recommend checking out.
Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever. Now it’s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable . . . until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother’s family – her grandmother and cousins she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl. When Emma arrives at the Lake, and spends more time with her mother’s side of the family, she starts to feel like she is two different people . To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her. Then there’s Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her family’s history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. It’s hard not to get caught up in the magic of the Lake – and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo’s spell as well. But when it’s finally time to go back home, which side of Emma Saylor will win?
I'd had this book on my to-buy list for months and I sort of wish I'd bought it a while back. i will admit this book didn't really go anywhere plot wise for a while. I found that the part of the story that made me want to know what happens next was near the ending of the book. It felt like all this reading and exciting was happening till the end. I definitely didn't see parts of this book coming, but I also knew some bits would happen. I did love this book though and I think it is worth reading.
It's not my body that's holding me back. It's more of a problem that people keep telling me it should. Meet Emily Daly, a stylish, cute, intelligent and hilarious seventeen-year-old about to start her last year at school. Emily is also fat. She likes herself and her body. When she meets Joe at a house party, he instantly becomes The Crush of Her Life. Everything changes. At first he seems perfect. But as they spend more time together, doubts start to creep in. With her mum trying new fad diets every week, and increasing pressure to change, Emily faces a constant battle to stay strong, be her true self and not change for anyone.
Such a great book. I've read books in the past where the not so skinny girl gets with a hot guy and they become the talked about couple. But this one wasn't like that at all. It was very real and an honest look at how someone of a plus size lives their life. It showed me than even though you're not skinny that's ok, and to go live your best life. Which is something I definitely want to do. I feel like as someone who is on the non skinny side a books like this is great in the sense that it's a positive representation of who we are. I also wish I could have read this as a younger person. I felt like it would have helped with the person I was at the time. It's just an all round great read. Would definitely recommend.
A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find themselves sharing a hospital ward, for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Fiona Wood. Three teenage girls from very different backgrounds find themselves sharing a hospital ward. When they witness a crime in the park below their window, they bond over trying to solve the crime and each one undergoes a profound change.
Though this book is definitely aimed at a younger audience, aimed at people nearly 10 years younger than me. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy this book. There was a point where I started crying. That's when you know it's a good book. I do think that if you're a younger teen reader then this book is going to be one you like. There's not much else I feel I can say about it.
So there you have my thoughts on the books that I read in the month of August. I'd love to also know what you read this month or what you plan on reading next month.
Until next time...
Brooke
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