August, 2023 Month in Review

 

Goal: 100 books and 1500 hours
YTD:  161 Books Read, 1388 Hours Spent
August: 24 Books Read, 197 Hours Spent

 

August is over. "100 Books..." is over.
Halloween Bingo has begun! 'Nuff said!

 

THE SHOUT-OUTS

BEST of the Month:  The Agathas, How to Kill Your Family, The Glass Room,  A Game of Fear
WORST of the Month: The Floating Feldmans
BEST Storyteller of the Month: Tom Hanks
BEST Feel Good Books of the Month: The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle, Legends & Lattes
BIGGEST Surprise of the Month: How to Kill Your Family
BIGGEST Whack Job of the Month: How to Kill Your Family
WORST Cover Art of the Month: How to Kill Your Family
BIGGEST Disappointments of the Month: Death Comes as the End, Maigret in New York, The Best American Short Stories 2019
MOST Ethically Challenged: The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, How to Kill Your Family
SCHMALTZIEST Read of the Month:  Remarkably Bright Creatures
Honorable Mention: "Water: A History" (a short story recommended by MikeFinn)
DNF: Tyrant, Old God's Time, Quicksand

ON HOLD AT THE LIBRARY

I include this only because I think it is fun to watch the numbers change from month to month. I only list the books that I am still waiting for at this point in time.

• Legends and Lattes, placed Apr 28. Received Aug 28, as skip-the-line offer.
• Remarkably Bright Creatures, placed Jun 29. Received Aug 15
• The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, placed Jul 1 Received Aug 7
• The Road to Roswell, placed July 14 , 6th in line (was 13th), 11 people waiting on 2 copies.
• The Museum of Ordinary People, placed Aug 23. (16 week wait). 16th in line. 16 people waiting on 2 copies.
• Lessons in Chemistry, placed Aug 23. (18 week wait) 506th in line (started at 524). 506 people waiting on 56 copies.
• The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (25 weeks). 73rd in line. 76 people waiting on 6 copies.
• The Raging Storm (not yet released). 31st in line. 53 people waiting on 1 copy. (At this rate, it is a 5 month wait)

 

THE BOOKS
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The Agathas  ~  Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson  ~  NEW123
Death Comes As the End  ~  Agatha Christie  ~  NEW124
The Floating Feldmans   ~  Elyssa Friedland  ~  NEW125
How to Kill Your Family  ~  Bella Mackie  ~  NEW126
Six Easy Pieces  ~  Walter Mosley  ~  NEW127
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece  ~  Tom Hanks  ~  NEW128
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle  ~  Matt Cain  ~  NEW129
Maigret In New York  ~  Georges Simenon  ~  NEW130
Great Courses: American Ideals: Founding a “Republic of Virtue”  ~  Daniel N. Robinson  ~  NEW131
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown  ~  Vaseem Khan  ~  NEW132
Remarkably Bright Creatures  ~  Shelby Van Pelt  ~  NEW133
A Fatal Lie  ~  Charles Todd  ~  NEW134
Midsummer Mysteries  ~  Agatha Christie  ~  NEW135
A Game of Fear  ~  Charles Todd  ~  NEW137
Tyrant  ~  Stephen Greenblatt  ~  NEW138  ~  DNF
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks  ~  Shauna Robinson  ~  NEW139
The Glass Room  ~  Ann Cleeves  ~  NEW140
Old God's Time  ~  Sebastian Barry  ~  NEW141  ~  DNF
Quicksand  ~  Gigi Pandian  ~  NEW142
The Best American Short Stories 2019  ~  Anthony Doerr, ed.  ~  NEW143
This America  ~  Jill Lepore  ~  NEW144
Legends & Lattes  ~  Travis Baldree  ~  NEW145
The Black Cat  ~  Martha Grimes  ~  NEW146
Chocolat  ~  Joanne Harris  ~  NEW147