Goodbye July, you’ve been warm and busy but I quite liked you anyway.  Hope everyone had a good month, I probably didn’t read as much as I wanted or planned, but on the upside I’ve nearly caught up with reviews – so, silver linings.  And, August is a whole new month so let’s see what’s happening and what I’ve got planned.

My month in review:

Books read:  this month = 7

1. Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
2. The Toll by Cherie Priest
3. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
4. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Storm
5. Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
6. A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
7. Shadows of the Short Days by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson

(I’ve also made good progress on House of Sacrifice and Cry Havoc)

My month in covers was published yesterday.

Backlist books

None this month

Unfinished series completed:

None this month

Books Bought: 

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, this book comes highly recommended by Lisa at Way Too Fantasy so I’ll be excited to pick this one up.

Audio Books Bought:

1. None this month

Review Books:

I haven’t shown quite as much restraint this month as last, well, at least on the face of it – but, when I really look at these titles, I’ve already read one and I’m a third of the way through one of the others, and most of the other books on here are for review in September and October so I am at least requesting books whilst keeping an eye on my shelf – phew.  I would be in a flat out panic if all of these were due in the same month!

1. The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
2. Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan
3. Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew
4. The Undoing of Arlo Knott by Heather Child
5. Survivors by GX Todd
6. The House of Sacrifice by Anna Smith Spark
7. A Shadow on the Lens by Sam Hurcom
8. Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer
9. Black Rock Bay by Brianna Labuskes
10. A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie – already read and RTF
11. Violet by Scott Thomas
12. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
13. The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli; Alicia Zaloga
14. The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless

Cover compare:

Which is your favourite?  I like the one with the helmet – I think both work really well with the book to be honest but I like the little touches on the second cover, such as the shout out to the industrial revolution and the wolf.

In terms of SPFBO – I’ve completed my first batch of books.  My feedback is here.  I will be posting about my next batch of books tomorrow.

Hope you’ve all had a good month.