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32yo, sapphic, polyam, book lover, retail worker, and cat mom. she/her

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A visual summary of everything I have read in August 2022. All the information in this image and more is laid out in the text of the thread below.

ALT A visual summary of everything I have read in August 2022. All the information in this image and more is laid out in the text of the thread below.

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So close that I'm considering whether I should bump the number up.
2022 Reading Challenge: You've read 116 of 120 books! 96% complete. Great going! Read one book per month for the rest of the year to complete your challenge.

ALT 2022 Reading Challenge: You've read 116 of 120 books! 96% complete. Great going! Read one book per month for the rest of the year to complete your challenge.

Tempest Bonds 🦄 (@TempestBonds13) profile pictureTempest Bonds 🦄@TempestBonds1322 Aug 2022
Books I Read in the Second and Third Weeks of August 2022: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4.5⭐), A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (4.5⭐), Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (4.0⭐), People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski (4.0⭐), Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (5.0⭐)

ALT Books I Read in the Second and Third Weeks of August 2022: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4.5⭐), A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (4.5⭐), Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (4.0⭐), People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski (4.0⭐), Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (5.0⭐)

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Books I Read in the Second and Third Weeks of August 2022: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4.5⭐), A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (4.5⭐), Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (4.0⭐), People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski (4.0⭐), Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (5.0⭐)

ALT Books I Read in the Second and Third Weeks of August 2022: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4.5⭐), A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (4.5⭐), Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (4.0⭐), People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski (4.0⭐), Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (5.0⭐)

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Okay, what should I read next? All my library holds came in.
Six book covers: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton, The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill, The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

ALT Six book covers: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton, The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill, The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

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Hmm, inside cows.
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Got a good groove going. Everything I've read this week (Aug 1-7) was amazing.
Books I Read in the First Week of August 2022: Strange Beasts of China (4.0⭐), Mrs Death Misses Death (5.0⭐), Creatures of Passage (4.5⭐), My Real Children (5.0⭐), Light from Uncommon Stars (4.0⭐)

ALT Books I Read in the First Week of August 2022: Strange Beasts of China (4.0⭐), Mrs Death Misses Death (5.0⭐), Creatures of Passage (4.5⭐), My Real Children (5.0⭐), Light from Uncommon Stars (4.0⭐)

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I've once again read a very good book and am begging my mutuals to read the book, so we can talk about it.
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé

ALT Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé

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My current read isn't technically anthropomorphic death, but it is steeped in death magic of multiple sorts, and it has the Vibes.
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé

ALT Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé

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So, I've read two really good anthropomorphic-personification-of-death books, in recent weeks. Does anybody have more suggestions in this vein?
Las Intermencias de la Muerte by José Saramago or Death with Interruptions

ALT Las Intermencias de la Muerte by José Saramago or Death with Interruptions

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

ALT Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

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Replying to @mel_thegreat
Here, have an otter and a kitty cuddling. Hope it improves your day.
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When you really want to recommend a book to your friends, so you can talk about it, but you know it is waaay beyond their depression threshold. Dammit. Like, if it makes me feel all bleak and hopeless reading it, no one else in my friend group even stands a shot, lol.
Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

ALT Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

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It's been a very good reading month. Multiple 5⭐ books, two of which are definitely going to be in my top ten for the year, unless 2022 just keeps throwing amazing books at me.
Books I read in July 2022: Refuse To Be Done by Matt Bell -5⭐ (read twice this month) This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone -5⭐(the only re-read on the list, all of the others after this are books I read for the first time) The Big Time by Fritz Leiber -4.5⭐ My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh -2.5⭐ Death with Interruptions by José Saramago -5⭐ Mr. g by Alan Lightman -4.5⭐ The Accidental Universe by Alan Lightman -4⭐ Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt -5⭐ How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu -5⭐ The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed -4⭐ The Hawk's Way by Sy Montgomery -3.5⭐

ALT Books I read in July 2022: Refuse To Be Done by Matt Bell -5⭐ (read twice this month) This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone -5⭐(the only re-read on the list, all of the others after this are books I read for the first time) The Big Time by Fritz Leiber -4.5⭐ My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh -2.5⭐ Death with Interruptions by José Saramago -5⭐ Mr. g by Alan Lightman -4.5⭐ The Accidental Universe by Alan Lightman -4⭐ Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt -5⭐ How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu -5⭐ The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed -4⭐ The Hawk's Way by Sy Montgomery -3.5⭐

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Literally did this today. After I finished How High We Go in the Dark, this morning, I knew I had to immediately jump into another book, or I'd sit around obsessing over every detail, and I ended up devouring The Annual Migration of Clouds by lunch. 4.5 stars, by the way.
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

ALT The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

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Have you ever finished a book in one day? 📚
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