This month, I read A LOT. I was not expecting to read so much but it’s not like I’m complaining.

On the Way to the Wedding

I don’t even remember reading this, it already feels like a lifetime ago lol. But I made it to the final book with the final Bridgerton sibling and I am proud of myself. I vaguely remember the story of this one and I did enjoy reading it but all the same glad to put the series behind me it was a bit up and down with the tropes and such.

Though I have one book left in the series which is just a bunch of epilogues pulled into one book and since I bought it, I feel I may as well give it a read. Still, very excited for the Netflix series to continue considering we are getting our long-awaited Colin and Penelope love story so that’ll be good. Not fussed about the Queen spin-off though will probably give it a watch.

Heartless PLL Book #7

Full blog post here.

Everyone being sent on wild goose chases to figure out what happened to Alison, yet no one really discovering anything? I think Aria was closest with her thing and she went to a psychic for that lol. Also, Spencer finding out about the Jessica DiLaurentis and Peter Hastings affair – glad to see this came from the books because it just added a good layer of drama we needed in the book and on TV. That being said so many people are related to the DiLaurentis/Hastings family on the TV show it got a bit ridiculous.

Oh and also Hanna got sent away to a mental institution and she met someone who was Courtney DiLaurentis’s old roommate but nothing comes of this really. Sad I thought this is maybe where everyone would have pieced things together but I guess Hanna didn’t know Courtney was a DiLaurentis. Nor did her name come up? I think it might have been said one time but yeah. And I guess A sends Emily out to Amish country for the craic that was fun lol.

Wanted PLL Book #8

Full blog post here.

The long-awaited Ali/Courtney reveal. This was a good one and I enjoyed the reveal. I mean it was a bit confusing to read but I got the gist lol. There was a lot of switching between Courtney and Alison and figuring out who swapped places with who but it was fine.

I also wonder where we go from here as this one was wrapped up pretty nicely but we will find out soon enough. Not too soon because I decided to take a break from PLL and read some other things but I’ll get there. Also, love how the author was set on ending the books here and wrote 8 more lol.

I’m Glad my Mom Died

Decided to read this one because everyone was talking about it. Honestly, heartbreaking to me reading the shit that Jennette’s mom put her through but proud of her for moving past it. I am also grateful that her mom died.

I would recommend if you are interested in getting to know the girl behind Sam from iCarly. Also should say the book discusses eating disorders and abuse very candidly so if you’re triggered by such topics then stay away.

The Flatshare

I’m late to the party with this one but once I started it and got into it, I finished it within a few days. It was a bit jarring at the start with the two wildly different points of view but I got used to it and liked the contrast.

I can definitely see the hype from this book though it was super cute. Plus I liked that there were more layers to these characters compared to other romcoms that I’ve read. Plus it was just the right amount of cliche which is good. So yes I highly recommend it.

And that wraps up the August reading recap. I actually finished the Flatshare on the 31st which is satisfying to finish a book the same day the month ends.

Books for the month of September include the Bridgerton epilogue book since I might as well get it out of the way and some physical books I bought a while ago that I neglected for PLL.

I suspect I’ll be back into PLL sometime next month or October for sure. Just because I’ve taken a break from reading them doesn’t mean I can forget there’s a whole second half of the series to read. It took me like 10 years to read the first half haha.

So yes, still lots of reading to be done, I’ve reached my 22 books for the year but if anything my reading has been increasing so I’m excited to see how many books I can get in before the year ends!