August books
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- Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik
- Head On, John Scalzi (audio)
- Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers
- The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan (abandoned 1%)
I have picked up the Wheel of Time books repeatedly at bookstores and libraries, and always put them back. When it showed up available for ebook lending, I thought I'd try again. I barely made it through the prologue. Writing far too purple and pretentious for my taste. - The Expert System's Brother, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day, Seanan McGuire (audio)
- Kill the Farm Boy, Delilah S Dawson and Kevin Hearne (audio) (abandoned 10 mins)
Humor too tortured. - Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Caroline Fraser
- Confessions of the Fox, Jordy Rosenberg
- China Dolls, Lisa See
- The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters
- The Power, Naomi Alderman
- As You Wish, Chelsea Sedoti
- A Deal with the Devil, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
- Asperger's Children, Edith Scheffer
- So Lucky, Nicola Griffith
- Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day, Peter Ackroyd
- The Giver, Lois Lowry
- The Year of Needy Girls, Patricia A Smith
- Queens of Geek, Jen Wilde
- Carry On, Rainbow Rowell
This book. So many Drarry feels. - Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry that Changed Acting Forever, Peter Rader
- Sabotage in the Secret City, Diane Fanning (abandoned 9%, didn't like the voice)
- Pretty Things, Virginie Despentes (abandoned 7%, ditto)
- Noumenon Infinity, Marina J Lostetter
- Molly and the Cat Cafe, Melissa Daley
- Into?, North Morgan