Hello folks! Today marks the end of August and also my summer. I am all aquiver with nerves that school is starting so soon but we shall discourse on that more a little later. First, here is the damage I did, I mean, the books I read for August.
Books Read:
- Girl, Interrupted – Susanna Kaysen
- The Diviners – Libba Bray
- Titan Magic – Jodi Lamm
- The Assassin’s Curse – Cassandra Rose Clarke
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick
- For Darkness Shows the Stars – Diana Peterfreund
- Adorkable – Sarra Manning
- Throne of Glass – Sarah J. Maas
- Nine Uses for An Ex-Boyfriend – Sarra Manning
- A Girl Named Digit – Annabel Monaghan
- Unsticky – Sarra Manning
- Jasmyn – Alex Bell
- The Unquiet – Jeannine Garsee
- Sapphire Blue – Kerstin Gier
- Orchards – Holly Thompson
- The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight – Edited by Jack Zipes
- The Calling – Kelley Armstrong
- A Midsummer Tight’s Dream – Louise Rennison
- The Shadow Society – Marie Rutkoski
- Renegade Magic – Stephanie Burgis
- Winging It – Deborah Cooke
- Grave Memory – Kalayna Price
- The Wizard of Dark Street – Shawn Thomas Odyssey
- Losing Faith – Denise Jaden
- Onyx – Jennifer L. Armentrout
- The Aviary – Kathleen O’Dell
- You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Sarra Manning
- Dead Time – Anne Cassidy
- The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom – Christopher Healy
- Odes to Opposites – Pablo Neruda
- Havoc – Jeff Sampson
- Ariel – Sylvia Plath
- Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow – Faiza Guene
- The Sweetest Spell – Suzanne Selfors
- This Case is Gonna Kill Me – Phillippa Bornikova
- Strobe Edge volume 1 – Io Sakisaka
- Eve and Adam – Katherine Applegate
- Ghost Planet – Sharon Fisher
- The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole
You’ll be seeing reviews of pretty much most of them in the following months as I schedule them. In the four months, I’ve been home, I have read 168 novels. Not a bad number, I do not think.
Okay, so if you are a faithful follower of Bibliophilic Monologues, you will know that I post something every day whether it be reviews, art or any article that caught my eye. I try to schedule stuff a month or so in advance because it makes things easier. I am still going to be doing that but there may be instances when I am not able to be as much on my game as I used to be because school’s starting.
I am starting my first year of MACL (Masters of Arts in Children’s Literature) and while I do not have much of an idea about the difficulty level of the program, I have been told that Grad school overall is demanding. If you have been to grad school, please let me know.So please forgive me if I forget to schedule stuff.
I am going to introduce a new feature on BM, starting from next Saturday, called Grad School-isms where I will share my experiences in Grad school, anything of interest, pictures, grumblings, whinings – fun stuff like that. Sundays will be free for all where I will post anything that I want to. Weekdays will, once again, be dedicated to book reviews but I honestly don’t know how many books I am going to be able to read and review once school starts. Soo, I guess we’ll take it a day at a time?
Check back later today for a book haul post. Thanks for reading!
I may be in the minority, but I found grad school to be a bit easier than undergrad. I think I’d figured out how to study efficiently and since it’s more focused on a single subject, I didn’t have to struggle to muster enthusiasm for classes that we’re of interest to me. It was probably more work, but it didn’t feel like as much work, if that makes sense. Enjoy it!
Thank you for your comment! I had orientation yesterday and the way the professors were talking augured ill for my academic life. I do think that if it’s something you are interested in and passionate about, it shouldn’t seem like work. You made me feel a whole lot better!