My Goings-On in August:
Here are the things that stand out to me this month:
- I started working at Barnes & Noble! I’m working part-time there, and really loving it. This is the most I’ve gotten to talk about book IRL in a very long time! I definitely have less time for blogging now, though—I even missed my Sunday Post twice!
- Danielle is off to Purdue, and she’s really thriving there. So far her transition has gone better than any of us ever imagined it would. She loves the school and loves the landscape architecture program. (Noah also started his senior year of high school, and Jade started her final year at Illinois Tech).
- Some possible developments on the publishing front. I can’t say anything beyond that, but in this business you have to celebrate every single forward movement or you’ll go crazy, so I’m celebrating!
- Still training for the marathon. Last weekend I ran 18 miles, and I still can’t believe I managed it. I hate to keep asking, but I’m going to swallow my pride and do it anyway because I haven’t hit my fundraising goal–if you want to donate toward my run to bring clean water to developing countries, you can do so by clicking the link!
Features & Discussions:
AUGUST 2022 DISCUSSION CHALLENGE LINK-UP & GIVEAWAY
JULY 2022 WRAP-UP & BEST OF THE BUNCH
SUNDAY (MONDAY) POST: BOOK PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGNS & GIVEAWAYS GALORE – 8/7/22
SUNDAY POST: BOOK PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGNS & GIVEAWAYS GALORE – 8/21/22
AUGUST 2022 MONTHLY WRAP-UP ROUND-UP LINK-UP AND GIVEAWAY
My 2022 Reading Progress:
I read 8 books in July, bringing my total for the year to 90. This puts me 23 books ahead of schedule so far for the year.
I’ve also read 19 picture books and 6 manuscripts for fellow authors! (I don’t include either in my main Goodreads count.)
August 2022 Reviews
- Bloody Fool for Love: A Spike Novel by William Ritter | Review
- Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu | Review
- Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater | Review
- Aru Shah and the End of Time: the Graphic Novel by Roshani Chokshi & Joe Caramagna, illustrated by Anu Chouhan | Review
- Ultimate Book of the Future by Stephanie Warren Drimmer | Review
- Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia | Review
- How to Speak Animal by Aubre Andrus & Gabby Wild | Review
- MacKenzie’s Last Run by Gayle Rosengren | Review
- Turn the Tide by Elaine Dimopoulos | Review
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart | Review
- When Winter Robeson Came by Brenda Woods | Review
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater | Review
- 1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb War by Lisi Harrison & Daniel Kraus
August Best of the Bunch:
(Best of the Bunch is hosted over at Cocoon of Books. We link up our favorite reads of the month!)
My favorite YA reviewed in August was Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. And my favorite MG was The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise!
2022 Goals Progress:
The Discussion Challenge is my one and only goal for 2022. (And I lowered it this year.)
Progress: 4/11-20 Discussions (Creative Conversationalist)
I didn’t write any discussions in August, unfortunately.
MID-YEAR BERNIE’S BOOK BANK CHECK-IN: BOOKS I’VE DONATED THIS YEAR
MY NEW 2022 WRITING METHOD
2022 YA & MG VERSE NOVELS: A COMPLETE LIST & TEN I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO
DO YOU “SEE” A BOOK AS YOU READ? LET’S DISCUSS!
HOST/SIGN-UP LINK – Feed Your Fiction Addiction & It Starts at Midnight
Wrap-Up Round-Up!
Don’t forget to link your August wrap-up posts up to the Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up. And enter the giveaway!
Great job with your reads!! Happy September!
Coyote Sunrise was such a gem of book. Definitely not enough hype for that one. That’s fun that you get to talk about books at work. There is one reader at my job, and it’s been delightful talking to her. I even got her to sign up for a library card.
You did have a good month of reading. Congratulations on your job at B&N! I was at our local mall yesterday and found they added a B&N there since the last time I was there, so now I have a new place to look at books.
Oh, I hope you have a great time working at B&N. It would be very dangerous for me to work at a bookstore, unless I could keep myself from buying All The Books. But talking about books IRL would be great.
So glad Danielle is doing great at Purdue! That’s so awesome. Sounds like all the kids are doing well. I can’t wait to hear about your possible publishing news! I still am thinking I might have you read the YA manuscript I’ve finished, but I need to finish going over it one more time myself before I actually end up going forward with anything else on it. I’m a little jealous of your B&N job, so reliving my days as a bookseller through your posts! Hope September is going well for you so far!
I’m really happy for you – working at B&N sounds like a dream come true! even if it means having to find a new balance between blogging and RL (which includes writing, of course). And good luck with the “possible” development on the publishing front! That’s so exciting.
Danielle’s program sounds awesome – very creative. I hope things work well for her.
Oh my goodness Nicole, your kids are just getting so… adulty! I am so glad that Danielle is doing well, that must be such a relief to you! And Jade is a SENIOR?! In COLLEGE!? This is not possible. Sorry, nope.
It is so great that you are working at a bookstore! One of these days, when my kids are older, I’d like to do the same!
And my fingers are crossed that your publishing possibly good news turns into publishing definitely good news!
Omg Nicole 18 MILES?! Holy crap! That is simply beyond impressive! I opened the link and will donate as soon as I get paid!
It’s wild how all the babies are headed off to college this year! I’ve followed so many of them through blogging. Some are even getting married and having their own kids. I feel old lol
Congrats on the new job!
Karen @For What It’s Worth