Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2018

2018 Reading Challenge

Books read in August: 15

Books read in 2018: 124/150 (July was 109)

#RippedBodiceBingo

The Ripped Bodice's 2nd Annual Summer Romance Bingo runs from June 1 to August 31

Each square represents a book you've read this summer, and you fill in the square with the title & author once you've met the criteria. To get a bingo you need to get 5 in a row (vertical or horizontal) and for each row you complete you can enter to win prizes at https://www.therippedbodicela.com/bingo

·         Soccer/Futbol – Always You by Denise Grover Swank (read 6.25)

·         Fairy Tale Retelling - Beast by Lisa Jensen (read 7.13)

·         Forced Proximity - Like Cats and Dogs by Alexis Stanton (read 6.17)

·         Firefighters Under Control by Shannon Stacey (DNF @ 52% on 7.31)

·         YA Paranormal – DID NOT COMPLETE

·         Carriage Sex - For the Duke’s Eyes Only by Lenora Bell (read 8.16)

·         Fashionista - Born to be Wilde by Eloisa James (read 7.24)

·         Set at Summer Camp – Him by Sarina Bowen (read 6.8)

·         Enemies to Lovers – It Takes Two by Jenny Holiday (read 6.29)

·         Heroine’s Eyes are Described Using the Ocean - The Princess Bride (read 7.24)

·         Mermaids – Sea Witch by Sarah Henning (read 8.4)

·         Extreme Location - A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole (read 7.31)

·         Happily Ever After – Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean (read 6.20)

·         Queer Historical - A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian (read 7.14)

·         Hero Named Harry - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn (read 6.23)

·         Book That is Now A Movie – Matchmaker’s Playbook by Rachel Van Dyken (read 7.22)

·         Pre-Renaissance - The Viking’s Bride by James and Aasne Daniels (read 8.14)

·         Hero Smells Like “MAN” – Only With You by Nicole McLaughlin (read 6.17)

·         Time Travel - The Mermaid’s Knight by Jill Myles (read 8.9)

·         Tech In the Big City - Status Update by Annabeth Albert (read 7.20)

·         Heroine is Older than Hero - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (read 8.16)

·         Baby on the Cover  - DID NOT COMPLETE

·         Birds Are Somehow Involved - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (read 6.12)

·         Return to Hometown – Counterfeit Boyfriend by Cindi Madsen (read 8.5)

·         Damsel in Distress – Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn (read 7.1)

My progress for August: 6

Total: 23/25

I could have gotten blackout, but I decided to focus on reading other ARCs for #ARCAugust instead of filling the spots for Baby on the Cover and YA Paranormal. :/

#ARCAugust Reading Challenge & Readathon

I keep trying to catch up on the billion and three ARCs I've got piled up, and I stumbled across a mention of ARC August on Twitter.

Read more about ARC August on Read.Sleep.Repeat. blog!

There will also be a "bingo" element to the month long reading challenge, and the bingo card will be posted on August 1. I might use the bingo card to help direct me with what to read next if I'm feeling stuck. We'll see...

I'm also SUPER PUMPED to see they're hosting a readathon as well!