Literature: August Books

Instead of writing individual reviews for all the books I have read, I am just going to condense them into what I have read each month.

At the beginning of 2019, I set myself the task on Goodreads to read 120 books this year, which means I need to read about 2 a week. Between January and July, I managed to read 96 books.  And in August I managed to read 12, which now brings me up to 108  - so only another 12 til I reach my target!

In July I listed the books my genre as I had read so man books, and have decided to do the same again for August, so here goes:

Christian

A Reasonable Faith by Tony Campolo

The Everyday Gospel by Tim Chester

Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler

Decisions Made Simple by Tim Chester

One Hour Bible by Philip Law

Fiction

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

The Spinster Wife by Christina McKenna

Crime / Thriller

The Lucky Ones by Mark Edwards

The Stolen Boys by Joy Ellis

The Fields of Grief: Giles Blunt

Children

Joe All Alone by Joanna Nadir

The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan

The weirdest book I read in August was Matt Haig’s “How to Stop Time”, I very nearly gave up on it, but hate not finishing books so I persevered. It was really weird I still don’t really know what to make of it, but I won’t be recommending it to others or reading it again.

My favourite book was Sarah Crossan’s “The Weight of Water” – this is a children’s book written in the voice of a girl who has come to England with her mother from Poland to seek a better life. However it wasn’t written in prose, it was written in verse and the story flowed so well through the different pages which made it feel like one big poem instead of stilted verses. I will definitely recommend this to others – children and adults alike.