Rainy Day Reads

August was ROUGH! I had an exam to resit and then a 3 week course on the other side of the country for my trainee position. Having school and classes all day and being away from my home comforts my brain was not wired for reading too much when the evening rolled around, so I only managed to get a couple of books off my TBR by reading them. I had to delete 4….but I’m pretty happy about the situation now and just hope September will be better. So now my TBR stands at 275 books.   Books finished La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles (TBR book) Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi (TBR book) Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner  The Rules of Persuasion by Amity Hope Books DNF’ed None…But I will admit that some of them are lingering a bit on my Currently Reading list… Books added to my TBR None! Wooo go me! Books currently reading The Joy of Tax by Richard Murphy (TBR book) Headstrong:

Books finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 5 stars (TBR book) I absolutely loved this book, even though I was a bit apprehensive because of the hype. But then again not a lot of people seem to have read it but those that have absolutely rave about it. And now I’m raving too. The book takes place in two different timelines; modern day and from the 1950s onward. It deals with what constitutes a family, LGBTQIA-themes, forgiveness and family history all shrouded in the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood.  Who Cooked the Last Supper? The Women’s History of the World - 5 stars (TBR book) This is a non-fiction about women’s role in the history of the world. Not the newest resource, as it was published in 1988, but still really well written and informative.  Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - 3 stars (TBR book) I finally got my hands on a copy of this book which has been all the rage since the movie came out. And I was sligh