Alice and the Giant Bookshelf | August Wrap Up! | All the Books I Read in August! #booktube @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 22 minutes ago.
Hi everyone,
Welcome to my August wrap up! I read 17 books this month including books I read for the Booktube prize. I also DNFed two books! I'll also be updating the giant TBR numbers at the end of the video.
Do let me know in the comments what your favourite books of August have been. Thanks for watching.
Chapters
0:00 Intro and Stats
2:00 Booktube Prize
3:06 General thoughts
3:42 DNFs/ Did Not Start
6:54 Okay Books
9:51 Good Books
14:04 Very Good Books
24:37 Favourites of the Month
30:07 Giant TBR update
Books mentioned:
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Young Mungo by Douglas Stewart
Foster by Claire Keegan
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Black Ice by Carin Gerhardsen Translated by Ian Giles
This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham
Heat Rises by Richard Castle
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
Sati by Christopher Pike
Secret Smile by Nicci French
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin An Anthology by Alan Bennett
Killer Come Back to me by Ray Bradbury
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
I Who Have never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Translated by Ros Schwartz
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Volume 1 High School is Hell by Jordie Bellaire
Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer by Casey Giller
Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Channels mentioned:
@GemofBooks
@spreadbookjoy
@BookwormAdventureGirl
@OliviasCatastrophe@jenniferlovesbooks
@stalkingkafka
#fomobookclub is hosted by me, @spreadbookjoy and @GemofBooks
FOMO Book Club's Live show for The Song of Achilles: youtube.com/live/CAKJMxRjERE?si=M_LSgzAH2oARX9Np
Our new books: youtu.be/T6YpoB_X75M?si=neuIBBJ79UPlcOlR
To join our Discord server please follow this link:
discord.gg/sYatx9ZX2w
To join our Goodreads please follow this link: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
The Schedule
September & October - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
(live hosted on @Spread Book Joy )
Videos mentioned:
Black Ice Review: youtu.be/-nMZOUfqlnw?si=zXmQaAwV8GAq6DsP
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Support my channel further if you would like to by buying me a coffee (but probably a book):
ko-fi.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
My Book Blog: xarglebook.wordpress.com
My Bookstagram:
instagram.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
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Music: Lucid Dreamer by Spazz Cardigan
Video Link: youtu.be/eXc08mB4yJo
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Hi everyone,
Welcome to my August wrap up! I read 17 books this month including books I read for the Booktube prize. I also DNFed two books! I'll also be updating the giant TBR numbers at the end of the video.
Do let me know in the comments what your favourite books of August have been. Thanks for watching.
Chapters
0:00 Intro and Stats
2:00 Booktube Prize
3:06 General thoughts
3:42 DNFs/ Did Not Start
6:54 Okay Books
9:51 Good Books
14:04 Very Good Books
24:37 Favourites of the Month
30:07 Giant TBR update
Books mentioned:
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Young Mungo by Douglas Stewart
Foster by Claire Keegan
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Black Ice by Carin Gerhardsen Translated by Ian Giles
This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham
Heat Rises by Richard Castle
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
Sati by Christopher Pike
Secret Smile by Nicci French
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin An Anthology by Alan Bennett
Killer Come Back to me by Ray Bradbury
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
I Who Have never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Translated by Ros Schwartz
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Volume 1 High School is Hell by Jordie Bellaire
Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer by Casey Giller
Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Channels mentioned:
@GemofBooks
@spreadbookjoy
@BookwormAdventureGirl
@OliviasCatastrophe@jenniferlovesbooks
@stalkingkafka
#fomobookclub is hosted by me, @spreadbookjoy and @GemofBooks
FOMO Book Club's Live show for The Song of Achilles: youtube.com/live/CAKJMxRjERE?si=M_LSgzAH2oARX9Np
Our new books: youtu.be/T6YpoB_X75M?si=neuIBBJ79UPlcOlR
To join our Discord server please follow this link:
discord.gg/sYatx9ZX2w
To join our Goodreads please follow this link: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
The Schedule
September & October - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
(live hosted on @Spread Book Joy )
Videos mentioned:
Black Ice Review: youtu.be/-nMZOUfqlnw?si=zXmQaAwV8GAq6DsP
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Support my channel further if you would like to by buying me a coffee (but probably a book):
ko-fi.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
My Book Blog: xarglebook.wordpress.com
My Bookstagram:
instagram.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
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Music: Lucid Dreamer by Spazz Cardigan
Video Link: youtu.be/eXc08mB4yJo
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