My August 2026 Reads
It’s the last day of August and it’s time to share what I read this month! This month’s post will be a little different as I am choosing to NOT have a ‘top rated read’ or ‘lowest rated read’. The reason is because of what I read this month. I listened to three audio books, which were a series, and after way too long, I finished a book I was sent by another author. The #4MK trilogy was basically a continuous story and the first two books I had read back in 2017 and 2018. These were read again as the first in a prequel trilogy is being released in September and J.D. Barker and his publisher sent the original trilogy AND an arc of the upcoming prequel! Many thanks to them for sending me those books!
And I also received Aoh by Jennifer Renson earlier in the year. But thanks to The Crash on Netflix, I have been watching a lot of True Crime documentaries. And this is interfering with my reading! Many thanks to Jennifer for sending me the book and her wonderful patience in me for finally completing it!
Let’s see if I can get my reading mojo back/watch less documentaries and get The First Scarlet Door read before publication day on September 22nd! This it the title of the first of the prequel trilogy to the #4MK trilogy!
Here is what I read in August:
The #4MK trilogy by J.D. Barker:
The Fourth Monkey- 5 stars
The Fifth to Die- 4.5 stars
The Sixth Wicked Child- 4.5 stars
Aoh by Jennifer Renson- 4 stars
What was your August reading month like? Let’s see what September and the Fall brings us! Fall is my favorite season and I am ready for it to cool off as it has been super hot this summer!
My July 2026 Reads
I have no idea how it is August 1st, but it is a new month and time to share what I read in July: They were all audio listens. One short story and three full length novels. My love of documentaries is still interfering with my physical/ kindle reading….. I’m sorry to Jennifer Renson who sent me Aoh earlier this year… I am getting close to finishing it! It WILL be completed in August’s reads post! I promise that!
I did watch both Running Man films and did a book review/ movie comparisons. That was a fun post and thing to do!
Here are the books I completed in July. They are listed in the order that I finished them:
Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center- 3 stars (short story)
With a Kiss We Die by L.R. Dorn- 4 stars
The Running Man by Richard Bachman/Stephen King- 4 stars
The Date by T.H. Murdock- 3.5 stars
My ‘top rated read’ was The Running Man by Bachman/King. And I watched both the 1987 and 2025 films. I would watch the 2025 film again. The 2025 film is much closer to the book then the 1987 film. King was really ahead of his time with writing this novel when he did!
My ‘lowest rated read’ was Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center. Apparently I need her in ‘full doses’ instead of smaller stories! Pretty much anything she writes will be added to my TBR!
What did YOU read in July? I hope you had a good month and let’s bring on August reading!
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It’s July 1st and a new month, so it’s time to share what I read in June: I listened to five audiobooks and read one novella on Kindle! Even better news is that I had three five star reads and two of the books I read were by Freida McFadden. I did also have a DNF (Did Not Finish).
Here are the books I completed in June. They are listed in the order that I finished them:
The Divorce by Freida McFadden- 3.5 stars
The Purpose of Life by Jason Hershey- 5 stars
Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden- 4 stars
Ransom by Raena Rood- 5 stars
Spies, Lies, and Alibis by Natalie Walters- 4 stars
No More Boring Bible Study by Faith Womack- 5 stars
My ‘top read” was…I had to think about what my ‘top rated read’ was. They are all very different books: One a contemporary novel with a young man who experiences many tough life challenges, the second is a dystopian with religious meaning to it, and the third is a Bible study guide to help you with your reading of the Bible. After debating on a ‘winner’ I determined that my Top Read for June was Ransom by Raena Rood!
My ‘lowest rated read’ was… The Divorce by Freida McFadden. I wasn’t disappointed in it and it was a good read, but that final ‘twist’ just wasn’t twisty enough for me. But I am looking forward to The Witch in October! I pre-ordered it because that cover is just…. Well, I admit that I judge books by their covers and it’s gorgeous so I had to buy it!
My DNF was a book club read. It was Propaganda Girls by Lisa Rogak. I listened to the audio and it was just so dry. I did make it about 2.5 hours out of 6 hours, so almost halfway. That was a great effort.
What did YOU read in June? Let’s see what July brings to me in reading!
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