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August 2023 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

In August, I read twenty books, and wrote reviews for all of them, some to come later in September or later in the year. I had a big pile this month and only got through a fraction because some came after publication date, and some took a little longer than others to get through. I am also gearing up to start my Spring reading challenge with Dymocks, and hope that some of what I have suits the categories. I also have two categories left for my QBD Reading Challenge that I hope to get to soon.

a pink cover with glittery silver writing that reads Pink Santa. A white Santa with a white beard is in the middle in a bright pink Santa suit surrounded by elves of all different colours dressed in green and yellow and a reindeer with a red nose - Rudolph.
A girl with black hair dressed in a yellow top stands in a library in front of two other girls. One is on a broomstick and the other one is on a robot vacuum cleaner. The girl in the front is holding a blue stone. The border has stones, symbols and other magical items. Lily Halfmoon: The Magic Gems by Xavier Bonet.
A yellow cover with a brown desk. A grey elephant and brown rabbit sit at the desk with the rabbit tugging on the elephant's ear. The elephant is distracted. Mini and Milo: The Big Flappy Ears by Venita DiMos and Natashia Curtin.
a dirt road in the middle of the red desert under a starry night sky with a full moon. Three people are sitting under the sky around a campfire with kangaroos nearby. Text at the top reds Our Country: Where History Happened by Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac.
A blue sky with white clouds above a green and blue sea. A boat with tow children is sailing across the sea like a shadow with birds flying overhead. Red and black text reads Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky. A white box with a red border and red text reads Rebecca Lim, award-winning author of Tiger Daughter.
A golden dragon flies over a land of ice with wolves running towards waves. Silver text reads Dragon Games. Blue Text reads The Frozen Sea. Maddy Mara.
a blue sky above a blue sea and the beach with a surfboard and thongs on the beach, with a beach ball in the water. A sun is above it all. White text reads The First Summer of Callie McGee by A.L. Tait
A white man with long brownish hair sits at a table opposite a puppet with glowing blue eyes and a pointy hat with candles and a game between the,. They are in some kind of tavern at a window with a castle in the distance. They are surrounded by candles. Text reads Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and The Puppet Sorcerer.
Ten kids and two adults around a campfire at night. The sky is dark blue with stars. A black ghost has orange writing that reads This Camp is Doomed. White text reads Anna Zobel. A white banner with black text says A Dennith Grange Misadventure.
A blue cover with kids in blue, yellow, green and red running. they are all different sizes and races and heights, and one is in a wheelchair. They are under a yellow and red banner that reds Last-Place Lin. by Wai Chim and Freida Chiu
A boy in a straw hat and blue shirt in front of trees. White text next to him reads Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones. The middle panel is dry earth with Alex in white text across it. The bottom image is a red dust storm across a farm with a windmills in the middle. White text reads Rosanne Hawke.Series editor Lyn White.
A black cover white a white shadow of a woman holding a needle. She is under red text that reads Bone Rites and inside a white border with gold stems and red poppies.
A girl holding a sword against a pink and blue sky watching three dragons fly past. Text reads The Lorekeepers Book One: Raine in the Underlands by EM Greville.
A yellow cover with a girl holding a magnifying glass. She has a cat on her shoulder and a chicken is in the corner.
A purple, pink and blue cover. The purple and pink are the land and sky, whilst the blue is a lake and waterfall. A boy in white with wings is at the top of the waterfall next to white text that reads Richard Yaxley and below white text that reads Leonardo Forever. Two shadow figures are at the bottom, looking up at the white figure.
A brunette girl in a pink dress in front of an old village with a lamp and Sherlock Holmes in the background.
A fiery background with a green dragon flying over a yellowish snake. The volcano has fire and lava and there is silver text that reads Dragon Games: The Thunder Egg at the top and white text at the bottom for the author's name, Maddy Mara.
A sleepy white sheep with yellow eyes against a blue sky and green grass. White text next to the sheep reads Where Will the Sleepy Sheep Sleep? Blue text above the sheep reads David Metzenthen and Jonathon Bentley.
A white woman with brown hair in a red dress stands at a window in a kitchen with a blog child next to her. There are lots of trees outside the window. A Woman's Work is in blue text. Victoria Purman is in white text.
An old house with a green and tan facade and several windows with various girls and men in them. A tree with purple flowers is at the left. Purple text reads Fiona Britton above gold edged white text that reads Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl. a red-haired white woman in a red dress holding a parrot stands at the front looking out.
  1. Pink Santa by Tanya Hennessy
  2. Where Will the Sleepy Sheep Sleep? by David Metzenthen
  3. Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl by Fiona Britton
  4. A Woman’s Work by Victoria Purman
  5. Mini and Milo: The Big Flappy Ears by Venita DiMos and Natashia Curtin
  6. Our Country: History Happened Here by Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac
  7. Lily Halfmoon: The Magic Gems by Xavier Bonet, translated by Marie Trinchant
  8. Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky by Rebecca Lim
  9. The First Summer of Callie McGee by A.L. Tait
  10. Sir Hereward and Mr Fitz: Stories of the Witch-Knight and Puppet Sorcerer by Garth Nix
  11. Dragon Games: The Frozen Sea by Maddy Mara
  12. This Camp is Doomed: A Dennith Grange Misadventure by Anna Zobel
  13. Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley
  14. Through My Eyes, Australian Disaster Zones: Alex by Rosanne Hawke, series editor Lyn White
  15. Last Place Lin by Wai Chim and Freida Lu
  16. Copycat by Kelli Anne Hawkins
  17. The Lorekeepers: Raine in the Underlands by E.M. Greville
  18. Dragon Games: The Thunder Egg by Maddy Mara
  19. Forever Leonardo by Richard Yaxley
  20. Dharma the Christmas Llama by Matt Cosgrove

Published by Ashleigh

An avid reader and aspiring author. I love to read just about anything. I enjoy writing about books, reading and writing as well and I dabble in many areas of writing from travel to crime fiction and fantasy. My blog is a way to get how I feel about reading, books and writing out there. I currently receive books to review from various publishers in most genres, but typically don't review romance or horror, or erotica books as I these are genres I have difficulty in reviewing and in general they are not what I enjoy reading.

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