August 2026 Reading Round Up

I didn’t read as much as I had hoped in August, but I am still on track to read as diversely as possible. I almost completed a few challenges, and in The Nerd Daily and Disney only have one book in each respectively. I also have one book left in a book bingo, and I should have most of those books on my shelves or on the way. Two other challenges have monthly prompts so will only be finished with those by December. I’ve read and reviewed some great books this month, and every single one was Australian, and often ones that needed more attention and love. That aren’t always the popular ones because sometimes that’s where the real treasure is.

August

1. The Beaumont Egalitarian Society by Jennifer Elise Glynn
2. The Ghost Horse of Snowy River by Stef Gemmill
3. The Platypus of Christmas Creek by Sophie Cunningham, illustrated by Anil Tortop
4. Us In the Bright Lights by Zanni L Arnot
5. The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
6. Growing Up Disabled in Australia edited by Carly Findlay
7. Otis Ottley and the School in the Sky by Will Kostakis
8. Bravepaw and the Songstone of the Deep by L.M. Wilkinson, illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
9. Star of Deltora by Emily Rodda
10. How to Make the World Cup and Survive Fifth Grade by Carla Fitzgerald
11. Grace Notes by Karen Comer
12. Five Voices by Tamara Moss
13. The Changeling by Kate Forsyth
14. Oceanforged: The Sinking Ruins by Ameila Mellor
15. The Greatest Hit by Will Kostakis
16. The Deep End by Jenna Guillaume
17. Spud and Snowball and Chattercat by Judith Rossell
18. A Hunger of Thorns by Lili Wilkinson
19. The Epically Awesome Odyssey by R.A. Spratt