In just 4 days, August will be over. It feels like it passed a little too quickly. With it, summer will technically be over too (actually, by date, in my country fall starts SEP 22nd usually, but it's easier to think of the end of august as the end of summer).

As a fall girlie and stressed student, this is both a joy and a demise. So, what are the best things and worst things about fall in your opinion? For me, the best things are Halloween and the leaves changing colour; worst things are having to adjust to a strict routine, sacrificing my free time and getting caught unprepared by the rain.

Reading wise, how did your summer go? It's the time when I try to read the most since I have more time and I know that's the same for lots of people. Did you have any goals for it? Did you manage to meet them? Any particular stand outs of this season?

In June I managed to get myself back up from a reading slump, in July I got back into my three books a month habit, and that led me to being a little ambitious with myself this August. I wanted to read 2 manga, 1 non fiction and 4 novels. Considering the most I'd read in a month was just 4 books and this would've made the count go up to 7, I'm still really happy I ended up reading 5.

I'm trying to squeeze into these last few days one more read, it's a very short book, so I might actually make it, but forcing myself to read while on a busy vacation put me into a slump these past few days, so I don't know if I'll be able to.

Now I'm curious to hear about how your summer was and to know if you're also trying to squeeze in some more reads like me. For anybody who was waiting for fall, we're almost there! And for all the summer lovers, hope you had so much fun<3

I need depressing book recs!! Not like “oh no and then he died!” i mean the kind that make you mourn after the book is finished or that makes you appreciate every tiny good thing that happened. I want misery, sadness, and almost like failing to succeed or not being able to make a goal that so desperately wanted/needed to be met Books dont make me cry but maybe theres one out there that will and I have yet to find it.

• No romance or at least minimal
• Sad endings are great but happy endings work too
• it can be really big book or a novelette Thank youu any recs are much appreciated!!

Inspired by the "Books with No Romance" request in the club earlier and the tumblr post that says something like "yeah yeah 'I'd kill or die for you' is overdone in a romance story. what about 'I'd kill or die for you' when it's a boss to their employee? exquisite dynamic." What books do you have where there is an unshakable, mountain-moving bond between management and their subordinates (extremely extremely platonic yet so compelling)???

The two I have right now are Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (supervillain saves woman's life, she becomes a devoted henchwoman, moves heaven and earth for him and then he does the same and that goes back and forth a couple times) and The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard (your divinely-ordained emperor-turned-king, like, really needs a week off. this WILL cause problems. you WILL take care of them). Any favorites from y'all?

In just 4 days, August will be over. It feels like it passed a little too quickly. With it, summer will technically be over too (actually, by date, in my country fall starts SEP 22nd usually, but it's easier to think of the end of august as the end of summer).

As a fall girlie and stressed student, this is both a joy and a demise. So, what are the best things and worst things about fall in your opinion? For me, the best things are Halloween and the leaves changing colour; worst things are having to adjust to a strict routine, sacrificing my free time and getting caught unprepared by the rain.

Reading wise, how did your summer go? It's the time when I try to read the most since I have more time and I know that's the same for lots of people. Did you have any goals for it? Did you manage to meet them? Any particular stand outs of this season?

In June I managed to get myself back up from a reading slump, in July I got back into my three books a month habit, and that led me to being a little ambitious with myself this August. I wanted to read 2 manga, 1 non fiction and 4 novels. Considering the most I'd read in a month was just 4 books and this would've made the count go up to 7, I'm still really happy I ended up reading 5.

I'm trying to squeeze into these last few days one more read, it's a very short book, so I might actually make it, but forcing myself to read while on a busy vacation put me into a slump these past few days, so I don't know if I'll be able to.

Now I'm curious to hear about how your summer was and to know if you're also trying to squeeze in some more reads like me. For anybody who was waiting for fall, we're almost there! And for all the summer lovers, hope you had so much fun<3