My top three this month are The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, The Ashfire King, and The Tainted Cup (surprise surprise!). Least liked would be The Wolf King. I just didn't like how the romance is being played out am afraid. And with the title of the second book, I feel like I know where the author went with it. Twas a good month overall. I only had one dnf! What are your favorite and least favorite August read/s?

Who is an auto buy author for you and which book of theirs hooked you?

What are you planning to tackle in September? I've always read the first and second novels in the Beartown and The Bloodsworn Sage back to back, and now I've returned for their finales which I'll be finishing back to back in September. Two series which I've LOVED so far, so I'm both sad and excited to round them out! Some new releases I want to get to are Hemlock & Silver, What Stalks the Deep (T Kingfisher is auto-buy for me) and also The Library of Hellebore (Cassandra Khaw is amazing at grotesque writing). Lastly, I had paused The Blade Itself a few months ago as while I was liking it, I was not really vibing at the time. Well, the time has come for me to get back to it! (Fantasy rejoices) Anything else I read will be a mood read!

I struggle sometimes with my everyday life, work and stuff, also a bit of phone addiction. 3 months ago, I started to go to work by walk and listening to an audiobook at the same time. Results: I read 4 books this way already! But I want to read more on paper. When I was a child, I used to spend hours reading, without counting. Now that I'm a adult, with a phone and a late ADHD diagnosis, I feel easily distracted and tired. So... When do *you* read? Do you put yourself in a certain mood, are you just capable of reading anywhere, any when? How are you able to read that many books? Thank you so much already for your answers 💜

Do you pick up the first book in a series already knowing you're committing to the whole thing? Or do you go into them mentally prepared to drop it after that first one if you think the series is not for you? Sometimes it's hard for me to pick up a book when I know its in a continuous series, because the idea of committing to something I'm not sure I'll enjoy is A Lot. I'm fine if it's the type of series where each book revolves around a different person and story, and the only series aspect is the shared universe/setting. It's the series where 100% it's a long ass story cut up into manageable arcs that I have a hard time mentally hyping myself up to do.

Im on page 323, chapter 29... Should I continue?

I might DNF this book, I just dont know if it's worth it to keep reading. Honestly its been quite slow paced and pretty boring in my opinion and the back and forth betweem Kaden and Rafe is KILLING ME. But like I need to know if it IS worth is to keep reading