If you’ve been following my blog for a little while, you know July was a chaotic month for so many reasons, but August … well, I have no complaints about August?

Except maybe that it flew by and no one gave it permission to do that. I actually had a really good August, which is a win that I so desperately needed at this point.

So let’s get into a few things that happened in August.

• My grandfather turned 89 years old. There was no cake, because he insisted he didn’t want any, which is a sham, I tell you. Birthdays require cake. If you don’t want cake … think of all the people attending! I guarantee they’re expecting cake! We cooked him dinner, and he seemed to have a good time, so that’s always a good thing.
  
• I went into interview request mode, since author interviews was a thing I really wanted to happen more for this blog this year … so I’m super excited to say that I’ve got more interviews coming up! I have a lot of fun with author interviews (and I hope they do, too, with my questions?), and I’m so thankful to the authors who have taken time to answer my questions. Hopefully, you all enjoy reading them? Because there are at least three more coming up in the next two months, with authors that I think you’ll enjoy getting to know more about. I sure did.
  
• The diverse book drive at my library starts NEXT WEEK, which means the Tour the World in 30 Books blog tour I’m hosting does, too. Click that handy link up there to learn more about the blog tour. Also keep an eye out on September 1 for my kickoff post and me introducing the book I’ve chosen to donate for the book drive! Hint: it’s middle grade, full of adventures, and based on Mexican mythology. I’ll be donating it in my assistant director’s memory. I can’t wait for this blog tour to get underway and to share all these wonderful books with you!
  
• I applied to graduate school to get a master’s in library science! This has been a bit of a wild ride. It’s something I’ve been considering in the past year, because my assistant director always said she’d need an assistant director when she became the director. So it was a, yeah, okay, maybe in the distant future I’d consider going back. Well, life sort of … happened … and now the library needs a director AND an assistant director, and it’s lead to a lot of difficult decisions and choices. I’ve officially put in my resume for a position, but I’ve decided to go get my master’s regardless of whether I get it or not, because I can finally say for sure that I want to be a librarian for life. I’ve never really knew what I wanted to do when I grew up, so this feels a little like a revelation, even if it should be an obvious choice (me + books forever = duh).

So that was my month. And now let’s get on with the books!

#AmReading Update

Books Read This Month: 12

                                               

• [6 Aug] Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (Paola Santiago #1) by Tehlor Kay Mejia ★★★★★
• [9 Aug] Shielded (Shielded, #1) by KayLynn Flanders ★★★
• [10 Aug] Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson ★★★★
• [13 Aug] Raybearer (Raybearer, #1) by Jordan Ifueko ★★★★★
• [17 Aug] Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1) by Emily Tesh ★★★★
• [17 Aug] Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) by Emily Tesh ★★★★★
• [20 Aug] The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1) by Margaret Owen ★★★★★
• [23 Aug] Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ★★★★★
• [24 Aug] The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2) by Margaret Owen ★★★★★
• [26 Aug] The Eternal Dusk (Daughter of the Phoenix Book Two) by Victoria J. Price ★★★★
• [27 Aug] The Time of Green Magic by Hilary McKay ★★★★★

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