Hey guys! It's Ana and today I bring my TBR for the month of August. Last month I create a TBR challenge and I complete three of four challenges, click here to read my July Wrap Up, and in August I gonna try to complete all challenges.

1. Book out of my comfort zone

For this challenge I chose a mystery.

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s great-great-great-granddaughter, who has inherited not only Sherlock’s genius but also his volatile temperament. From everything Jamie has heard about Charlotte, it seems safer to admire her from afar.

From the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else. But when a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. Jamie and Charlotte are being framed for murder, and only Charlotte can clear their names. But danger is mounting and nowhere is safe - and the only people they can trust are each other.

2. Book starting with each alphabet letter

In this one I will chose a book from the abc book challenge.

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind - she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.

After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.

And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.

As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed - this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.

3. An "older" book

Siege and Storm (Grishaverse Book 2) by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone (Grishaverse Book 1) by Leigh Bardugo

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life - a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha... and the secrets of her heart.

4. A booktuber or book blogger favorite book

For this one I chose a book blogger and is Catarina from Pages & Plots.

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.

But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.

When West McCray - a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America - overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.

What are your reading plans for August?

You can find the books on Wook - Portugal only (affiliate link) and Book Depository!

Kisses,

-A

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Hey guys! It's Ana and today I bring my July wrap up.
In July I read three books. I read The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary for the challenge a book out of my comfort zone, A List of Cages by Robin Roe for the challenge a book starting with each alphabet letter and Snow like Ashes by Sara Raasch for the challenge an "older" book.

The Flatshare ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tiffy and Leon share a flat
Tiffy and Leon share a bed
Tiffy and Leon have never met… 

Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time. 

But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven’t met yet, they’re about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window…

The Flatshare is an adult romance and the author includes some topics, like psychological manipulation, emotional abuse and stalking.

When I pick this book I didn't know what to expect because it is far away of my comfort zone and I end up loving the characters, the story and the whole book.

What makes me love this book were Tiffy and Leon because they are so funny and real and I love the romance. I also love Tiffy friends and Leon brother.

My favorite parts were when they use post-it notes to talk with each other and their sense of humor.
The author has a simple writing and make a fast read. This book made me want to read more adult romances.
I recommend this book for fans of adult romance and chick lit books.

“Being nice is a good thing. You can be strong and nice. You don’t have to be one or the other.” 

- Beth O'Leary

A List of Cages ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

When Adam Blake lands the best elective ever in his senior year, serving as an aide to the school psychologist, he thinks he’s got it made. Sure, it means a lot of sitting around, which isn’t easy for a guy with ADHD, but he can’t complain, since he gets to spend the period texting all his friends. Then the doctor asks him to track down the troubled freshman who keeps dodging her, and Adam discovers that the boy is Julian - the foster brother he hasn’t seen in five years.

Adam is ecstatic to be reunited. At first, Julian seems like the boy he once knew. He’s still kindhearted. He still writes stories and loves picture books meant for little kids. But as they spend more time together, Adam realizes that Julian is keeping secrets, like where he hides during the middle of the day, and what’s really going on inside his house. Adam is determined to help him, but his involvement could cost both boys their lives…

Before I talk about this amazing book I want to warn you that this book talks heavily about child abuse. 

The plot talks about serious topics and there were times when it's not easy to read but it's important to talk about and is also about friendship and how important friends are.

This book follows two perspectives, Adam and Julian, and they have the most beautiful and precious friendship. Adam is the most amazing friend you can have, he is kind and Julian is shy and the most precious character in the world.

My favorite parts were the friendship between Adam and his friends.

The writing style is beautiful and I want to read more books by Robin Roe.

I recommend this book if you want to read a book with the most amazing and beautiful friendship and also talks about important topics.

“What keeps you trapped?... What keeps you from living the life you want? What keeps you from being free?” - Robin Roe

Snow like Ashes ⭐⭐⭐

Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since.

Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Training to be a warrior - and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather - she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again.

So when scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore Winter’s magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. Finally, she’s scaling towers, fighting enemy soldiers, just as she’s always dreamed she would. But the mission doesn’t go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics – and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own.

The plot of Snow like Ashes isn't as original as it looked in the first part of the book. I really like the world but in the rest of the book there were some similarities with Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas and made the plot twist at the end predictable.

I like the characters. Meira is sarcastic and funny. I also like Mather but I like Theron more.

There are times that nothing really happens and some chapters for me were to long and made the book a bit slow.

I read this book in the format of an audiobook narrated by Kate Rudd and I like the away she narrated the book.

The author has a simple writing and I don't know if I will continue reading the rest of the trilogy.

If you like some plot points of Throne of Glass (not being to specific because of spoilers) you may like Snow like Ashes.

“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” - Sara Raasch

What did you read in July?

Have you read any of the books I mentioned above?

You can find the books on Wook - Portugal only (affiliate link) and Book Depository!

Kisses,

-A

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