MY READING DIARY: AUGUST

SATURDAY 01.08

Finished reading one my current reads, A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende, which was excellent and one of the few five star reads I've read this year!
Pages read: 149

SUNDAY 02.08

Read the entirety of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix and had a great time!
Pages read: 404

MONDAY 03.08

Had work all day and then went to dinner with a friend, so got no reading done!
Pages read: 0

TUESDAY 04.08

Started reading Miracle Creek by Angie Kim.

Pages read: 71

WEDNESDAY 05.08

Went to work in the morning but left early with the migraine of the decade. Took a nap for three hours helped but made it hard to sleep in the evening, so I ploughed through some chapters in Obviously Akilah Hughes, which I started a week ago but haven't read that much in.

Pages read: 83

THURSDAY 06.08

Read nada today!

Pages read: 0

FRIDAY 07.08

Read a bit more in Miracle Creek in the evening, as well as a few chapters in Obviously.

Pages read: 92

SATURDAY 08.08

Finished reading Obviously and read quite a bit more in Miracle Creek.

Pages read: 164

SUNDAY 09.08

Finished reading Miracle Creek, which honestly was a bit of a slog, and then started reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

Pages read: 121

MONDAY 10.08

Don't know where the day went, but had no time to read!

Pages read: 0

TUESDAY 11.08

Had work and then went over to my sisters house, so didn't read anything.

Pages read: 0

WEDNESDAY 12.08

Read a bit more in The Vanishing Half in the morning before work!

Pages read: 46

THURSDAY 13.08

Had a very long day so read nothing!

Pages read: 0

FRIDAY 14.08

I had the day off so I spent most of it filming videos, but in the evening I read a bit more in The Vanishing Half (which is getting so, so good)!

Pages read: 45

SATURDAY 15.08

Finished The Vanishing Half!

Pages read: 156

SUNDAY 16.08

Started reading The Famished Road by Ben Okri, but only read a little bit before I got distracted with other things.

Pages read: 33

MONDAY 17.08

Had a migraine he whole day so read nada.

Pages read: 0

TUESDAY 18.08

Still kinda sick, unfortunately!

Pages read: 0

WEDNESDAY 19.08

Read a bit more in The Famished Road, plus started reading Jump and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer and read a few stories in it.

Pages read: 136

THURSDAY 20.08

Read another bit in The Famished Road and a few more stories in Jump. 

Pages read: 70

FRIDAY 21.08

Had a late shift at work and the day just kind of got away from me, so didn't read much but managed to start The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam and read a bit.

Pages read: 37

SATUDAY 22.08

Have decided to really try to push through with The Famished Road even though I'm not loving it and it feels very, very, very long, so read quite a good chunk in it today. Also read a bit more in The Queen of the Tambourine.

Pages read: 296

SUNDAY 23.08

Finally finished the long trek that is The Famished Road, as well as Jump.

Pages read: 245

MONDAY 24.08

Read a bit in The Queen of the Tambourine.

Pages read: 30

TUESDAY 25.08

Finished the Queen of the Tambourine in the evening after work! 

Pages read: 114

WEDNESDAY 26.08

Not gonna lie, I'm in a bit of a slump so I'm taking a slight break before moving on to my next book.

Pages read: 0

THURSDAY 27.08

Still haven't started anything!

Pages read: 0

FRIDAY 28.08

Decided to start reading Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, as well as So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.
Pages read: 104

SATURDAY 29.08
Read a bit more in Practical Magic and So You Want To Talk About Race but most of the day went to watching Criminal Minds, because I just felt like it.
Pages read: 154

SUNDAY 30.08
Finished reading Practical Magic, which was so enjoyable! I also read a few more chapters in So You Want To Talk.
Pages read: 174

MONDAY 30.08
Finished reading So You Want To Talk About Race, which was excellent.
Pages read: 106