Hello there, it's Samantha! So today I'm coming to you with my August wrap-up.
Normally I combine my book hauls and wrap ups into one video,
but this month I bought so many
books, that I'm like you know I'm just gonna separate them because otherwise
that's gonna end up being like a 30 minute video and nobody wants that!
Especially not me because then I'd have to edit that and... no thank you!
I'd rather just do two separate videos.
In the month of August I managed to
complete six books, which i think is pretty good considering the fact that I
actually had kind of a busy month, and I went on holiday a few times, and they
ended up being, like, I didn't get as much time to read as I thought I would.
So the first book that I read this month is one that I already mentioned in my July wrap up
because it was combined with my biannual bibliothon wrap-up. I read this book
during that read-a-thon. I didn't actually finish it till August. I'm just
gonna mention it very briefly and that is The Archive by Victoria Schwab.
I wasn't the biggest fan of this book. I already have a written review of this up on
Goodreads, so I'm not gonna talk about it any more than just saying that I enjoyed
it. I gave it a 3.5 out of 5 stars, so clearly I didn't adore it,
but it was still quite good. If you want full thoughts, I will link my review down
below and I'll also link down my July wrap-up in case you want to hear the
thoughts instead of reading them. This actually completed my TBR jar challenge which,
for the month of August, was to start a new series because I have not read The
Archived before, and this is the first book in The Archived so I started it. So that
completed that challenge.
So the next book that I read was To All The Boys I've Loved
Before by Jenny Han. I really really enjoyed this book! If you don't know what
this book is about, To All The Boys I've Loved Before is a book about this girl
called Lara Jean and she's had crushes on a few guys and she says she's loved
them, but I mean I don't know if you can love someone when you're 12, but okay. So she's
had crushes on these guys. Every time she gets over a crush she writes this letter
about like all the things she liked about them and she even like addresses
it to them and puts it in an envelope. And then just doesn't send it though. She
just keeps them. It's kind of like her way of like getting over the crush.
She puts all of these letters, addressed, into a box and one day all of
her letters get sent out. It's about the repercussions of that. It is so cute and so
much fun. I really like Laura Jean as a character although I will say I did
think that she was a little bit childish and I found this with both of the series
I've read by Jenny Han, that her characters do seem a bit childish
for their age. In this book Lara Jean is 16 - there are just certain things that
just really make her seem a little bit childish to me. I still really really
enjoyed this book though. I gave this one a 4.5 out of 5 stars, so it wasn't a full 5
stars because, as I said, I did find her to be a bit childish.
The next book I read was one that I read on my Kindle, and that is
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
I got this book on Kindle like three years ago when it
was on sale for 99p. I was like: I've heard of Kasie West, I'll add it to my basket!
And, I don't know why, but for some reason I didn't love this book. Like I
was really in the mood for like a cute, fluffy contemporary. I was like this is
gonna be perfect. And then I read it and I was like: that sucked!
I have a written review for this one as well, which I'll link down below.
But if you don't know
what this book is about, this book is about a girl called Cayman and a guy whose
name I've forgotten. Cayman lives with her mother and they kind of have some money
troubles. Cayman's mother was seeing this really rich guy and she got pregnant and
then he kind of like left her to deal with the baby. So her mum's all like "yeah
no I don't like rich people" and Cayman's mother owns a doll shop, and Cayman
works in this doll shop, so one day this boy, whose name I've forgotten, comes into the
shop and things happen from there. But this guy's like super rich so it's like
'oh no it could never happen. There's so much distance between us'. It was just... not
my favorite thing. I just, I don't know why, but I just couldn't connect with the
characters at all and I found them to just be a little bit annoying. So I only gave this
one a 2.5 out of 5 stars. I will link my review down below because
I feel like I expressed my thoughts a little bit more clearly there and I
actually remember the characters names. So yeah I'll link that down below in
case you want to read my thoughts.
The next book that I read was a reread for
me and that was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling.
I reread the first book in July for the biannual bibliothon
and I just had so much fun reading it, that I was like, "you know what? it's time for a
reread of the series!" So I listen3e to The Chamber of Secrets on audiobook
which was a lot of fun. I love this book! If you don't know what Harry Potter is
about... I don't... I can't help you! I gave this book a 5 out of 5 stars
obviously! Cuz it's Harry Potter, and I've rated almost every single one 5 stars so...
This was my third time reading the book and I loved it!
The next book that I read
was PS I Still Love You by Jenny Han. This is the sequel to To All The Boys
I've Loved Before. I can't talk about what this book is about because it's a
sequel, but I really enjoyed this one. I also gave this one a 4.5 out of 5 stars
rather than a 5, because I was a little bit annoyed throughout the book. I
think that my problem with this series is that I'm not a huge fan of
the love interest. He's okay, but like, he wouldn't be my first choice
if I were in Lara Jean's position. So I'm like eh. I'm not 100% in it and
I feel like that's why I haven't like adored these books. Like I know 4.5 is
still quite a good rating, but there's just something holding me back from giving it
that five. I think it's because I don't love the love interest. Again Lara Jean
was a bit childish in this book, but I feel like that's just a recurring theme
with Jenny Han's characters - that I'm just gonna find them a little bit childish. I know
you might be thinking like "Samantha you're not sixteen so how can you weigh
in on this?" but like I'm only 18, and like I very clearly remember being 16 and
like I know that I wasn't that childish when I was 16, and I don't know anyone
who was so...
And the final book that I read in the month of August was
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling, as I said, I'm rereading the
series. I'm loving it so much. This is also my third time reading this book as
well. And I can understand why so many people call this their favorite one in
the series, it rivals my favorite ones. I don't know which one my favourite is so
like I feel like this is the reread where I'll be able to decide. But, I don't know
what it is about this book, I think it may be the combination of Lupin and
Sirius and just the time turner situation, that just makes this one so
fun and magical. I don't know if it's my favourite in the series, but I do love it
and obviously I gave it 5 out of 5 stars. If you haven't read Harry Potter - do it! Do it!
Just do it. Unless you don't like it, in which case... it pains me to say this, but
that's okay, that's your opinion. These were all the physical books that I read
during the month of August. Let me know what you read during August down
below. If you've read any of the books I talked about feel free to let me know
your thoughts also down below in the comments. Before I go I have one last
thing which I need to do, which is to choose out of my TBR jar. If you don't
know, I choose a monthly challenge out of my TBR jar, which is Mike from Monsters Inc.
I choose a challenge and try to complete
that challenge by reading a book that fits that challenge. How many times can I say challenge?!
Read a historical fiction book. That's okay I have a few
historical fiction books floating around on my shelves at the moment. I have The Girls
which I've been planning to read, and also Salt to the Sea which I'm dying to read.
I'm gonna be able to compete this one. I will! I'll do it! That is my challenge for
September. I'm gonna try and complete that before I go to uni, cuz I feel like once
I go to uni, no reading is gonna get done whatsoever.
Anyway, that is going to be all for today's video. So I hope you liked it, and if you did, please give it
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Kassie? Kasie!
Cayman. Her name's Cayman
oh that's a spoiler never mind
in the month of oct... I nearly said October!
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of ask... I thought I wrote "the prisoner of chambers"on there whoops
okay
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