I didn’t read much in August, but that apparently didn’t stop me from buying books!
I’m linking this up to the Stacking the Shelves meme hosted by Marlene @Reading Reality, which allows us to share the books we’ve acquired (either bought, gifted or borrowed) each week – even though I don’t post each week, I enjoy being able to see what other people are excited about. Please see my first post for a discussion of why I don’t participate weekly/my concerns about book hauls and over consumerism.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the books I bought in August.
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At the end of July (after posting my July book haul), I went to a small independent bookshelf in Edinburgh (Lighthouse Bookshop) to celebrate having my final meeting with my supervisor about my master’s dissertation and bought two books:
Thyme Travellers, edited by Sonia Sulaiman
Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora’s best voices in speculative fiction.
Everything Happened At Once by Choi Jin-Young
A mutant virus has swept half of the world’s population overnight. The known world has collapsed. The new world is a lawless place where children’s livers are believed to provide immunity.
In one apartment block, an unlikely pack break out of quarantine in a stolen lorry and brave an achingly empty world once teeming with colour. The desolate reaches of Eurasia are signposted with fellow defectors and found family.
I also bought books in August itself!
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
[Summary of book 1] A professor of faerie folklore travels to a small, wintry town to investigate the local Folk and is joined by her charming, irritating colleague and only friend, who’s hiding a secret of his own.
This is book three in the Emily Wilde series. It used to be the final book, but they recently announced more books to be released.
Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
This is a villain redemption spin-off from the Kate Daniels series.
Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
A missionary begs to be sent home.
A jazz pianist is hired to perform for ghosts.
An army colonel smells the food of home for the last time.
A girl designs herself a new face.
An old woman uploads her consciousness.
I bought this to work towards the Storygraph Reads the World 2026 challenge (Thailand prompt).
I also had a couple of preorders come in that I had ordered during one of Waterstones’ 25% off preorders deals.
The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-ran
When four isolated elderly people commit suicide back-to-back at the same hospital by jumping out of the sixth-floor window, Su-Yeon doesn’t understand why she’s the only one at her precinct that seems to care. Dismissing the case as a series of unfortunate events due to the patients’ loneliness, the police force doesn’t engage.
As Su-Yeon begins her investigation alone, she runs into a mysterious woman named Wanda at the crime scene. Wanda, hot on the trail of her ex-lover, Lily, gives Su-Yeon the answer to her investigation: a vampire did it.
Tales of Green Tea by Miyako Watanabe
At the 300-year-old Ippodo tea shop in Kyoto, time passes at the gentle pace of green tea leaves brewing in a kyusu teapot. Written by the store’s vice president, Miyako Watanabe, Tales of Green Tea offers an account of everyday life at this beloved spot, but also of the knowledge, encounters, and discoveries that come with a life steeped in tea.
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What books did you buy or acquire in August? Let me know in the comments!
Keira x.
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