August Reads 2024

It is time to share my August reads.

I can’t believe summer is over. I know it’s not officially over for a couple more weeks, but after Labor Day, it feels like summer is over.

It is time for back-to-school and more normal schedules and routines.

August was a good reading month for me. It wasn’t as good as some months earlier this year, but overall, it was still a good reading month.

August Reads

I am sharing a few thoughts on each book. For a more detailed review, click on the book’s title, which will take you to the full review and more details.

Fiction

204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber. This is book two in the Cedar Cover series. I started this series earlier this summer, and they made for easy, light summer reading.

311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber. This is book three in the Cedar Cove series by Debbie Macomber. I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first two. It was very repetitive.

In fact, I don’t plan on reading the rest of the series. I can see why people love this series, but after reading the first three books, I don’t think it is for me.

Sweet Beginnings by Nicole Ellis. Sweet Beginnings caught my attention because it is a clean romance book set in a small town on the Washington coast. 

It also featured books and a bookstore, two things I love to read about. This was a fun, quick read, and I plan to read more in the series.

The Sea Glass Sisters by Lisa Wingate. This is more of a novella than a book. If you have read Lisa Wingate’s book The Prayer Box, you will enjoy this because it gives some background information on the people in The Prayer Box.

The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton. This is book three in the Perez family books by Chanel Cleeton, but they books do not have to be read in order. They can be read as stand-alone.

This book follows Mirta Perez and three other women during a hurricane in Florida in 1935. I loved this book, and as soon as I finished it, I bought the other two books in the series. This is a great book for fans of historical fiction.

Where Trees Touch the Sky by Karen Barnett. This book is a dual timeline book set in the California Redwoods. This is another clean fiction book that I enjoyed. If you love nature and national parks, this is a fun, easy read.

Nonfiction

Just Add Water by Katie Ledecky. I read this book after hearing some about Katie Ledecky’s story during the Olympics. Reading about Olympic athletes and how they become who they are is fascinating to me.

Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. This is a business book about hospitality. It is a great read for anyone who owns their own business, is in management, or works with customers.

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. I love to read nonfiction books about history. Erik Larson is one of my favorite authors who writes about lesser-known historical events and facts.

This was a slower read for me and wasn’t my favorite of Erik Larson’s books, but I am glad I read it.

What have you been reading?