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The Monthly Chapter | August 2022

Aug. 01, 2022

August Monthly Chapter Updated 2025

Welcome to The Monthly Chapter for August 2022. This month we have a lot going with reviews and some other work. I am actually also working on a new look for the site. That will happen in the next couple of months. Don’t worry things aren’t going wild. Just getting a little refresh to make it look more how I envisioned to begin with.

For those who have emailed me recently, the newsletter has gone away. It is just one of the things I have been evaluating with the blogs and the direction I want to head in with them.

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  1. Elaine G says

    August 6, 2022 at 2:00 pm

    I am hoping to read 10 books this month and catch up on a couple of new releases i missed due to migraines last month.

    Reply
  2. Eva Millien says

    August 6, 2022 at 3:36 pm

    I am in the process of re-reading JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series and I am looing forward to reading Nalini Singh’s Storm Echo and I am trying to read at least one new book that’s on my TBR a week…we’ll see how that goes! Have a great month full of books!

    Reply
  3. heather says

    August 6, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    I am really hoping to find the time to read some to the books that I have here that I have not read yet.

    Reply
  4. Adriane says

    August 7, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    I have a couple paranormal mysteries lined up, also the latest Christopher Moore

    Reply
  5. Stephanie LaPlante says

    August 8, 2022 at 8:41 am

    This month, I plan on reading A Cowboy’s Fate. Sounds like a great book.

    Reply
  6. Shelly Peterson says

    August 8, 2022 at 11:50 am

    This is a really busy month for me. I won’t have as much time to read as I would like.

    Reply
  7. xjanelx78 says

    August 10, 2022 at 11:12 am

    I’m reading through Stephen King’s backlist, and I’m on IT right now. Hoping to finish that up this month and move on to Cell.

    Reply
  8. Bea LaRocca says

    August 14, 2022 at 3:05 pm

    I recently purchased the Home to Clare Harbor boxset and I am looking forward to reading those stories, after that I will see what catches my interest as I read almost every genre

    Reply
  9. Susan Smith says

    August 14, 2022 at 4:24 pm

    I have some books on my reading list I plan to read this month.

    Reply
  10. Piroska says

    August 14, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    I’m looking forward to Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney, and Haven by Emma Donogue.

    Reply
  11. Tammy Catterton says

    August 16, 2022 at 11:35 am

    I hope to read more this month if possible alot going on this month great books to read it seems

    Reply
  12. Betty S says

    August 19, 2022 at 8:20 am

    This month I hope to read more, took a much needed vacation and read 2 books, really need to get more into them..

    Reply
  13. sandra says

    August 19, 2022 at 6:24 pm

    just finished we were never here

    Reply
  14. Amber Y says

    August 21, 2022 at 12:24 am

    My reading plans and goals have gone wayyy down since having kids. My aim is for one book a month. I think I’ll come up a little shy this month, but that’s ok. I’m currently about halfway through a book called fight night.

    Reply
  15. Sarah L says

    August 22, 2022 at 10:30 pm

    My plans, like always is to read every day. I usually just see what’s available on Kindle Unlimited or at my local library.
    Thanks for the contest.

    Reply
  16. Sherry says

    August 23, 2022 at 11:48 am

    I don’t have anything in mind that I want to read but if I find something that sounds good I’m all in.

    Reply
  17. BlackAsphodel says

    August 24, 2022 at 11:04 am

    Whenever I find some good fanfic, I’m in.

    Reply
  18. Jonathan W says

    August 25, 2022 at 9:34 am

    I’m having a hard time reading because of chronic illness, but I grabbed some CS Lewis audiobooks to try along with “Winning The War in Your Mind” by Craig Groeschel. Nonfiction is my current bent, though I’m usually a fantasy reader.

    Reply
  19. Molli Taylor says

    August 25, 2022 at 9:45 am

    I’m looking forward to the kids going back to school so i can carve out time for myself

    Reply
  20. Cathy French says

    August 27, 2022 at 8:50 am

    I started a new book about 3 months ago and its still sitting on the coffee table. Never made it past chapter 1. Gonna try to finish it before fall.

    Reply
  21. Soozle says

    August 27, 2022 at 9:31 am

    Ive been struggling with my reading due to stress in my personal life; im trying to get back into focusing on it

    Reply
  22. paula peterson says

    August 28, 2022 at 4:32 pm

    I’m reading to my kids this summer to keep them on track for school.

    Reply
  23. Sandra Dufoe says

    August 29, 2022 at 9:35 am

    I starting reading a new trope under the omegaverse title.

    Reply
  24. Dreaa Drake says

    February 11, 2023 at 8:41 pm

    I’ve paused my reading for a few days but I got a lot I want to catch up on!

    Reply

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