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Happy reading,
Dorothea 💜
Happy Labor Day, booksbydorothea readers!
Enjoy your time with friends, family, and those that you love! It is too hot here in Los Angeles to do much more than READ!
August was a transitional month for booksbydorothea. It is the end of the Blogger era, and the beginning of the Substack era (queue Taylor Swift’s engagement era). My former Blogger blog will remain available; however, all new posts will be on my new Substack blog in September.
Since the majority of the August blog posts were on Blogger, the appropriate posts will be linked there. This booksbydorothea August 2025 Monthly Wrap-up will also be cross-posted to Blogger. However, beginning September 1, 2025, all future review posts will be posted on Substack. You can subscribe to my posts on Substack, making it easy to follow my blog!
Please note that the previous month’s five-star reads are no longer in the monthly wrap-up. With so many five-star books, it was becoming overwhelming and too long. There are also some other minor changes as I continue to refine the presentation and formatting.
August 2025 was a great month for reading, with EIGHTEEN books read (audiobooks and ebooks, no physical books). This ties with the number of books read in January 2025.
In August, there were EIGHT five-star books: six ebooks, two audiobooks, and no physical books.
BEST BOOKS FOR AUGUST 2025
ebooks
Confessions of a Grammar Queen by Eliza Knight
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly
How to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
The Secret Book Society by Madeline Miller
Audiobooks
The 10 by E.A. Hanks
The Turner House by Angela Flourno
2025 READING GOAL
My goal was to read 101 books in 2025. As of August 31st, I have read 122 books, or 120.7% of my goal.
AUGUST 2025 STATISTICS
18 total books
14 ebooks; 4 audiobooks; 0 physical books
11 books - ARC (Advanced Reader Copy)
8 books - NetGalley
2 books - Amazon First Reads
1 book - The StoryGraph
1 book - Book Club Girl
AUGUST 2025 BOOK RATINGS with BOOK COVERS
ebooks
5.0-star ebooks
Confessions of a Grammar Queen by Eliza Knight LINK
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy LINK
A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly LINK
How to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi LINK
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller LINK
The Secret Book Society by Madeline Miller LINK
4.5-star ebooks
Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall LINK
First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano LINK
Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa LINK
4.0-star ebooks
The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell LINK
Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason LINK
It Girl by Marisa Meltzer LINK
3.0-star ebooks
All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett LINK
Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd LINK
NOTE: There were no 3.5-star ebooks this month.
Audiobooks
5.0-star audiobooks
The 10 by E.A. Hanks LINK
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy LINK
3.0-star audiobooks
Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum LINK
The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King LINK
NOTE: There were no 4.5-star, 4.0-star, or 3.5-star audiobooks this month.
If you want to read my full review of any of these books, there are individual review links for each ebook or audiobook next to the book title and author (under AUGUST 2025 BOOK RATINGS with BOOK COVERS) just above. Click on the specific book link to get to that book review.
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Happy reading,
Dorothea 💜
