Monthly Summary; August 2018

It's the end of yet another month, which means it's time for a new Monthly Summary post. I've been lucky enough to both get my hands on a few books in addition to actually read a little bit. It's also soon finally autumn, which I'm looking forward to with all the pretty warm colours and cooler weather (an added bonus is all the interesting books that will be published). Some prefer the summer, I prefer the autumn. No matter what, here's the books I've read and gotten my hands on this month.

Books I've Read
The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Faceless by Amma Darko
Bjørnejegerskens bekjennelser by Berit Hedemann
Den polske bokseren by Eduardo Halfon
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara
Høstlandskap i Havana by Leonardo Padura
Godchild Volume 6 by Kaori Yuki
Godchild Volume 7 by Kaori Yuki
Godchild Volume 8 by Karoi Yuki
Food Wars! Vol. 2 by Yuto Tsukuda
Food Wars! Vol. 3 by Yuto Tsukuda
Med mine øyne by Sheena Kamal
You by Caroline Kepnes

Book Haul
Devil-Devil by Graeme Kent
One Blood by Graeme Kent
Killman by Graeme Kent
Food Wars! Vol. 2 by Yuto Tsukuda
Food Wars! Vol. 3 by Yuto Tsukuda
Med mine øyne by Sheena Kamal (press copy from the publishers)
Svartstilla by Susanne Skogstad (press copy from the publishers)
Uforklarlige mysterier fra andre verdenskrig by Jeremy Harwood
Bare vent og se by Jelena Botsjorisjvili (press copy from the publishers)
Reisen til jordas indre by Jules Verne (press copy from the publishers)
Hundetrening - trinn for trinn instruksjoner by Kyra Sundance (press copy from the publishers)
Ravnens time by Roar Ræstad (press copy from the publishers)


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