Reading Theme of August, 2019

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

"The Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Humans seem to always have had a deep fascination with the sky, especially so when the sun is down. Have you ever tried counting all the stars in the sky? Well, that's probably a waste of time, unless you feel like getting up to numbers like 100 thousand million. That's how many stars that are estimated to exist only within the Milky Way. That's more stars than it would take rice grains to keep a human alive for about 80 years (yes, I did the maths, it would take like 456,000,000 rice grains), ignoring that you'd get sick from lack of other nutrients.
Counting them or not, stars are still stunning to look at, which is probably why we're so obsessed with them. Walk into any store, and you'll probably find something in there with a star pattern on it. Why? Cause stars are cool and pretty! And might that store be a book store, perhaps? Of course! There are plenty of books out there with stars on the cover. That's why we're gonna try to read some of those in the month of August ;)

Are you too star struck by this challenge to think of any books to read? Here are some of my recommendations!

• "The Diviners" by Libba Bray
• "Across the Universe" by Beth Revis
• "Charmed Life" by Diana Wynne Jones
• "Alienated" by Melissa Landers
• "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

And here is a list of what I might be reading:

• "Dödens märken" ("Carve the Mark") by Veronica Roth
• "All the Birds in the Sky" by Charlie Jane Anders
• "Drakryttaren" ("Dragon Rider") by Cornelia Funke
• "Hjärta av jazz" by Sara Lövestam
• "Eliza och hennes monster" ("Eliza and Her Monsters") by Francesca  Zappia

Ready to jump on the starry bandwagon? Great! Let me know if you decide to read a book with stars on the cover this August ;P
Happy reading!