August Books
Stilte heeft een eigen stem (The Fountains of Silence) was really good, y'all. I only picked it because I needed a book with 550-559 pages for a challenge. It's historical fiction and not my thing, but the characters! The way Sepetys wove her story! It was amazing.
Though Qualify was without a doubt the greatest surprise. The best august read - #13 total for this year - and it was a Kindle freebie. And though I'm pretty much done with dystopian fiction and am not really a fan of longer books, I loved this one. The world-building was amazing (sound-based tech! How awesome!). The tension was high pretty much throughout, making this a real page-turner. I loved how the characters all felt real and three dimensional, with relationships being forged even around the MC. I also loved the MC to pieces, despite - or maybe even because of! - a couple of her more annoying tendencies.