Book Battle August 2023 TBR

Well it's time to choose my August TBR for Book Battle. So here are the books that I've picked this month: 

5pts-By an author you share a name with-Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara 

5pts-"Book" or "Battle" in the title-The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

5pts-Gift in it-Omens Bite by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

5pts-Story you've been meaning to read-Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot

5pts-Book with a birthday in it-Spells Trouble by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

5pts-"Gold" in the title-Decay Like Gold by Sara Raasch

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 1-Story that makes you happy-Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 2-Published in August-A Multitude of Dreams by Mara Rutherford

10pts-CLUB READ 1-Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman

10pts-CLUB READ 2-The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova

10pts-Book about gold-A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan

10pts-Set at a party-Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

10pts-Book about treasure-Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

15pts-Metalworker main character-Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

20pts-Book with a team in it*-Rumpelstiltskin-Cursed by Marissa Meyer 

Yeah, I'm going to try this again in the future, to have a list of books that fit the theme that I might try to read, if I'm looking for something. But not this month, the theme bonus is birthday or gold, which is a little too specific for an ARC reading month. 

How did I do last month?

5pts-Alien book-Midnight City by J. Barton Mitchell

5pts-Non-human main character-A Game of Retribution by Scarlett St. Clair

5pts-Book about wearing a disguise-Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

5pts-New to you author-Almost There by Farrah Rochon

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 1-Book that's part of a series-Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 2-Sci-fi book-System Collapse by Martha Wells

10pts-CLUB READ 1-Skyward by Brandon Sanderson 

10pts-CLUB READ 2-Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson 

10pts-Set anywhere but Earth-Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

15pts-Book about an invasion-The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

20pts-Book with your team in it*-Mind Control-The Host by Stephenie Meyer-Read!

I read these books in this TBR very quickly, and these were some really fantastic books, so I'm really happy with that, and I can't wait for this coming month!