Tuesday, October 10, 2017

September Wrap-Up

Well, that's it. September is long gone.  This post is well late, but no apologies from me.  It's been an interesting month, September.  I had a lot going on.  The start of secondary school for E, N and I have been changing things about in the house, I got a job for the first time in over a decade.  So something had to give for a bit and that thing was blogging.  I don't regret it though.  I do hope that I'll find my rhythm again soon enough and get back into it because, you know? I quite enjoy blogging.

Here are the books I read during September and a small recap of other blog posts and how well I'm doing in my reading challenges.


Books read in September

1. Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
2. Teaching My Mother To Give Birth by Warsan Shire
3. Let Them Eat Chaos by Kate Tempest
4. The Haunting by Alex Bell
5. Flesh and Blood by Simon Cheshire
6. If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
7. The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
8. A Shiver of Snow and Sky by Lisa Lueddecke
9. This Book Will (Help You) Change the World by Sue Turton
10. Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick
11. This Book Will (Help You) Change the World by Sue Turton
12. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
13. The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
14. Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
15. Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt
16. Noah Can't Even by Simon James Green
17. The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder
18. Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
19. This Beats Perfect by Rebecca Denton

Total read in September: 19
Total read in 2017: 101

19 books read during the month of September, not bad.  A few LGBT YA books in there (If You Could Be Mine, Georgia Peaches and other Forbidden Fruit and Noah Can't Even), LOTS of UKYA, some horror, plenty of surprises.  It was a really great reading month for me.

But what was my favourite...?

September Book of the month


A Shiver of Snow and Sky by Lisa Lueddecke

There were some strong contenders for my favourite book of the month, but the one I read and ...constantly thought about after I'd finished reading was A Shiver of Snow and Sky by Lisa Lueddecke.  I was mesmerised throughout this book and needed to know what would happen next.


Books reviewed in September

Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga
History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
If You Could See Me Now by Keris Stainton

I ...stopped blogging and (more specifically) writing reviews mid-September. I just couldn't bring myself to do it anymore. And now I'm roughly 27 reviews behind because I kept reading during all that time. Whoops. Maybe one day I'll catch up? 
Other posts in September

Books I Struggle With
A Disney Education
Feminist Literature + TBR
New Additions to my Netgalley Shelf

I had so many plans for blogging during this month too. Oh well.

Booktube videos in September

None, boo.


My progress in reading challenges:


British Books Challenge

Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth by Warsan Shire
Let Them Eat Chaos by Kate Tempest
The Haunting by Alex Bell
Flesh and Blood by Simon Cheshire
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
A Shiver of Snow and Sky by Lisa Lueddecke
This Book Will (Help You) Change the World by Sue Turton
Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt
Noah Can't Even by Simon James Green
This Beats Perfect by Rebecca Denton

Total in September: 10
Total in 2017: 43

10 books by British authors read in September. I'd say that's pretty good going. There is some real talent coming out of this country, I'm telling you. I loved so many of these books. 
Read My Own Books 

Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth by Warsan Shire
Let Them Eat Chaos by Kate Tempest
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

I was killin' it, reading my own books in September. Well done to me. It feels pretty good clearing my TBR shelves, actually. I might just keep up with it. 


Netgalley


This Book Will (Help You) Change the World by Sue Turton

I didn't do AS WELL with my Netgalley reading this month, but you win some, you lose some. What are you going to do?


What have you been reading and loving in September?

3 comments:

  1. Wow, 19 books in a month is awesome, good going. I havent even read that many all year. I have read Orbiting Jupiter though and loved it.
    Gill @book_magpie

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    1. Thanks Gill! I found Oribiting Jupiter to be an utter surprise!

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    2. precisely yes i dont normally read MG but so glad i did

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