Month in Review: September 2019

I can't believe it's already October! September was a long, extremely busy month, but I also feel like I completely missed it somehow. I love the start of this time of year, so I'm a little bummed that September was such a blur, but I'm still happy it's October. Grad school has been keeping me so busy and as much as I love the work, it's still a little overwhelming right now trying to get back into the swing of things. 

In book related news, Darkdawn finally came out in September and I somehow managed to love it even more than I could have ever expected. The Nevernight trilogy will forever be one of my favorites series of all time (and I'm so enormously grateful for past me for ordering Nevernight from Goldsboro yers ago and now being able to own all three--they are so, so precious to me now!). Outside of Darkdawn my September was honestly a bit slumpy for some reason--I wanted to read, but I just couldn't seem to figure out what I wanted to read. I think I'm finally getting over that hump, but it was extremely frustrating during. Was anyone else having slump-related problems with books in September!?

In personal news, nothing new has really happened! My sister is due to have her baby later this month, but knowing that it could technically happen at any time is so nerve-wracking--it's still so surreal that my sister is having a baby at all? It feels like just yesterday we were both just kids at home! My husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary at the end of September as well, so there's that! Anyway, that's about all of the news I have to share--how was your September? Anything exciting happen?

 And for reading related news...How was your reading month? Did you read any great books? Have you read any of the books I read? Let me know!

# books read: 13
 

Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff ★★★★★
Source: Owned  | Format: Hardcover

Salvaged by Madeleine Roux ★★★
Source: ARC

A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker ★★★★
Source: NetGalley (ebook)

 Vinland Saga, Vol. 1 by Makoto Yukimura ★★★★
Source: Library | Format: Hardcover

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson ★★★★
Source: Owned (Library Sale) | Format: Paperback

The Illumination of Ursula Flight by Anne-Marie Crowhurst ★★★★★
Source: Owned | Format: Hardcover

Cold Storage by David Koepp ★★★
Source: ARC (publisher)

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso ★★★★
Source: ARC (publisher)

Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner ★★★★
Source: NetGalley (ebook)

The Queen's Rising by Rebecca Ross ★★★★
Source: Library | Format: Hardcover

The Circus of the Earth and the Air by Brooke Stevens ★★★★
Source: Owned (Library sale!) | Format: Hardcover

The Odyssey by Homer, trans. Emily Wilson 
Source: Owned | Format: Paperback

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor ★★★★
Source: Owned (Library sale!) | Format: Paperback

DNF:

The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
I don't know what happened with this one, but I just could not get into it. I think I just read it at the wrong and I absolutely plan to go back and try to finish it before the end of the year!





Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine ★★★★★
The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier ★★★★
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow ★★★★★
The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas ★★★★
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger ★★★★★
Black Creek by Dan Kemp ★★★★
A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker ★★★★
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry ★★★★★
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington ★★★
Evie and the Upside-Down World of Nevermore by Birgitte Märgen ★★★★



(other than reviews)

Month in Review: August 2019
Anticipated Releases: October 2019

Top Five/Ten Tuesday:
Top Covers of 2019 (thus far!)
Funny Characters
Books on My (Tentative) Fall TBR

Can't-Wait Wednesday:

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall & Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Angel Mage by Garth Nix, Queens of Animation by Nathalie Holt, & The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith & Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge & A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs

The Friday Face-Off:
Friday the 13th
Hair

Have you read any of these? What books did you read this month? I hope you all had a great month-- comment below and let me know!