What did you read in Sept?

[litskispeciality]

What did you read in the month of Sept? Ratings, reviews etc. If you're still trying to reach a goal how are you doing with that? Feel free to add other items too.

[CrazyLucky]

I went ahead and read Miracle Creek when it came off hold. I will hold my review until next month!
I Am Not Your Negro - 4.5*
Death on Tuckernuck - 3*
The Vanishing Half - 4*

I've read 42 books this year.  I didn't have a goal, and I don't think I'll read this much again.  I've had a lot more free time since all of the family's activities were cancelled for 6+ months.

[litskispeciality]

I read

This is how it always is 5*'s - please read this book, it's amazing!!
The Cactus - 2.5*'s - nothing like the Hello Sunshine preview and TW for those who grew up with alcohol addiction

I think that puts me at 16/24 for the year. I have 2 going and hope to get through 3 or 4 in Oct.

[rainbowchip]

I had a really slow reading month with school starting. It fried my brain and I couldn't get into anything.

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore 4*
You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson 3*
They Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright 2* - If I was reading this in paper, I probably would have thrown it across the room.
The Betrothed by Kieran Cass 3*

ETA: I'm at 64/52 for the year. And I with my last book, I've officially read more pages in a year than I've read since I started keeping track in 2011.

[meowmaps]

Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin 3.5*
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 4*
The End of Her by Shari Lapena 3.5*
The Dilemma by B.A. Paris 3.5*
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 5*
Luster by Raven Leilani 3.5*
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 4*
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo 5*
Cantoras by Caroline De Robertis 5*
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan Jerkins 3-3.5*

I'm at 94/120. I recently increased my goal from 100 to 120. I think I'll end up hitting 125. This'll be the most books I've ever read in a year. I feel highly motivated by super readers like tacokick

[Vespasia]

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas - 4*
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks - 4.5*
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis - 3*
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager - 4*


Reread:
Fall Into Darkness by Christopher Pike

I am about 5 books over but several were short so I am just going to leave it alone. I've never tried to track pages but may look into it.

[tacokick]

Oct 1, 2020 20:03:18 GMT -5 meowmaps said:

Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin 3.5*
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 4*
The End of Her by Shari Lapena 3.5*
The Dilemma by B.A. Paris 3.5*
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 5*
Luster by Raven Leilani 3.5*
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 4*
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo 5*
Cantoras by Caroline De Robertis 5*
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan Jerkins 3-3.5*

I'm at 94/120. I recently increased my goal from 100 to 120. I think I'll end up hitting 125. This'll be the most books I've ever read in a year. I feel highly motivated by super readers like tacokick

Yay!!! That’s great!

[tacokick]

Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

Playing Nice by JP Delaney

I'm Thinking About Ending Things by Iain Reid

Being Lolita by Alisson Wood

Village of the Lost Girls by Agustín Martínez

A Life Worth Living by Louise Guy

The Unseen World by Liz Moore

The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley

No One Will Tell You This But Me: A True (As Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb

The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim

Eat A Peach by David Chang

Mother Land by Leah Franqui

We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida

32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line by Eric Ripert

The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower by Brittney C. Cooper

The Choice by Gillian McAllister

I realized I read two books with “lost girls” in the title this month! Pretty much everything I read this month was good! A rarity!

[mie]

Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee 4*
Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke 3*
The Good Luck Charm by Helena Hunting 3.5*
This Time Will be Different by Misa Sugiura 4*
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory 4*
Meet Cute by Helena Hunting 3.5*
Would Like to meet by Rachel Winters 4*
Tokyo Ueno Station by Miri Yu 3.5*
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli 4*

I'm at 68/52 for the year. I think this is the most I've read in a while!

[charlatti]

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi 3* — I thought Homegoing was spectacular, but this one, while well written, didn’t resonate with me.

A Royal Affair by Allison Montclair 3* — Another second book that was somewhat disappointing.

Malorie by Josh Malerman 3* — Ditto.

The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen 4* — this a play on Rebecca and was a fun installment in the series

All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny 5* — Gamache books almost always hit exactly what I need


Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld 3* — I think I said this in one of the weekly threads: her books are page-turners but not really enjoyable for me

[travella]

5*
The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron- I felt this was a very well written YA book on the Holocaust.

4*
Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon

3*
From Scratch by Tembi Locke

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman- I liked the book but it didn't reach my expectations. I have high expectations for Backman and this just wasn't as good as his previous books, in my opinion. It was disappointing because I had expected to love it.

1*
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. Read this with my son. My son and I both hated this book. I've realized that I see his books completely different as an adult than I did as a child.

[litskispeciality]

Y'all really encourage me to read more! Vespasia, good reads has a feature to check pages read instead of number of books under your year to year stats. I can try to screen shot later, but it's right at the top. My only gripe is their numbers don't always match what I have in hand, like my book may say 300, they say 315.

[rootbeerfloat]

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel - 3*
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore - 3*
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemsin - 3.5*

[mrspez07]

I read:
The Star and the Shamrock by Jean Grainger 3*
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 4*

Listened to:
Know My Name by Chanel Miller 5*
Behind Closed Doors 3*

These were all mostly finished early in the month as I’ve been reading and listening to two other long books.

[abs]

Vespasia, I love that you are re-reading Christopher Pike books. I may do the same. Remember Me continues to be one of my all time favorites.

September was a pretty crappy reading month for me. I'm not sure if it was just me or what I was reading or what but nothing was very memorable.

Happy and You Know It--3.5 stars. I enjoyed it more than I should have.
Thick as Thieves-3*. It was an easy page turner but I don't remember the story at all anymore.
Party of Two-3.5*. Not great writing but cute story.

DNF-Transcendent Kingdom. I tried to read it for nearly two weeks and never made it past the first quarter. Her writing is spectacular but I just found the story so boring. Homegoing was fantastic so I was disappointed to feel this way.

[wesleycrusher]

Vespasia abs The Last Vampire series by Christopher Pike were a favorite when I was younger. This is making me want to reread them!

[jwright]

I'm remembering to update this thread! I just quit my full time job in June and have read 41 books this year mostly since then; I belatedly gave myself a goal of 52 but it looks like I'll surpass that. I'm happy to be getting back into reading!


Sept:
The Heir Affair - Heather Cocks 3* (sequel to Royal We, way too long)
Sex and Vanity - Kevin Kwan 3* (Crazy Rich Asians author but not as fun as the first series)
The Vanishing Half- Brit Bennett 5* (one of my favorites this year)
City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert 4*
The Indigo Girl - Natasha Boyd 4* (set in my hometown of Charleston in colonial times, maybe 4.5*)
Beach Read - Emily Henry 3*
28 Summers - Elin Hilderbrand 5* (this is what I wanted from Beach Read)
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens - 4*