What did you read in September?

[litskispeciality]

Ratings, recommendations? If you're keeping some sort of goal how are you doing going in to the last quarter of the year.

[CrazyLucky]

I read several that were recommended here.
The House of Eve - 4*
Fallen Grace, which was a short story wrap up of one of the characters in The House of Eve - 4*
I Hope This Finds You Well - 2*
The Heart's Invisible Furies - 5* I loved the writing in this book.
And then I finished up The Girl From Silent Lake last night - 3*

[litskispeciality]

I use these threads for new recs

Finished:

The Good Wife by Gemma Rogers 3*'s - MAJOR TW for DV

Read:

It's Not Summer Without You (The Summer I Turned Pretty #2) by Jenny Han 4*'s

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 3.5*s - good, but probably could be a little shorter and still make the point.

12/24 books this year, BUT I've read at least 4 books since end of July which is huge for the reading slump I've been in this year.

[charlatti]

Nothing amazing this month except one nonfiction book I really enjoyed — birds plus Antarctica, my two favorites of the few nonfiction topics I read.

Dominicana by Angie Cruz 4
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 3
Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor 3
Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang 4
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson 4
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 4
The Last Cold Place by Naira de Gracia 5

[travella]

I had high hopes that I would read a lot of great books this month since I read so many books by authors I have enjoyed in the past, but I was disappointed by those books for the most part. 

4*

The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey (a little Hallmark like at times, but overall I enjoyed it)

Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger

3*

Your Presence is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk

2*

To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey (2.5*, It reminded me of The Snow Child, but I just could not get into this book).

Burn by Peter Heller (I had high hopes for this book, but was very disappointed)

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

 

1*/DNF

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig - DNF

[Vespasia]

Just 4 in September, I spent a lot of time playing video games instead. 😉

All the Dead Shall Weep (Gunnie Rose #4) - 3.5 stars

The September House - 4.5 stars

Apprentice to the Villain - 4 stars

Paladin's Hope - 5 stars

QOTW: My goal is a book per week and I am already at 61 books for the year.

[dearprudence]

Master Slave Husband Wife 5*
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect 4*
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties 3*
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 4*
Do Your Worst 2*
I Only Read Murder 3*
The Curse of Penryth Hall 4*

My goal was to read more of my "backlist" books that have been on my TBR for a while. A little over a quarter of the books I've read have been these older ones.