September: My month in review
2 October 2016 
So – the months are flying by. September felt a bit hectic one way or another. We flew to Italy for two weeks and I managed to cram in quite a lot of reading but not much blogging or reviewing – so plenty to catch up with now. Anyhow – here’s my month in review.
Books read: (with links to reviews)
- Twilight of the Dragons by Andy Remic
- The Bloodsworn by Erin Lindsey
- Chasing Embers by James Bennett
- A Deadly Affection by Cuyler Overholt
- The Family Plot by Cherie Priest
- One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire
- Summerlong by Peter S Beagle
- The Rise of Lo by Wesley Chu
- Beyond the Fortune Teller’s Tent by Kristy Tate
- Outpost by F T McKinstry
Last month’s covers are here.
Backlist books
None this month – I’m such a slacker at the moment! Need to find a way to read quicker.
Unfinished series completed:
The Bloodsworn by Erin Lindsey completes the very enjoyable Bloodbound series.
Books Bought:
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Arm of the Sphinx (Books of Babel Book 2) by Josiah Bancroft, Ian Leino – this series was one of the SPFBO entries and comes highly recommended by Mark Lawrence – so I simply had to buy them!
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Kushiel’s Mercy: Treason’s Heir: Book Three by Jacqueline Carey
Review Books: (with links to Goodreads where possible)
- The Gilded Cage by Vic James
- The Watcher by Ross Armstrong
- Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Dominion by Peter McLean
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue
- The Facefaker’s Game by Chandler J Birch
- The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
- The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian
Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and Bookish (every Tuesday)
Waiting on Wednesday is an event hosted by Breaking the Spine where every week we get to shine the spotlight on a book that we’re looking forward to.
The Friday Face off by Books by Proxy
Friday Firsts is a weekly event hosted by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. which is a great way to let everyone know the first sentence and first impressions for your current read.
Readalongs:
- Readalong for One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire now complete
- Readalong for Ashes of Honour (October Daye #6) by Seanan McGuire (starts 8th Oct)
- Readalong for Kushiel’s Mercy (Imriel’s Trilogy, #3) by Jacqueline Carey (starts (starts 9th Oct)
Classic Clubs read:
Unfortunately none this month – currently focusing on my SPFBO entries.
Previous months in review:
The SPFBO 2: My posts so far:
- There can be only one #SPFBO 2016
- Cover Love: #SPFBO 2016
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the first five books..
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the first five books: update
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the second set of books..
- #SPFBO Review: Rebel’s Honor by Gwynn White
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the second set of five: update
- The Amber Isles by Ashley Capes
The above SPFBO to be updated shortly…
WOW! Busy, busy, busy!!! 😀
Haha – I need to slow it all down – the time is just flying too quickly and it’s making me dizzy!
Lynn 😀
I will certainly be busy catching up! Oh well, it was so worth it.
Lynn 😀
All in all, a great month, not to mention two weeks in Italy! 🙂
It was a pretty awesome two weeks – Italy is so beautiful.
Lynn 😀
Ah… so that’s why it went a tad quiet from you. What a lovely reason – Italy… all that scrummy coffee – yum! You managed to pack in a fair amount of reading and 9 book reviews, given you had a fortnight away… It was an excellent month, Lynn. Congratulations! Hope October is a storming one for you, too.
I still have a lot of catching up. Italy was great but the wifi wasn’t brilliant -and anyway, reading and sipping a cold drink is so much more relaxing. I hope you have a great October too.
Lynn 😀
Ah, getaways are nice, I managed to cram quite a bit of reading during my week away too! Upcoming for me will be Certain Dark Things and The Facefaker’s Game as well.
I’m hoping for goodness for both of them! Can’t wait.
Lynn 😀
Hello Lynn, I look forward to your review of Seanan McGuire. Hope you enjoyed Italy (I am also Italian, as you might remember) where did you do? 😀
Of course. I completely forgot. I should have got in touch with you before we went for some useful tips. We went to Puglua. We had a car and travelled around. Otranto, polignano, Monopoli, Gallipoli, Vieste. We visited Matera and also Alberobella. It was all brilliant and the weather was great.
What a beautiful region…! My family was from Rome but I know Puglia pretty well – difficult not to love that region ! Glad you enjoyed it -next time you head to Italy, let me know 🙂
I certainly will 😀
You had a great reading and blogging month, that is nice. And a trip to Italy, I am so jealous! I only know of Italy through books and movies and it always sounds so nice. Italy and France sound like the perfect locations for all good things:-) Have a wonderful October. Happy reading:-)
Thanks – I hope you have a great October too. And, yes, Italy and France are both perfect locations for lots of good things! I hope you get a chance to visit them.
Lynn 😀
This is probably the busiest review month I’ve ever had, and I won’t have time to read everything, sadly. But I’ll squeeze in as much as possible, Certain Dark Things is way up at the top of my list!
I know – I was thinking that myself. Why is October so full of new releases!! Certain Dark Things I’m really excited for – I’ve already seen a couple of really positive reviews.
Lynn 😀
Two weeks in Italy sounds wonderful!! 🙂 I enjoyed Facefakers Game, curious to see what others think of it. Definitely looking forward to Certain Dark Things!
Glad to hear that you liked Facefakers Game. I’m looking forward to that and really looking forward to Certain Dark Things too.
Lynn 😀
I hope you had a wonderful time in Italy! Looks like you still managed to get a lot accomplished even while on vacation!
Lots of reading, ahem, not so much reviewing so a bit behind now – but worth it.
Lynn 😀
I am a little jealous you had two weeks in Italy but also hope you had a lovely time 🙂 I would also pick the 2nd cover of The Bear and the Nightingale.
I love that cover.
Yes, Italy was beautiful and I felt very lucky to have two lovely weeks – all back to work though now.
Lynn 😀
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