September : My Month in Review
30 September 2019 
That’s it – three quarters of the year is now behind us (in a few hours at least). Hope everyone’s had a good month. This month I’ve managed to complete 10 books. I’ve also read my third batch of SPFBO books. I posted a midway update which can be found here and a further update will follow in the next couple of days with a post outlining which books will be in my fourth batch swiftly on it’s heels. This month is another very busy one – I have a lot of review books but I’m pressing on and we’ll see what happens. Anyway, here’s my month in review:
Books read: this month = 10
- Strange Practice by Vivien Shaw
- For Emily by Katharine Slee
- The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga
- A Shadow on the Lens by Sam Hurcom
- Ration by Cody T Luff
- Bone China by Laura Purcell
- The World that we Knew by Alice Hoffman
- Violet by Scott Thomas
- The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
- The Black Hawks by David Wragg
My month in covers (here) was published yesterday.
Backlist books
None this month.
Unfinished series completed:
None this month
Books Bought:
None this month – this is indeed a surprise!
Audio Books Bought:
None this month – and I now have credits mounting up so it’s time to go shopping.
Review Books:
I have definitely been more restrained this month – I think August and September have been so busy with books that I’ve had to rein in November and December to make sure nothing slips by me.
- Highfire by Eoin Colfer – ‘a hilarious and high-octane adult novel about a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated life in the bayous of Louisiana’ – why hello, yes, yes I would love to read this thank you.
- The Black Hawks by David Wragg – I was on the last third of this when I drafted this post and loving it.
- The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag – how could I possibly resist this?
- Interference by Sue Burke – I really enjoyed Semiosis and so can’t wait to tuck into this second instalment – made all the more happy because when I completed the first I was unaware that there would be a sequel – happy days.
Cover compare:
I like both of these but the first has a lovely playful quality that really appeals to me. Which is your favourite?
In terms of SPFBO – I’ve completed my first and second batch of books. My feedback is here and here. I’ve posted a midway point feedback post and my feedback for batch three will be posted in a couple of days.
Hope you’ve all had a good month.
Books and travelling with Lynn 
I’m waiting to see if I’ll be approved for High Fire. I hope so, it sounds so good! I’ve preordered a copy of Black Hawks. I’m so glad you’re loving it.
It’s great. I hope you love it.
Lynn 😀
Looks like you had a great September. And good job not buying anything with all the releases that just came out!
Yep, I am banning myself from increasing the TBR – it will probably last about a week but there you go.
Lynn 😀
I say the same thing. Hopefully you’re better at it than I am.
Wow, grats on 10 books completed and also no books added to mount TBR (that’s one achievement I’ve never managed, lol)
I’m desperately trying to catch up and I want to get some backlist books under my belt too. Want to improve my NG stats – currently at 76% – want to get to 80% but I’m in that vicious circle of completing a book and then immediately requesting another one. I am so book greedy.
Lynn 😀
Looks like you had a good month!
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Yeah, it wasn’t bad although I failed to pick up a couple of review books that I wanted to get to and I do need to speed up my reviews.
Lynn 😀
10 books, I don’t know how you do it 😀 This is the first time I’ve heard of High Tower but it’s definitely one I’ll be looking to add to my TBR if I get the chance. I like the first cover of the two best.
I usually fit in two books a week – it all depends on the length of course and I have noticed a downward trend in my requests for huge chunky novels more recently. It wasn’t a conscious thing but I think if I see the length of the book is 700+ pages I tend to walk away! Not a good sign. In fact I still haven’t read the latest Sanderson for that reason. Need to pull my socks up and stop being such a fraidy cat.
Lynn 😀
I do love a good chunky novel but it definitely isn’t kind to my total books read 😀 I think the two longest I’ve read recently were the new John Connolly and The Priory of the Orange Tree which were both good.
I think I’ve only read one Sanderson short story a while ago – another author I’ve yet to discover 🙂
Looks like a great month of reading, Lynn. I was also pleased to get my reading up to four books in September: three of which were for R.I.P. XIV, which is a brilliant start! Looking at your new review books, I absolutely love the sound of Highfire by Eoin Colfer! It is difficult to pick a favourite cover for it – I don’t love either – however I like the colour of the first cover. Happy reading in October! 🙂
I really don’t know how we’re so far into the year already. It will be another decade soon! Looks like a pretty great month overall with reading. I hope your October is awesome!