My Goings On in September:
- I attended two different book events at Anderson Bookshop! I went to the Rick Yancey signing and to the YA Fandom Frenzy – both awesome events!
- I got a new editing client and have started working on her first two books. Keep an eye out for L.A. Starkey!
- I finally got around to reading Pride and Prejudice and The Giver, and really enjoyed both of them! I didn’t post reviews of these two, but I may post a discussion about them at some point in the future.
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September 2014 Reviews:
Another month of less reviews than normal, but I’m trying to let that go a little bit and not demand so much of myself (it’s hard, though – somehow it stresses me out to see less books listed here!!!).
- Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini | Review | Rating: 5/5
- Things I Can’t Forget by Miranda Kenneally | Review | Rating: 4.5/5
- Sway by Kat Spears | Review | Rating: 4/5
- Dare You To by Katie McGarry | Review | Rating: 5/5
- Rock Angel by Jeanne Bogino | Review | Rating: 5/5
- Divine Scales by Jennifer Blackstream | Review | Rating: 5/5
- Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen | Review | Rating: 5/5
- I Want It That Way by Ann Aguirre | Review | Rating: 4/5
And September’s Best of the Bunch winner is:
Such a hard choice this month! There were a few books that I really loved for different reasons. But I finally decided on Rock Angel because that book just really affected me, and I think about it a lot.
Where did you do the graph for your reads? That is awesome!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
I just got it off of Goodreads. Go to My Books and then click on the link in the upper left that says Stats, then click on 2014. I agree that this is an awesome graph!
The Giver is on my short list of books to read in 2015 🙂 Glad you liked it!
Yes! I read it with my kiddos and then we all went to the movie! (Really enjoyed that as well, by the way).
Great month! A couple there I wanna read…
Happy October reading!
Yay for good reading months!
Yey, I enjoyed Trial by Fire too :D. I like the Best of the Bunch idea, thanks for including it, I might have to start doing that hop to get some more recs!
Random thought about the stress: I think that’s why I stopped keeping track of that sort of thing monthly since some months are just going to be hard and as long as you’re enjoying what you’re reading, that’s what counts 😉
You’re totally right – I shouldn’t stress about it. I’ve actually been enjoying posting more non-review posts lately, which automatically means I’m spending a little less time reading and reviewing. It’s a good thing – but somehow I get all hung up on the numbers sometimes! 🙂
I loved Trial by Fire and Things I Can’t Forget as well. ITt looks like you had a great September, hopefully October is just as good!
It WAS a good month! Hoping to keep it up in October!
Yay! You read Pride and Prejudice! I’m always excited when someone picks up a Jane Austen novel 🙂 I want to read The Giver, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Maybe one day…Thanks for visiting my blog a very long time ago. You’ve been followed back!
Yep – my first Austen novel. I knew that it was WAY past time! 🙂