I finally decided to write this wrap-up. For some reason, I just couldn't make myself pick up my laptop to actually do it. I had all the pics ready to go, but typing everything out sounded super exhausting. I think it's because I'm doing a lot of stressful writing for work this month, so my blog is suffering because I don't want to come home and stare at a screen.
In this wrap-up,
I’ll list the books I read, the books I reviewed, the books I bought/received,
and my TBR for next month. Now, let’s get this bookish party started!
Books Read in September
I read six books in September, which wasn't terrible considering my reading slump peeked its head in a couple of times over the month. All of the books were Kindle Unlimited reads, though. I didn't get anything off of my physical TBR. Three of the authors are all ApollyCon attendees though. So yay! Those include R.L. Caulder's Bite of Betrayal and Bite of Vengeance, Emily Rath's Pucking Around and the novella bind-up Pucking Ever After: Volume I, and Sarah Blue's Don't Puck With My Heart. I'm still undecided if I want to buy physical copies of Pucking Around and R.L. Caulder's Blood Oath books to get signed at ApollyCon. They were decent reads, but nothing life-changing, and I'm trying to save shelf space. Ugh. The book hoarder dilemma. I also read C.E. Ricci's newest release, Fair Catch. In case you haven't noticed, I read a lot of sports romance in September. I needed light and fluffy, I guess.
Books Bought/Received in September
Well, here's the math part of the post. I bought a total of 25 books in September and received 11 that I didn't pay for in the month, which basically means they were either sent to me for review, they were preorders/books ordered in August, or they were free ebooks. Altogether, 27 of the books actually made their way to me in September.
For the 11 books I received, I got one free Kindle ebook, two review copies from the publisher, one gift, and seven preorders that arrived. The free ebook was Brutal Titan by E.V. Olsen. Orbit sent me two books I requested to review: Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy and The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe. My sister also gave me her copy of Happy Place by Emily Henry because the weirdo doesn't keep books after she reads them. And finally, the seven preorders that arrived this month were three FairyLoot books, Beneath the Cursed Stars by Lexi Ryan, When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker, and Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan; the Bookish Box editions of the first three books in the Flesh & Fire series; and the Ukraine edition of A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I'd ordered AKOFAF in late August, but it arrived in September.
This is where it gets ugly. I bought way too much. As for the 16 books I bought that I actually received in September, those consisted of my Barnes & Noble preorders: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune, The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen, Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent, Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Fear the Flames by Olivia Rose Darling. I also got If There's No Tomorrow and the FBAA Juniper five-book set from Mercari. I bought a copy of the Walmart Goldfinch edition, the first two books in the Titan series from the JLA Shop, and the French edition of A Light in the Flame from FNAC. And my FairyLoot Adult sub book, The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart, also arrived in September.
My preorders for the month/books that haven't arrived yet include nine titles: FairyLoot's September Romantasy sub book, FairyLoot's Powerless set, FairyLoot's Serpent Sea by Maiya Ibrahim, the Waterstones Goldfinch edition, and the first three FBAA books in Spanish, which I bought from a Facebook BST group.
Currently Obsessed With
As for TV/films, it's the same as last month. I've only watched one.
That's right. I'm still on my Law & Order: Special Victims Unit binge. Or at least, I was in September. I've slowed down a lot in October, but we'll talk about that in next month's wrap-up. I think the only other show I watched was a bit of Bridgerton season three with my mom when I visited. I also rewatched The Martian with my parents. It was their first time seeing it.
October TBR
I was a bit ambitious with this month's TBR, though I will say that two of these, I've already finished in this first week of October. Those are Fortuna Sworn by K.J. Sutton and Goldfinch by Raven Kennedy. However, full disclosure, I'd started reading them in previous months. So I cheated there. Other than those books, I need to finish The Prince's Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner and Salt in the Wound by Sierra Simone. I started these a couple of months ago and never picked them back up even though I want to finish them. Ugh. I also need to read and review Sorcery and Small Magics, The Bound Worlds, and Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu, which has been on my to-review list for months now. Oops. And then I added Fear the Flames as a mood read.
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Okay, well, that's the month of September, plus some October sneak peeks, all wrapped up into one post. Do you have a wrap-up post for last month? If so, share in the comments!
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