September was an insanely good reading month for me. I read 11 books… I haven’t come close to that in a very long time. Most of that was due to the fact that I was on a major binge read of the Myron Bolitar series and those are snappy little mysteries that I just blew through. I forgot how much fun it is to binge read a series… it’s SO nice to not have to think about what to read next and to not have to reacquaint yourself with the characters or overarching plotlines. Really, I should only ever read series back-to-back-to-back.
I also finished up 3 of my remaining Read Harder Challenge tasks (Sci-Fi, Author of the Opposite Sex, and Book Written before 1850) and only have 3 tasks left (all of which are toughies). I might actually “win” this challenge after all! And since I read at a ridiculous pace this month, the last book of September was my 60th book of the year, meaning I have completed my Goodreads challenge for the year, too. This is actually the earliest I’ve ever finished up my book count goal, so I guess I grossly underestimated my reading speed this year.
Blogging didn’t quite go as I had hoped in September, but that is mostly because I became unexpectedly busy at work and because I read a bunch of books in genres that I don’t review very well (mystery, romance). I keep hoping for more on this front, but hey, I do what I can.
Real life was lots of fun in September. The weather was finally not blazing hot and I’ve been feeling more energetic, so one weekend we did a family trip to the zoo and another we stopped by the annual hot air balloon festival held in our town. Both these things were tons of fun. Lydia is at a great age to go out and do things with and we all seem a little happier getting out and about than being stuck inside all weekend. I’ve also been doing prenatal yoga once a week with a friend who is also pregnant and that’s been a nice little me time to look forward to. We’ve also been making some progress to getting the future nursery cleaned up. Baby steps, but hey, it feels good to be doing something with it.
Books Read in September:
The Martian by Andy Weir (audiobook)
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
Drop Shot by Harlan Coben
Fade Away by Harlan Coben
Back Spin by Harlan Coben
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
One False Move by Harlan Coben
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
Flirting with Disaster by Victoria Dahl
Fanning the Flames by Victoria Dahl (novella)
A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan (audiobook)
In the Works: I am currently reading Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch (which is not turning out to be my thing, really) and listening to After You by Jojo Moyes (which is so totally my thing that I kind of want to read/listen to it all at once).
I am looking forward to October, as the weather should finally settle into comfortable temperatures, my friend will be having her baby, and I might actually get to participate in the Readathon on October 17 for a few hours, at least. I imagine we’ll try to get out for some more family fun time, but we’ll see how that pans out between a visit from my mother-in-law and a work trip for my husband, not to mention Halloween.
What’s new with you? Read anything good lately? Looking forward to October with hearts in your eyes like I am?
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