Hi and welcome to another monthly overview!
September was a bit of a rough month, to be honest. It started with too much socialising and the accompanying fatigue. It was crazy busy at work, what with organising and scheduling all the RSV, covid and flu shots on top of all the usual work. Furthermore, there was an incident at work that knocked me for six, and took me a hot minute to recover from. The whole team had my back, though, which was a very shiny silver lining.
Book-wise, September wasn’t the best, either. At least not in terms of quantity, as socialising, fatigue and said incident impacted my reading time and my ability to focus for longer than five seconds. I did, however, thoroughly enjoy most of what I read, which is of course the most important thing.
Honourable mentions to Het No-Nonsense Meditatieboek, Something in the Walls and The Ghosts of Merry Hall, but were my favourite reads of the month:
In figures, September looks like this:
September
Novels: 4426 pages across 15 novels
Audiobooks: 52 hours across 8 novels
And here’s what I did in September:
What I read:
Uncle Zeedie, Colm Field
A Very English Murder, Verity Bright
A Land So Wide, Erin A. Craig
Exiles, Mason Coile
The House of Quiet, Kiersten White
Play Nice, Rachel Harrison
A Taste of Darkness: 13 spooky stories to savour
A Sharp Scratch, Heather Darwent
Following the Moon, James Norbury
A Game of Lies, Clare Mackintosh
Devour: A Graphic Novel, Jazmine Joyner
Het No-Nonsense Meditatieboek, Steven Laureys
The Howling, Michael J. Malone
Bella Donna, Jill Johnson
The Vanishing Place, Zoe Rankin (review to follow)
What I listened to:
Over wolken, Wim Willaert
Gothic, Philip Fracassi
The Cut Throat Trial, S.J. Fleet
Something in the Walls, Daisy Pearce
The Crash, Freida McFadden
The Ghosts of Merry Hall, Heather Davey
The Night Lagoon, Jo Morey
Killer on the Road, Stephen Graham Jones
Let’s have a look at the books that landed on my lap in September:
A gorgeous hardcover with spredges and three much anticipated paperbacks:
Three 99p deals and one eBook that was half-price:
I hope you had a good month and that you are safe and well! Thanks for joining me today and happy reading xxx
Sorry you’re September was tough, I hope October is kinder to you! x
Aw thanks Nicki 💜
Here’s hoping October is a better month for you all around, Kelly💜
Here’s to a better October! But yay for nice co-workers <3
I just finished reading the Grapevine – it was pretty good, even tho it was slower than what i normally prefer.
Thank you 💜 Good to know, I’ll save it for when I’m in the mood for a slower read!
Sorry that September was a tough month for you – hopefully October will be better x
Thanks lovely, I hope so too 😅
I hope October will treat you better! At least the quality of the books you read during September was high… I spotted plenty that I can’t wait to read and a couple others that are making its way to my wishlist. 😉 xx
Thanks Yvo 💜 Unfortunately, October didn’t have the best start: I got my covid vaccination and I’ve been really ill. Glad to read you spotted some books you’re interested in, let’s see if we can do that again this month 😉