September Wrap Up and October TBR

Books I read and my reviews:

This is my first wrap up and TBR post so I am very excited to share it with all of you! While I didn’t get to every book I wanted to read this month, I was very happy with everything I did manage to read. I read 8 books! I was generally pleased with all of them, except for a NetGalley read that seriously took me 6 weeks to get through. I really didn’t want to DNF…but I was very close.

 September was also a great month for anticipated releases and I ended up being very satisfied with the sequels I read.  I also read another book on my “5 books I want to finish before the end of the year” list (All the Ugly and Wonderful Things) so I only have three more to go now :). Here are the books I read, all of the titles are linked to my reviews except for The Catalyst:

More Than This– Patrick Ness 5 ☆

A Torch Against the Night– Sabaa Tahir 5 ☆

Confess– Colleen Hoover 4 ☆ 

Empire of Storms– Sarah J. Maas 4.5 ☆

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things– Bryn Greenwood 4☆

Labyrinth Lost (NetGalley) – Zoraida Córdova 4☆ 

Carry On-Rainbow Rowell 5 ☆

The Catalyst (NetGalley) – Helena Coggan

I finally finished The Catalyst over the weekend and I ultimately chose not to share a review on my blog. I wanted to finish it because it was a NetGalley read, but I did not have anything positive to say about it. The author is definitely talented but the characters lacked individual voices and the story lost focus for me.

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 September Book Haul:

September was a beautiful month for buying books! If you’ve been reading my posts you know I also got a library card so I have also been enjoying the benefits of reading free e-books. I pre-ordered quite a few books and purchased some e-books on my TBR when there were on sale.

Pre-ordered (Hardback):

Empire of Storms– Sarah J. Maas

A Torch Against the Night- Sabaa Tahir

Crooked Kingdom– Leigh Bardugo

The Female of the Species– Mindy McGinnis

 

Book of the Month Subscription:

 

All The Ugly And Wonderful Things– Bryn Greenwood

The Couple Next Door– Shari Lapena

 

Kindle E-books:

Most of these books were purchased on sale, and when the book is only $2-3 I can’t say no!

Cruel Beauty– Rosamund Hodge

Rise of the Sparrows– Sarina Langer

Magonia– Maria Dahvana Headley

A Darker Shade of Magic– V.E. Schwab

All The Bright Places– Jennifer Niven

Invasion of the Tearling (Queen of the Tearling #2)– Erika Johansen

Carry On– Rainbow Rowell

Other books:

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children– Ransom Riggs

I won this book in a contest hosted by Jill @ Rantandraveaboutbooks to help decide the book of the month for the Hype or Like Friday meme. I will definitely be reading it this month!

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October TBR:

As for my TBR in October, I am mostly going to work on books I already own. I never thought I would accumulate so many unread books! If you do a combination of book sales, library books, ARCs you can actually get away with not spending that much money. Although I imagine I still spend much more than the average person…

My October TBR:

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children– Ransom Riggs

The Star-Touched Queen – Roshani Chokshi (Library book)

The Summer That Melted Everything- Tiffany McDaniel (Library book)

Crooked Kingdom – Leigh Bardugo

City of Bones – Cassandra Clare

I actually recently connected with another blogger, ClosetReads, and we are going to do a buddy read of City of Bones! I am very excited because 1. This is my first buddy read and 2. I’ve really been wanting to dive into all of Cassandra Clare’s books to see what all this hype is about.

I’ll start with those books for now and see what happens in October. I want to leave some flexibility for any ARCs that might get approved. While I checked off another book off my “5 Books I Want to Finish Before the End of the Year” post, I still have three to go! I own A Monster Calls and A Darker Shade of Magic so I might get to one of those if I have the time.

Thank you for reading this long post! What do you think of my TBR? Anything you’re excited to read this month? 🙂