September 2016: Month in Review

posted at Monday, October 3rd, 2016 at 10:08 AM | Month in Review, Other Bloggishness

What I’ve Been Up To:

Blogging:

After managing to be ahead of my ARCs for a while, I’ve finally fallen under the mass of September ARCs. I hope to catch back up in November, but we’ll see. A bit disheartening that.

Here are the book haul photo (can you tell I’ve been slacking at Bookstagram?):

It's been almost two months since my last #bookstagram and I maybe bought a lot of books. I blame Angie for all this Nora Roberts. My girl Hermione understands my lack of willpower when books are involved. #instabooks #books #igbooks #bookspines #bookblogger #onmynewarrivalsshelf #ya #bookhaul #somuchtoread #hermionegranger #funkopop #funko #Hermione #bookpile

A photo posted by Christina (@reader_fictions) on Sep 26, 2016 at 2:26pm PDT

Shenanigans:

Well, I’ve officially entered the last year of my 20s, and I’m totally not freaking out about that at all.

Um, mostly September was pretty low key, an attempt to mentally recover from buying a new car. I did get some new shoes this weekend though, because Kenneth Cole is closing down their retail stores to become an etailer only, so their shit was on sale.

Movies & TV:

Watched the debate, which was both wonderful and terrible. I super don’t understand those people who don’t think Hillary is likable, because omfg she looked like she was having the best time ever, and she slayed up there.

I finished my That 70s Show binge, and man did the last season of that show totally blow. I’m glad I watched the show because, as a whole, it was so much better than anticipated but yiiiiiikes. Ship level: MEGA FRUSTRATE.

Boyfriend and I watched Stranger Things, and we actually both enjoyed it (never a given). It did scare me, but the plot was super intriguing and I adore Eleven. Ship level: they’re all babies so yeah no.

Now I’m watching season 1 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which I also like more than I expected. (September was apparently the month of trying shows I didn’t think I’d be into. While I thought I’d love the musical numbers, it’s actually just the main character and the show’s diversity that I love. Okay, I also love the ship but the premise makes that a case of slow burn to a painful degree. Ship level: I’m burning slowly.

Reviews Posted:

[6 Sep] The Peculiar Night of the Blue Heart by Lauren DeStefano ★★★★
[6 Sep] Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta ★★★½
[6 Sep] The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron ★★★½
[8 Sep] The Inside of Out by Jenn Marie Thorne ★★★★
[8 Sep] Once Was a Time by Leila Sales ★★★
[9 Sep] P.S. I Like You by Kasie West ★★★½
[9 Sep] Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz, Kat Helgeson ★★½
[12 Sep] Kids of Appetite by David Arnold ★★★★
[13 Sep] The Reader by Traci Chee ★★★½
[13 Sep] Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay ★★★½
[14 Sep] Eleven Things I Promised by Catherine Clark ★★★½
[14 Sep] Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter ★★
[14 Sep] A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess ★★★½
[16 Sep] The Taming of the Drew by Stephanie Kate Strohm ★★½
[19 Sep] All the Feels by Danika Stone ★★½
[19 Sep] The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst ★★★½
[21 Sep] Make It Right by Megan Erickson ★★½
[21 Sep] Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert ★★★★
[23 Sep] Make It Last by Megan Erickson ★★★
[23 Sep] Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire ★★★
[26 Sep] Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake ★★★
[28 Sep] The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman ★★★★
[30 Sep] Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo ★★★★★

DNFs:

It was a weird month for DNFs, because a whole lot of these were books I legitimately felt confident I’d love. But alas, life doesn’t turn out like you expect it to.

Tell the Wind and Fire - Sarah Rees Brennan

The Swan Riders (Prisoners of Peace #2) - Erin Bow

The Female of the Species -Mindy McGinnis

Stalking Jack the Ripper - Kerri Maniscalco

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One response to “September 2016: Month in Review”

Mel@thedailyprophecy says:

October 3, 2016 at 2:36 pm

I also did not like The Female of Species and I was starting to think it was just me, because I’ve seen many glowing reviews. I was so ready to love it, like her previous books, but nope. Not for me.
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