September 2019 Wrap-up

September TBR Pile (16/38):

1. Carry-over: Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist ✓
2. Book of the Month Club: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
3. Book of the Month Club: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
4. Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
5. Girly Book Club: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai DNF
6. Friend Book Club: The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams ✓
7. Book Club: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin ✓
8. Perpetual Pick: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
9. UnRead Shelf Pick: Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
10. UnRead Shelf Pick: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth
11. Random TBR Pick: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
12. Ebook: Waiting for a Rogue Like You by Samantha Holt
13. Ebook: What’s a Rogue Got to Do with It by Samantha Holt
14. Series Pick: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
15. Monthly Keyword: The Bookfish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman ✓
16. Monthly Motif: 1776 by David McCullough
17. Nonfiction: Bad Blood by Jon Carreyou ✓
18. Nonfiction: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
19. Nonfiction: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara ✓
20. Fantasy: Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta
21. Fantasy: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
22. Mystery: Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
23. Mystery: Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen
24. Mystery: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
25. Horror: The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
26. Horror: Wilder Girls by Rory Power ✓
27. Historical Fiction: The Lake House by Kate Morton
28. Creativity: Craft a Life by Amy Tangerine
29. Anne Bogel Summer Rec: Gravity is the Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty
30. Anne Bogel Summer Rec: The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin ✓
31. Added: Alien Echo by Mira Grant ✓
32. Added: The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick ✓
33. Added: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston ✓
34. Added: The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn ✓
35. Added: East of West Vol. 9 ✓
36. Added: Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn ✓
37. Added: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera ✓
38. Added: The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5505 pages Pages Remaining: 585,391 pages

Current Read - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

Books I Gave Up On (1) - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Books bought/received (0)

October TBR Pile: It’s spooky reads month, so my TBR is going to look a little different…

1. Girly Book Club: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
2. Friend Book Club: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (obviously not spooky)
3. Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
4. The Hunger by Alma Katsu
5. The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly
6. Graveminder by Marisa Marr
7. Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn
8. Marionette by Anya Allyn
9. Music Box by Anya Allyn
10. The Witches by Stacy Schiff
11. Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte
12. Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
13. The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
14. Red Shirts by John Scalzi
15. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
16. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
17. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
18. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
19. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
20. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
21. The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
22. Feed by MT Anderson
23. Asylum by Madeleine Roux
24. A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
25. The Walking Dead Vol. 32
26. Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco
27. How to Survive a Plague by David France
28. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
29. The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
30. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
31. Heathen Vol. 2
32. Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine
33. The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller
34. Rat Queens Vol. 6
35. Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven
36. The Hike by Drew Magary
37. The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
38. Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
39. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
40. Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
41. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
42. Blackbird by Anna Carey
43. Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton

Movies watched

• Paper Towns - Finally watched this John Green adaptation. I think this was my favorite of his books.
• Satanic Panic - What a weird movie, and yet I liked it.
• Downtown Abbey - AHHH!!!!! I got to see the new movie at a special early screening. So much fun!
• Booksmart - Really loved this one!
• Spider-Man: Far From Home - Finally! I avoided every single spoiler and it was so worth it!
• The Impossible - Very emotional movie based on a true story.

TV Shows watched

• Game of Thrones S6-8 - We finished the last three seasons of the show! Not happy about the ending, but overall I’ve really enjoyed this series.
• Big Little Lies S2 - Finally started the second season. Not really wanting to binge it, but it’s good so far.
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina S1 - Finally started this series and I don’t understand why I waited so long. The first few episodes have been so much fun!
• Superstore S5 - One of the few sitcoms we watch.
• The Good Place S4 - It’s back finally! And for the last season. I’m so excited to see where this goes.

Comments - Another great reading month in terms of pages, but not so great in terms of reading quality. There were definitely a few duds in there. I’m looking forward to all the spooky reads I have lined up for next months.

Next up on the TBR pile: