September TBR Pile (21/35):
Bookworms BC: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (library) ✓
Bookworms BC: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Friend BC: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl ✓
Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler ✓
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Fantasy: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint ✓
Fantasy: City of Ghosts by VE Schwab (library) ✓
Fantasy: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (library) ✓
Fantasy: Vicious by VE Schwab ✓
Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn
Mystery: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (library) ✓
Mystery: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (library) ✓
Romance: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George ✓
Romance: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren (library)
Historical Fiction: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith ✓
Thriller: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (library) ✓
Horror: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (library)
Horror: Jackaby by William Ritter ✓
Science Fiction: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Science Fiction: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Nonfiction: The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nonfiction: Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi
Nonfiction: Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine
Poetry: The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
Kid Read Aloud: Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Word of Mouse by James Patterson ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorrie ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Morning Girl by Michael Dorris ✓
Kid Read Aloud: A Wolf Called Wander ✓
Comics: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 5790 pages
Pages Remaining: 381,457 pages
Current Read - The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill; Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books Bought/Received (4)
My BOTM selection this month was Sarah Addison Allen’s newest book Other Birds.
Randomly, I finally ordered The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse
While in Des Moines, we stopped at Half Price Books and I grabbed a few titles
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Scottish Myths by Jake Jackson
UnRead Shelf Progress
Starting Number: 340
Books Read: 6
Books Acquired: 4
Books Unshelved: 0
Finishing Number: 338
October TBR Pile: It’s spooky book month! I’m trying to focus on the spooky and the horror for this month’s reads (excepting my Friend BC selection). I thought about making a much longer TBR, but only put some top contenders and then will just pick up what I like afterward that.
Bookworms BC: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn
Horror: Reliquary by Douglas Preston
Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Nonfiction: The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse
Poetry: The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
Kid Read Aloud: The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
Movies watched
The Road to Wellville - Somehow I totally missed this movie when it came out. J had me watch. Very weird and delightful.
Listening to Kenny G - Surprised (and yet not) about how oblivious he is about so many things.
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody - Decent little BBC doc about the making of a song.
Little Women - Better than I thought it would be, but I’m not convinced that the time cuts were necessary.
Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine - I never read Creem, but had hear about it. Loved getting to know the story.
Thor: Love and Thunder - I enjoyed the humor; not a huge fan of the sad emotional content.
Moog - Ooof lots of rambling from Moog. Not a good storyline.
Summer of Soul - Fascinating topic! I loved hearing about all the musical acts.
The Wrecking Crew - Another fascinating story about behind-the-scenes musicians.
Vinyl Nation - Loved learning more about the making of vinyl records.
Gimme Danger - A doc about The Stooges, sign me up! I would have liked a bit more from othe musicians about the legacy of The Stooges.
Stop Making Sense - This 1984 Talking Heads concert film was like a time capsule. Loved every minute of it.
TV Shows watched
Little Demon S1 - Love quirky cartoons
What We Do in the Shadows S3 - Another great season
The Orville S3 - I’m very meh about this series now
Sonic Highways - I really really loved this doc-series focused on one city each episode.
Lower Decks S3 - Really enjoy this series.
Rick & Morty S6 - Off to a great start of this season.
Archer S13 - I can’t believe this show is still running! Love it!
Comments - A very decent showing this month for books and tv shows/movies. I don’t feel like we watched or read much this month, but I was wrong after writing this all out. Looking forward to October’s spooky movie and books month.
Next up on the TBR pile:
