September TBR Pile (21/35):

1. Bookworms BC: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (library) ✓

2. Bookworms BC: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

3. Friend BC: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl ✓

4. Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard

5. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler ✓

6. Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility

7. Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

8. Fantasy: Into the Windwracked Winds by A. Deborah Baker ✓

9. Fantasy: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint ✓

10. Fantasy: City of Ghosts by VE Schwab (library) ✓

11. Fantasy: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (library) ✓

12. Fantasy: Vicious by VE Schwab ✓

13. Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn

14. Mystery: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (library) ✓

15. Mystery: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (library) ✓

16. Romance: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George ✓

17. Romance: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren (library)

18. Historical Fiction: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith ✓

19. Thriller: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (library) ✓

20. Horror: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (library)

21. Horror: Jackaby by William Ritter ✓

22. Science Fiction: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

23. Science Fiction: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

24. Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson

25. Nonfiction: The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones

26. Nonfiction: Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi

27. Nonfiction: Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine

28. Poetry: The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill

29. Kid Read Aloud: Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll ✓

30. Kid Read Aloud: Word of Mouse by James Patterson ✓

31. Kid Read Aloud: Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorrie ✓

32. Kid Read Aloud: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown ✓

33. Kid Read Aloud: Morning Girl by Michael Dorris ✓

34. Kid Read Aloud: A Wolf Called Wander ✓

35. 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.

1. Bookworms BC: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

2. Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

4. Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

5. Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

6. Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn

7. Horror: Reliquary by Douglas Preston

8. Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson

9. Nonfiction: The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse

10. Poetry: The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill

11. 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: