Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.
September 2024 Wrap Up
It was a pretty good reading month! I read from my September TBR, and I finished all my reading challenges except two! I’m not sure that I’ll finish the other two though; they’re both about finishing series, but series that we started before this year, and I’m currently embroiled in new series and I’m not sure what to do! 😅 I can’t resist the shiny new books!
My September 2024 TBR Intentions
I read all the books in my September TBR Intentions! Woot! I was kind of conservative with it with only five books on the list, and I do have more motivation when they are buddy reads and BOTMs, but still!
Perfume by Patrick SuskindDark Places by Gillian FlynnCujo by Stephen KingOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I’m just realizing that all of them are darker-themed and there were several other dark books I read in September too. Setting up my intentions for next month, I’m going to try to get in more balance for the light and the dark. I know ahead of time there are some horror stuff coming because October is Halloween season, but I can definitely add more fun stuff to my book diet too!
Books Read in September 2024
- After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Girl from Rawblood by Catriona Ward
- I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
- The Girl from the Other Side Volume 8 by Nagabe
- Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
- Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare
- Surrender of A Siren by Tessa Dare
- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
- Cujo by Stephen King
- Perfume by Patrick Suskind
- The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
- Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
- Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
- The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Notable Books This Month
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I’m very proud of having finished this chonker! I’m not sure that I liked it, but at least I finished it!
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
This was amazing and might be my favorite book this month! I love listening to Trevor Noah’s stories and I love his humor and wisdom.
Cujo by Stephen King
This is a reread, and I think I got a lot more out of it this time around than I did the first time. I love the buildup of the story, and I love the insight we get into such different characters in the book. Stephen King is truly a master at his craft.
Reading Challenges
- The 52 Book Club 2024 Reading Challenge – 52/52 – Challenge completed!
- 2024 Nonfiction Reader Challenge – 12/12 – Challenge completed!
- 2024 Series Ender Reading Challenge – 2/5 – Started at 2/5 at the beginning of the month. Did not read a series ender this month.
- 2024 Finishing the Series Challenge – 3/4 – Started at 3/4 at the beginning of the month. Did not finish any series this month.
- 2024 Diversity Reading Challenge – 20/20 – Challenge completed!
- 2024 Bookish Books Challenge – 10/10 – Started at 8/10 at the beginning of the month. Read 2 bookish books this month! – Challenge completed!
- 2024 Audiobook Challenge – 75/75 – Started at 71/75 at the beginning of the month. Listened to 14 audiobooks this month! – Challenge completed!
- 2024 Library Love Reading Challenge – 60/60 – Challenge completed!
- The Classics Club – 10/10 – Challenge completed!
October 2024 TBR Intentions
It’s October and that means Halloween, and guess what? My irl bookclub’s BOTM is Pet Sematary by Stephen King. And my online bookclub’s BOTM is The Shining by Stephen King! I’m not complaining, because I love Stephen King!
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King
- The Shining by Stephen King
- Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
- Never Whistle at Night by various authors
- The Glass Chateau by Stephen P. Kiernan
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- I Fell in Love With Hope by Lancali
I’ve got so many books I hope to read this October, some have been on my TBR for ages. Let’s hope I can get to them all!
How was your month in September? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful October with lots of great books!
You had a great September of reading! I still need to read the Trevor Noah memoir. I’m a bit curious to read King’s Salem’s Lot …. as there’s a movie on HBO Max of it this month. But I think the book will be much better from what I hear. Cheers. Enjoy your Oct. reads.
Wow you did read some really big classic books plus Born a Crime which I loved too on audio. What a talented person he is. I liked The Rom Commers too.