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Monthly Roundup - September 2016


We took a trip to the States at the end of September through the beginning of October to visit my friends and family and to have a US reception for our wedding. It was a wonderful trip with lots of good food and good fun (and probably too much cake... but is that even really possible??).

And I actually bought some books. Like, hard copies of books. Man oh man have I missed those. The smell of paper and ink! Intoxicating! Pioneer Book in Provo is one of the best used bookstores I've been to and it took some serious willpower not to buy more than two books! (My main limit was weight in our suitcases back)

Anyway, that combined with coming home to newly remodeled ceilings (they look amazing) and having to clean up the dust and unpack (again) everything from where we had stored it in the bathroom means this post is a bit late in coming. But better late than never!

Let's just say I definitely made up for August with how many books I read in September!!!


  1. A Court of Mist and Fury (5 stars!)
  2. The White Rose (3 stars)
  3. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (4 stars)
  4. The Hippopotamus Pool (4 stars)
  5. An Ember in the Ashes (reread) (still 5 stars!)
  6. A Torch Against the Night (4.5 stars)
  7. Carry On (3.5 stars)
  8. Ink and Bone (4 stars)
  9. Three Dark Crowns (3.5 stars)
  10. The Woman in Cabin 10 (3 stars)
  11. Mathilda (4 stars)
  12. The Chaos of Stars (3.5 stars)

Whew! Expect lots of reviews headed your way! Have you read any of these? How many books did you read in September? What are you reading now? Hit me up with your responses in the comments!




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