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Monthly Roundup: September 2017



September was a busy month for me! We took a trip at the beginning of the month to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary (yay!) and then we had TWO weddings to attend! A month full of love!

All these trips meant I was able to get a fair amount of reading in though! In total I read nine books!
  1. Burning Glass - Kathryn Purdie (3 stars)
  2. Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng (4.5 stars)
  3. Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas (4 stars)
  4. Moxie - Jenniefer Mathieu (4.5 stars)
  5. Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff (4 stars)
  6. 4:50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie (4 stars)
  7. Hanna Who Fell From The Sky - Christopher Meades (3.5 stars)
  8. Wicked Like A Wildfire - Lana Popovic (4 stars)
  9. Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein (4.5 stars)
A few books really stood out this month. Moxie was incredible and awesome! I finally ready Wicked Like a Wilkdfire, which I received in the August FairyLoot box, and I really really liked it! I got an ARC of Little Fires Everywhere and it was just as beautiful as Celeste Ng's previous novel. And I also FINALLY read Code Name Verity and I was not ready for all the emotions!!!

I've got a pretty big TBR for October! I have a lot of ARCs from NetGalley, plus I also have finished copies of Invictus by Ryan Graudin, Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo, and Even The Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett (which was in my September FairyLoot box!)

October is my FAVORITE month! I'm excited for all the beautiful leaves that are already changing colors and falling, plus cute sweaters and boots and hot chocolate and rainy days perfect for snuggling up with a good book!
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