September was a solid reading month with 11 books totaling 3,583 pages. I also hit 100 books for the year! Favorites:
📚 This Summer Will be Different by Carley Fortune is not only a favorite for the month, it is now joining the ranks of my all time favorite books. It is not highbrow fiction, but it is heartwarming and wonderful and I loved every minute of it. I borrowed a copy from the library to read and as I was reading I had a strong urge to annotate and underline - something I NEVER do in books: So I ended up ordering a copy for myself so I can reread and highlight all my favorite passages
📚 Yellowface by RF Kuang is a compelling read about the present day publishing industry. It was a hard read but an important one. If you are going to read it, do it now. It is very much of the present day and will not age well with all its references.
📚 Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko is a great choice for dark academia lovers. It is beautifully written and I am definitely picking up the sequel soon.
📚 James by Percival Everett is a retelling of Huckleberry Finn from Jim’s perspective. I really liked this book and highly recommend it.
📚 A Crane Among Wolves by Jane Hur is a historical fiction novel set in the 1500s in Korea. I had never read any historical fiction set in Korea in that time period so found it truly fascinating.
📚 Finally I read a couple of thrillers this month. My favorite of the two was The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn - great mental health representation and an ending that I did not see coming
