Hello everyone! It’s officially the end of spooky season. I feel like it’s been a month long thing going on, but I can say I am looking forward to Christmas next. Is thinking about December too soon?
Anyway, this month has been a little busy at work (only going to get worse next month), but it has also been a good reading month for me.
Did I read a scary book? Yes. Did I want to continue doing so? Not really. I kinda treasure my sleep a little too much and don’t want to stay up until 5:30 in the morning to finish the book again.
What did I read this month?
As it will be evident below, I had a mediocre month wherein the books I read didn’t super impress me but I also didn’t dislike them so at least there’s that.
I feel like September has completely just flew by. Like, what happened this month??
Life’s been a juggle act lately. With caring for my cute (but sometimes monstrous) puppy and starting an official bookstagram for this blog, I’m barely having time to breathe at night after a long day of work. How do you all manage to make things work out while engaging with social and the people around you?
Nonetheless, I had a great reading month. Work was slow in the beginning so I had more chance to read, including listening to an audiobook while working. That was a wonderful experience but only if I do a super mundane task at work that doesn’t require a lot of focus.
Without further ado, let’s dig into September!
What did I read this month?
Some of these reads were re-reads because I was in the mood for something cute and quick during some late nights. I think if it weren’t for the fact that some of these books were super long (ahem, JLA and Susan Dennard), I’d have read at least 10 this month otherwise.
Good morning friends and fellow book readers! I can’t believe summer is almost over and the month of August has come to its end. I am officially off probation from my job this week (yay!) and hope the busyness at work will go down a little so I can enjoy some more time to read and relax after hours.
With the end of August comes school again, and I wonder how the school year would look this time. I don’t know where you live but here at least, it’s hopefully going still be done safely while balancing kids’ educations and experience.
How have your summers been? Did you have a good month of reading? Because of my work, I haven’t had as much time to read this month but I did manage to read a number nonetheless while juggling weddings and catching up with friends on a patio. Let’s begin, shall we?
A take on a baking competition doubled as a dating competition for time spent with the protagonist as part of the prize in this Asian, own-voices story featuring Taiwanese culture and food.
Two student-led businesses compete to be the best during senior year in order to secure money for both students’ personal aspirations in this novel filled with K-pop and Korean beauty products.
You’re So Dead by Ash Parsons
A satire on the Fyre Festival mixed with murder as influencers are invited to an island for a festival only to find themselves at the mercy of a killer – who is one of them.
Sunkissed by Kasie West
Shy, peacemaker Avery goes a summer without internet at camp with her family and meets a cute counsellor who may just challenge her to step out of the comfortable box she has put herself in.
Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
When a neighbour is found murdered not far away, a small suburban neighbourhood has their secrets unfolding as detectives dig into their lives, where nothing and no one is exactly as they seem.
A paranormal horror (initially thought as a murder mystery) that follows the sheriff’s son as the supposed spree of a serial killer has come to an end in their town – in the form of a teenage girl covered in blood at the last crime scene.
Current reading list
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
Witchshadow by Susan Dennard
TBR list
So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park
Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
I hope everyone had a great summer (if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere). Here’s to looking forward to fall and the coming of vibrant colours (and pumpkin spice lattes!).
