This was a strange reading month because I started out refocusing on my 2020 reading goals, plus reading challenges from Instagram to read your own books, read books about science, and read Latinx heritage books (which goes September 15 - October 15.) But the eARC backlog started to feel overwhelming, and you can almost see the shift in my list. I also had to give myself permission to bail on a few books I was stuck on, and that freed up my reading flow. I don't know why I can't learn that lesson better; it's one I learn over and over again. But this month I found a lot of great reads, particularly in non-fiction, which is unusual for me. I read a lot of one-word title books, which was just a strange thing I observed. I also read books from the library for the first time since March (that I hadn't already checked out or accessed electronically) - I utilized curbside pickup. I hope doing so is in support of wanting my libraries to do what they feel is safe and not putting anyone at risk There are a lot of conflicting opinions about this topic.
Pictured: 5-star reads for September
229.
Oranges
in No Man's Land
by Elizabeth
Laird
⭐️⭐️⭐️
(personal copy; my review)
230.
Whale
Day
by Billy
Collins, read by
Billy
Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(review copy audiobook; my review)
231.
The
Blind Owl
by Sadegh
Hadeyat, translated by Naveed
Noori
⭐️⭐️⭐️
(personal copy; my review)
232.
Blizzard:
Poems
by Henri
Cole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC in Edelweiss; my review)
233.
The
Only Good Indians
by Stephen
Graham Jones
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC in NetGalley; my review)
234.
Hurma
by Ali
Al-Muqri, translated by T.M.
Aplin
⭐️⭐️⭐️
(personal copy; my review)
235.
Earth
Almanac
by Ted
Williams, illustrated by John
Burgoyne
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC in NetGalley; my review)
236.
Ordinary
Girls
by Jaquira
Díaz, narrated by
Almarie
Guerra
⭐️⭐️⭐️
(Hoopla audiobook; my review)
237.
Glory
and Its Litany of Horrors
by Fernanda
Torres, translated by
Eric
M.B. Becker
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy; my review)
238.
Homesick
by Nino
Cipri
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(review copy; my review)
239. Before
You Say I Do
Clare
Lydon
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from publisher; my review)
240.
Eat
a Peach
by David
Chang and Gabe Ulla, narrated by David
Chang
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(review copy audiobook; my review)
241.
Come
Tumbling Down
by Seanan
McGuire
⭐️⭐️⭐️
(library book; my review)
242. Tides
by Jonathan
White
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(personal copy; my review)
243.
Igifu
by Scholastique
Mukasonga, translated by
Jordan
Stump
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
244.
Bestiary
by K-Ming
Chang
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from NetGalley; my review)
245.
Iwigara
by Enrique
Salmon
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from NetGalley; my review)
246.
No
Offense
by Meg
Cabot
⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from NetGalley; my review)
247.
A
Highlander is Coming to Town
by Laura
Trentham
⭐️⭐️
(eARC from NetGalley; my review)
248.
Guillotine
by Eduardo
C. Corral
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from publisher; my review)
249.
The
Ten Thousand Doors of January
by Alix
Harrow, narrated by
January
LaVoy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(personal copy audiobook; my review)
250.
What
Are You Going Through
by Sigrid
Nunez
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from NetGalley; my review)
251.
The
Selected Works of Audre Lorde
by Audre
Lorde
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(print galley from publisher; my review)
252.
The
Writer's Library by Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from NetGalley; my review)
253.
Certain
Dark Things
by Silvia
Moreno-Garcia
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(library copy; my review)
254.
Our
Women on the Ground
by Zahra
Hankir, ed.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(personal copy; my review)
255.
Headscarves
and Hymens
by Mona
Eltahawy, narrated by Mona Eltahawy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(Hoopla audiobook; my review)
256.
Farewell,
Ghosts
by Nadia
Terranova, translated by
Ann
Goldstein
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
257.
Nine
Moons
by Gabriela
Wiener, translated by
Jessica
Powell
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy; my review)
Books read: 29
Audiobooks: 5
eBooks: 13
Print books: 11
Library: 4
Personal: 8
Review: 17
Challenges
LatinxHeritage 2
readwhatyouown 9
scienceseptember 3
readtheworld21 2
Goals
Middle East 5
Indigenous writers 3
Around the World 13
Genres
Fantasy 2
Foodie 2
Horror 2
Memoir 2
Poetry 4
Romance 2
