While I met nearly all of my September 2023 reading goals, the month was very quiet and filled with primarily okay books. Here’s my wrap-up.
Over the last couple of months, through the most challenging season of my life, I’ve been reading a lot less than I normally do. Rather than 25-30 books each month, I’m struggling to get through my much smaller TBR. However, September included a few highly-anticipated reads that I wound up really enjoying, as well as a ton of ARCs that I was truly honored to receive.
I’m curious to see how the last quarter of the reading year will turn out. Will I pack it with seasonal stories and finish off my list of 23 in 2023? I guess we’ll have to wait and see. For now, keep scrolling to see what I picked up during September.
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The 13 Books I Read in September 2023
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September 2023 Reading Stats
Books That Got a 4 or 4.5-Star Rating (*reread)
Illuminations
by T. Kingfisher
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Dungeons and Drama
by Kristy Boyce
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The Second Chance Year
by Melissa Wiesner
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The Bone Houses*
by Emily Lloyd-Jones
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Foxglove (Belladonna #2)
by Adalyn Grace
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The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games #4)
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Books That Got a 3 or 3.5-Star Rating
Murder on Cape Cod (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery #1)
by Maddie Day
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Maybe Meant to Be
by K.L. Walther
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In the Orbit of You
by Ashley Schumacher
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The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil #1)
by Soman Chainani
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Books That Got a 2 or 2.5-Star Rating
Second Chances in New Port Stephen
by TJ Alexander
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Family Lore
by Elizabeth Acevedo
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The Moonlight Blade
by Tessa Barbosa
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October 2023 TBR
Back in a Spell (The Witches of Thistle Grove #3) by Lana Harper
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Hart and Mercy #1) by Megan Bannen
Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain #1) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Autumn of the Grimoire (The Sisters Solstice #1) by J.L. Vampa
Not the Witch You Wed (Supernatural Singles #1) by April Asher
Small Town, Big Magic (Witchlore #1) by Hazel Beck
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co #1) by Jonathan Stroud
The Witch is Back (Toil and Trouble #1) by Sophie H Morgan
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness
A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw
In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
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Dungeons and Drama looks cute! Also, very glad to see Steeped in Lore’s tea here! I used your code for my last order a couple of weeks ago. 😉
Eek! Thanks so much for using my code for your purchase. I hope you love your tea. They’re just the best!
I love looking at your reading stats! There’s something so satisfying about looking at your reading progress via charts/graphs. Just curious, do you use story graph to get this data?😊
I’m so glad you enjoy them! Yes, I do use The StoryGraph for the data. I just make my own graphics for them 🙂