September Wrap-Up and October Hopefuls

September reads

September Wrap-Up

• Finished: 7
• Started but not finished: 2
• Total pages read: 2,509
• Average rating: 3.83

September was a bit of a hit and miss for me in terms of reading. I finished a lot of books and read a lot of pages, but rating-wise, it wasn’t a great month. I did read one book I loved, Marjan Kamali’s historical fiction The Lion Women of Tehran (5/5 stars). I also finally finished my Jane Austen July classic, Frances Burney’s Cecilia (4/5 stars). The rest of the novels I finished, however, were somewhat disappointing reads. I finished two fantasy books: a romantasy The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon (3.5/5 stars) and a historical fantasy The Winter Goddess by Megan Barnard (also 3.5/5 stars). I also listened to one audio book, a Finnish translation of This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (3/5 stars). You can click the links to read more about my thoughts.

I also finished two non-fiction books, The Novel in the Ancient World edited by Gareth Schmeling (4/5 stars), and one Swedish non-fiction book which I mostly just skimmed so I didn’t rate it.

 

October Hopefuls

October hopefuls

I plan to read (or at least start reading) three novels in October. Interestingly, they are all fantasy. I’m currently reading R.F. Kuang’s historical fantasy Babel. I also want to read Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and start reading Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows. I’m also planning to read some of my old school books – partly because I’m a nerd and partly for nostalgia reasons. And who knows, maybe I’m reminded of something I’m already supposed to have learned in school…

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If you want to see more about the books I read in September, check out my reading wrap-up video below: