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Home | Monthly TBR | What I Hope To Read In September

What I Hope To Read In September

September 6, 2015 - Updated May 7, 2019 // 21 Comments

Operative word: HOPE. We all know that I’m a bit of a mood reader and always read based on my various reading whims but I do like to tackle the month with a little bit of a plan to guide me and make my decision of what to read next easier. So this is what I’m planning on reading:

Tonight The Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales: This is a September release and I’m super excited about it because I mega loved her book This Song Will Save Your Life! I love books that include road trips and spontaneous adventures plus conversations about online vs IRL perceptions & reality.

Dreamstrider by Lindsay Smith: This is an October release which a crazy awesome sounding concept! “A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of political intelligence.” UM YES.

Daughter of Smoke and Bones by Laini Taylor: Because I am the absolute last person in the world to read this series.

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly: I have owned this book for YEAAAARS. It’s a historical fiction novel and it has always intrigued me!

Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas: Another September release! Cinderella retelling YAASS.

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman: Definitely one of my most anticipated book of this year! Wild wild west…I’m so here for this!

Walk On Earth A Stranger by Rae Carson: I’ve been so excited for this one! It’s a mishmash of fantasy and historical fiction (Gold Rush!) and I have NOT read anything like that in the history of ever so I’m stoked!

What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler: This one sounds so emotional and hardhitting…and so so relevant with all the rape cases amongst young people in the news these days + rape culture.

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer: VICTORY IS MINE. I was number like 600 or something on my library waiting list for this one and it is finally miiiiiine!!!! I’ve heard it’s amazing!

 

So tell me..have you read any of these?? What books do you know for sure you are planning to get to this month? Also, if you need some recommendations for books to read check out my Whatcha In The Mood For? series in which I rec books based on genre and mood!

 

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  1. Brittany T says

    September 6, 2015 at 1:12 am

    YAY!! all of those look amazing! i am really hoping to snag a copy of All The Lights We Cannot see since i adore historical fiction! I just finished VR and it was pretty good. Now i’m into Ash & Bramble and it okay so far. Enjoy your reading lady! Sad I Won’t get to see your lovely face tomorrow!
    <3 Britt@ please feed the bookworm

    Reply
    • Jamie says

      September 6, 2015 at 8:05 am

      I’ve heard mixed things about Ash & Bramble so I’m def interested in seeing where I fall! It sounds so promising GAH.

      AND OMG I WILL MISS YOU!!! Have fun for me tomorrow!!!

      Reply
  2. Bec @ Readers in Wonderland says

    September 6, 2015 at 3:07 am

    The only book I’ve read on here is Vengeance Road and it’s SO GOOD. Everything was just perfect and the whole Wild West setting was so much fun. I really want to read Walk on Earth a Stranger at some point because it’s set in a similar time period.

    And after I say the above I realise Daughter of Smoke and Bone is on here too haha. This series is so unique. I love the characters and the world.

    I haven’t planned what I’m going to read in September. I have review books I’m prioritising but uni and exams isn’t leaving much time for reading.

    Reply
    • Jamie says

      September 6, 2015 at 8:07 am

      this makes me happy that you loved Vengeance Road!!! Even more excited!

      UGH hope you can fit in some for fun reading! I honestly barely read back when i was in college. Only in the summertime buuuut I kind of just didn’t prioritize it at all because I was in a dark phase where I was barely reading.

      Reply
  3. Jolien @ The Fictional Reader says

    September 6, 2015 at 3:09 am

    You’ve got such an exciting TBR! I can’t wait for Walk on Earth a Stranger and Dreamstrider. Happy reading šŸ˜€

    Reply
    • Jamie says

      September 6, 2015 at 8:08 am

      I’m hoping it’s a good reading month!! And thanks! šŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Amy Hurt says

    September 6, 2015 at 8:43 am

    I am currently reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Very interesting so far!

    Reply
  5. Lisa @ Bookish Broads says

    September 6, 2015 at 10:22 am

    A Northern Light is one of those quiet, powerful, beautifully written books. Hope you enjoy!

    Reply
  6. Trina says

    September 6, 2015 at 11:10 am

    I can’t wait to read Walk on Earth a Stranger!

    Reply
  7. Megan says

    September 6, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    A Northern Light is great. I think it might be the book that brought my grown-up self back to YA reading, so I am probably rather indebted to it. šŸ˜‰ All of your reads for the month sound good, so whatever you end up reading, I bet you can’t go wrong. Happy reading!

    Reply
  8. Mallory @ The Leaning Tower of Tomes says

    September 6, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    I have only read Daughter of Smoke and Bone, but I absolutely loved it — it was one of my favorite books I read last year. And I’m currently reading Vengeance Road and LOVING IT. I own All the Light We Cannot See but haven’t yet read it… hoping to get to it soon, though. Have fun with all those books! šŸ˜€

    Reply
  9. Annie says

    September 6, 2015 at 7:12 pm

    i haven’t read any of these books but daughter of smoke and bone is on my september tbr as well! so you’re definitely not the LAST person to read it. i’ve heard so many good things about it so even though i’m not super into the whole idea of fallen angels, when my friend was willing to lend it to me, i said yes. this is one of the cases where the hype is getting me to read a book i’d usually never read but i’ve heard too many good things about this series to not be at least a little curious.

    anyway enjoy your september and happy reading!

    Reply
  10. Krystianna says

    September 6, 2015 at 9:38 pm

    Good luck with your TBR! Ash & Bramble is one that I am definitely interested in reading, so I’ll be looking forward to your review! I’m hoping to read Dreamstrider as well. šŸ™‚
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

    Reply
  11. Mel@thedailyprophecy says

    September 7, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    I can’t wait to get a copy from Vengeance road, I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. I absolutely LOVED Walk on earth a stranger. Rae is an amazing author šŸ™‚ Happy reading!

    Reply
  12. Heather says

    September 8, 2015 at 11:36 am

    Looks like a great batch of books! I still haven’t read Daughter of Smoke and Bones and need to remedy that soon. Like you and everyone else, I’m waiting to borrow a copy of All the Light We Cannot See still. On a whim I decided to reread the Wrinkle In Time Series… I was feeling nostalgic. šŸ˜‰

    Reply
  13. Cynthia @ Bingeing On Books says

    September 9, 2015 at 2:39 am

    Vengeance Road was so good!! I hope you get to it.

    Reply
  14. Jade Louise says

    September 11, 2015 at 9:27 am

    Crazy long waitlist for All The Light We Cannot See but yay for finally getting your hands on it!

    Reply
  15. Kyra @ Blog of a Bookaholic says

    September 12, 2015 at 6:37 am

    I so badly want to read Tonight the Streets are Ours, it looks so good and the cover is SO PRETTY! I hope you enjoy Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor’s writing is literal perfection.

    Reply
  16. Beatrice@Book For Thought says

    September 13, 2015 at 9:53 am

    All these books look AMAZING! I’m really curious about Ash & Bramble and I love retellings, so I’ll be very interested in your thoughts. I also plan to read All the Light We Cannot See this month since I heard so many good things about it and somehow managed to get a copy through NetGalley. Happy reading!

    Reply
  17. JoLee says

    September 16, 2015 at 6:29 pm

    Vengeance Road and Walk the Earth a Stranger are on my September TBR list too. Daughter of Smoke and Bone is great on audio, if that’ll help you get through this awesome series. And we are featuring Ash & Bramble on our blog today. My sister reviewed that one, and she really liked it.

    Reply
  18. Tiffany (About to Read) says

    September 16, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    Tonight the Streets Our Ours & Ash and Bramble are on my TBR. Absolutely loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone!

    Reply

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A book recommendation for all my historical fictio A book recommendation for all my historical fiction readers - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. My holy grail historical author came through for me again. I can’t express how much I cared for and was pulled into the lives of these women living in a boardinghouse in DC during the McCarthy era just as much as I was racing to find out what happened in this house. The tension mounted as we got to what actually happened?? Masterful. Truly. #historicalfiction #bookrec #bookrecommendation #historicalfictionbooks @williammorrowbooks
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Book shopping is great but I can’t express how incredible building community is and indie bookshops do just that. I always wanted my own version of Cheers and, while not a bar where everybody knows my name, CBW was that place for me for almost a decade when I built community by going to YA book events there and moderating events. And while I am not able to get there as often as I was before I became a mom and we moved further away, It’s been so special to be able to share this beloved space with Riley.

These indie bookshops are so vital to our communities and I know everyone’s situation is different so this isn’t to shame but That Website can’t replace what can be created in these book spaces. Shop local when you are able! #indiebookshop #bookshop #bookshopping #independentbookstore
Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technic Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technically ATMOSPHERE but I feel like between my stories and my dedicated post to it, I’d rather talk about the book I read before it but didn’t update y’all on.

The Trouble With Anna — I enjoyed this delightful little historical romance about a heroine who is carving out her independence only to find out, when her grandfather dies, that he tied her inheritance/future to marrying her best friend’s brother — a not-so-happy surprise for both of them. I could understand why they both had some guardness/walls up and I enjoyed watching them slowly start to lower them.

Mayhem and the Mortal - I’m not too far into this romantic fantasy but it is one of my most anticipated that came out last month and I’m excited to dig in more.

Hamnet — I know, I know. For April I decided not to make a traditional TBR list of books I wanted to read but instead give myself some prompts to guide my reading (bc I’m overwhelmed with all my choices at hand) without feeling rigid. One of the prompts was to read a book I HAD TO BUY but is still unread. So going to finally get to it. Have you read this one or watched the movie?

What are you currently reading?
I had been waiting for the perfect time to read th I had been waiting for the perfect time to read this one after Random House sent me a finished copy as TJR is a longtime auto-buy author.  I found myself caught up in all the space joy and wonder and feeling quite parasocial about the Artemis crew...I decided now was the time.

I had no idea what I was getting into.

I hadn’t really known what it was about but I didn’t really need to given its TJR & the fact it was 1980s NASA & astronauts.

But this book was about love to me - romantic love, platonic love, familial love, love for something bigger than yourself, love for the person you are & are becoming, love in the face of obstacles, love for what lights you up.

Having been invested in real life astronauts & their journey lately really made this book even more vivid to me — seeing the bonds of the crew so deeply, feeling the fragility that exists while they are doing this wondrous & crazy thing that often still boggles my mind that we can do.

And, hardest to put into words, that feeling of awe in the expansive nature & capabilities of love & the universe that I felt when a husband named a crater after his late wife which doubly helped me understand how Joan & Vanessa felt looking back at earth.

It made me sob & feel everything about being a human so deeply basically from that Frances/Joan phone call at 86% of the way through until the final words. Like could not breathe.

*might be a tiny bit spoilery so beware:

I think the way she wrote this was so impactful bc we start out knowing something bad happens &it’s not even that far when we know that some of them def won’t make it back & some are alive in peril.

I was like ā€œoofā€ when *it* happens early on. But each and every chapter where we learn more about these ppl & their relationships felt agonizing & I was retroactively grieving for them more deeply every turn of the page.

The hurt and grief just compounds from a moment that was sad from the jump to something that had dug in deep to me.

To know what happens right before this mission makes the mission control bits even more excruciating. Makes the peril a character is in hit even harder than just ā€œoh that must be scary!ā€. 

I loved it. I needed it bad.
The theme of Q1 was ā€œjust go with itā€ — it being m The theme of Q1 was ā€œjust go with itā€ — it being my reading whims, quirks and troubles.

Interesting things:

1. January started out rough. I only read 1 physical book and leaned very heavy into audiobooks only. At first it was distressing that my brain -thanks to current events and their effect on my mind - couldn’t work out how to sit down and read with my eyeballs but I was like…let’s just roll with it and wait for it to pass. So I waited and enjoyed a ton of audiobooks.

2. I don’t think I’ve ever read so many thrillers and mysteries in a quarter. It’s a genre I love but I’m normally quite more balanced. However, it’s what I was craving and what my brain was tolerating so…I just went with it.

3. I have always been a reader led by my moods (both how I feel reading wise and personally). This quarter was FERAL. Like the most feral mood reading ever. I couldn’t even categorize it. I’d decide on one book enthusiastically and suddenly I was like…absolutely not that.

4. I read way less fantasy than normal which was WEIRD but I felt like I also wasn’t surprised given my brain space.

5. I really started to resent people even more who said ā€œit’s a book account stop talking about politics etcā€. Babe, I’m a human who gives a shit but ALSO this has and always been an account of MY reading life. And my reading life was profoundly affected by the things that were going on in this country. Like they have been before - whether it’s been current events or things like having a kid, being depressed, slumps, etc.

6. I return to the fact that, for me, I am happiest when I pay attention to my reading whims. The end of the month I had a very specific reading mood (wanted time travel element but not a heavy time travel book) and I decided to pick up A Rip Through Time at the end of the month and I’m now halfway through book 4. Having the best time ever!!! 

Anyways, tell me how your reading life was in Q1! Fave books? Biggest surprises??
New historical fiction books on my radar for April New historical fiction books on my radar for April and I feel like there is quite a bit of variety. Any of these on your TBR? #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction #newbookrelease #newbookreleases
Being someone who reads based on their ever shifti Being someone who reads based on their ever shifting reading moods (sometimes very feral) makes library holds and tbrs very hard. It’s the worst when 5 weeks ago I would have gobbled the library hold up but now when the hold comes in I’m like…I think not. #readersofinstagram #readerproblems #librarylife #librarybooks #moodreader

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