September was a relatively busy month. While addressing my health issues, my doctors decided to change up some of my medications, which caused side effects including crippling fatigue, making it hard to function. Luckily this wasn’t until closer to the end of the month, so I still managed to get some significant reading done, including a ton of ARCs, as well as getting through Rosh Hashanah with the family. The weather has cooled down a lot, which is nice, and I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve busted out all my teas, scented candles, and warmer clothing, and I have entered one of my favorite times of year. Here’s some of my September highlights:

• My blog is continuing to grow a little at a time, and it’s so encouraging!
• I read two nonfiction books, and The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper really changed how I look at the way media covers serial killers.
• I’m continuing to focus on diversity in my reading, and this month I read books by Asian, Latine, LGBTQIA, Black, Indigenous, and Jewish authors, with an emphasis on Latine authors, since it was Hispanic Heritage Month.

Here’s my breakdown of monthly/cumulative totals for September:

September Totals:

• Books read: 41
• Books DNF’d: 1
• Pages read: 9,024
• Hours listened: 7 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes
• Average pages: 376
• Average hours listened: 10 hours, 2 minutes

Cumulative Averages:

• Days per book: 2.61
• Pages read per day: 116.09
• Books read per month: 41.89
• DNF’d books per month: 0.67

Genres Read in September:

• Biography/Memoir: 1
• Fantasy: 23
• General Fiction: 4
• Historical Fiction: 2
• Horror: 2
• Mystery/Suspense: 2
• Romance/Erotica: 5
• Science/Nature: 1
• Science Fiction: 1

Backlist vs. New Releases:

• Backlist books: 18
• 2022 releases: 23

Fiction Vs. Nonfiction:

• Fiction: 39
• Nonfiction: 2

Format Read:

• Print: 12
• Digital: 12
• Audio: 17

Age Range:

• Adult: 25
• YA: 16

My favorite books of the month were When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez and The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore.

Here’s what I read in September:

• When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez (YABC ARC)
• None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney (None Shall Sleep #1)
• The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (Author ARC)
• One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (The Shepherd King #1) (Publisher ARC)
• The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
• Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (Bright Falls #2) (NG ARC)

• The Witch in the Well by Camilla Bruce (NG ARC)
• The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling (The Ex Hex #2) (Libro ALC)
• Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #9) (NG ARC)
• A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson (A Dowry of Blood #1) (Publisher ARC)
• Ten Years Gone by Jonathan Dunsky (Adam Lapid Mysteries #1)
• Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

• Ruination: A League of Legends Novel by Anthony Reynolds (Publisher ARC)
• Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad (NG ARC)
• How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy (YABC ARC)
• The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (The Witch Haven #1)
• StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Libro ALC)
• The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh (Libro ARC)
• The Witch Hunt by Sasha Peyton Smith (The Witch Haven #2) (NG ARC)
• Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa (Libro ARC)
• Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore
• The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
• The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond by Amanda Glaze (Publisher ARC)
• The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel 

• Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Arc of a Scythe #3.5) (NG ARC)
• Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse (NG ARC)
• Hex Appeal by Kate Johnson (NG ARC)
• The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton (The Belles #2)

• Bronze Drum: A Novel of Sisters and War by Phong Nguyen (Publisher ARC)
• Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall (Winner Bakes All #2) (NG ARC)
• Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans (The Burnished City #1) (Publisher ARC)

• On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton 

• Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #2) — reread
• Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #3) — reread
• Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #4) — reread
• Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #5) — reread
• The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #6) — reread
• Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #7) — reread
• False Value by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #8) — reread
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton (The Belles #1) — reread
• A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance #1) — reread

How did your September go?