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September 2020

I’ve been reading a lot lately, and not always feeling like I want to write a full review for each book read (or sometimes I just don’t have much to say about a book). So I was inspired by Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit posts, as well as Hannah at So Obsessed Withβ€˜s monthly Quick Lit posts, and decided to do something similar as a way to briefly discuss the books I read in a month but don’t write full reviews for.

My September reading really slowed down. I was mostly spending my free time watching horror movies and consuming BTS content. I read 10 books in September, including these that have already been reviewed here on the blog:

None Shall Sleep, Ellie Marney;

Solutions and Other Problems, Allie Brosh; and

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Victoria Schwab.

Here are my thoughts on the other books I read last month:

The Animals at Lockwood Manor, Jane Healey (library) – 4⭐

This was an absorbing story that was a good slow-build gothic-y read.

This Savage Song, Victoria Schwab (e-ARC) – 3.5⭐

Somehow this book by my favourite author was one I hadn’t read yet. I have to admit, this took a long time for me to get into and if it hadn’t been by my fave, I probably would have put it down about halfway through. But it picked up in the end and got much more intriguing, although I’m on the fence about whether or not I would read the sequel.

The New Girl, Harriet Walker (library)- 3⭐

This was good. I didn’t get as into this one as I had hoped to, but it had its moments.

The Hole, Hye-Young Pyun (owned) – 3⭐

A strange, slow, tense story that kept upping the tension and dread right to the end. I’m not sure I fully understood what was happening, but I liked trying to figure it out.

Take Me Apart, Sara Sligar (owned) – 3.5⭐

I liked this book and its slowly building tension. The more I read, the more it pulled me in, and I found myself unable to put it down after awhile.

Vita Nostra, Marina and Sergey Dyachenko; Julia Meitov Hersey (Transl.) (library) – 4⭐

This book was a fascinating mindbender! I think the comparison to The Magicians is apt, but it is also very much its own thing. I loved this dark gem!

Rules For Vanishing, Kate Alice Marshall (owned) – 3⭐

This was fine, but I didn’t love it the way I hoped it would. The story moved quickly enough, but it felt a bit muddled to me and I wasn’t invested in the characters.

What have you been reading lately?

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