August 31, 2024

September TBR

Hooray! September is here! Here is my list of possibilities for reading in September.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte - I will most likely finish this in September, so here it is.

Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallero - I actually got this in at the library this week, so it's going on my September TBR. I have no idea what it's about, but I'm stoked.

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy - This is about a family trying to decide what to do with the home the parents have owned for 50 years on Detroit's East Side. It isn't worth a tenth of it's mortgage (which I have questions about. Did they re-mortgage it over the years? If not, it should be paid off.) The thirteen children have been called back to decide what to do, now that they're father has died and their mother is sick and can't live there alone. This is one of the 10 oldest books on my bookshelf AND it fulfills the Booklist Queen Reading Challenge prompt to read a debut book.

Cruel As the Grave by Sharon Kay Penman - It is time to read the next one in the series for the challenge prompt to read three books by the same author. It's been long enough that I won't feel like I've had to much Justin de Quincy, but not so long that I can't remember anything.

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - I put this one on my Friday Reads because I expect I will be picking it up very early in September. This fulfills the prompt to read a friend's favorite book.

I need to read 3 more books from my shelves to have a chance of meeting that goal this year. I'm way behind. The last three of the above books count for that challenge, but I need more. Here are some options.

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders - How about some sci-fi for a change? This might be Young Adult. I'm not sure. That's all I know.

Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer - This one is definitely YA. This is a sequel to Catfishing on CatNet that I read for Sequoyah back in 2019. This has been sitting on my shelves since 2021. It's short. 300 pages. That's important when you're reading for quantity.

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu - This won a National Book Award, but it also supposed to be funny. It's about a Chinese actor who never gets the leading role. He even feels like Generic Asian Guy in his own life. Also, it has less than 300 pages.

So there we have it. Eight books. That's doable. Eight books toward my Read 100 Books challenge. Six books from my shelves. Four books that fulfill a Booklist Queen Reading Challenge prompt. One book that is from my 10 Oldest Books list. And one book just for fun.