September TBR
YAY!!! We are heading into the "BRR" months! You know: Septembrrr, Octobrrrr. My area will start the month with temperatures over 100 degrees, but it can't last all month.
I only read a few of the books on my August TBR, so I'm going to consider this TBR a suggestion. Not rules, more like guidelines (name that movie.)
The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State by Donald L. Fixico - I think this is the book I'm leading a book club discussion on in October. It's going on the list.
At this point in time, I'm feeling unconcerned about any of my reading challenges. In fact for several days, I wasn't even interested in choosing my TBR for September. Today, I finally stood in front of my bookshelf and picked out the books that look the best to me right now.
Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer - I have entirely lost track of how many TBRs this book has been on, and still left unread. This is the second book in the series. Mike bought me the third one in March (Accomplice to the Villain). On Friday, I bought the fourth one (Adversary to the Villain). It's getting ridiculous.
The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye - I guess I am somewhat concerned about my reading challenges. This is on the 10 Oldest Books list. I'm pretty sure it is set in a country that is reminiscent of Russia. Oh. Yes. The summary says these two are the only two enchanters in Russia during the Ottoman Empire. What could go wrong?
This Other Eden by Paul Harding - I'm not going to lie. I chose this because it is tiny. I just noticed that its Goodreads rating is 3.71, which is pretty low on average. But if it's terrible, at least it won't last long. I think it is about a black man that moves with his Irish wife to an island in the Atlantic off the coast of the U.S. at the beginning of the 20th century. Over the years, more refugees from "society" join them. Decades later, the "authorities" find them and decide to cleanse the island. A missionary chooses 1 white boy to save and all the others have to go to institutions or get on a boat to wherever it goes.
A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones - I fully expect this to be as funny, and fast-paced as the Charlie Davidson series by the same author. It is set in Del Sol, New Mexico, where Sunshine is the new sheriff in town. Suddenly, the sleepy town is the center of national news due to a serial kidnapper. Not what she signed up for.
That's five books, including Sequoyah. Two of them are most likely very funny. 3 of them are probably very much less so, to varying extents. The Crown's Game is YA, and there is usually some humor to those, but who knows, really. I have not read her work before.
I'm going light on the numbers for September because there is absolutely no telling what I'll have time for. Tulsa Festival Ringers practice starts up next week, but it is only once a week for September. The director wants the sections to practice separately at first, so the bass section only comes on Mondays. And since the 7th is Memorial Day, we don't start until the 14. A reprieve of sorts. I assume it's because the bass music is generally easier, and not because we are such fantastic ringers that we don't need the practice. Lol.
Also in September: 3 Reading Room sessions for the exhibit, the Fall Conference for FDLP libraries, and the beginning of my series of Civics 101 programs with the Tulsa Voter Coalition.
It's fine. I'm fine. Everything's fine. Well, it will be when the weather in Oklahoma is not actively trying to kill me.