September 2019 Wrap Up

September was a really great reading month. My reading always picks up in the fall and the spring, and I found a few favorite reads this month. Below are the books I read in September. Stay tuned for upcoming reviews!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven #2) by Brandon Mull
⭐⭐⭐⭐★ To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Of Foster Homes and Flies by Chad Lutzke

⭐⭐⭐★★ Dear Laura by Gemma Amor
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
⭐⭐⭐⭐★ Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven #3) by Brandon Mull

⭐⭐⭐⭐★ The Vegetarian by Han Kang
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Violet by Scott Thomas - {my review}
⭐⭐★★★ Poetry Magazine September 2019

⭐⭐⭐⭐★ Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven #4) by Brandon Mull
[dnf] The Bone Ships (The Tide Child #1) by R.J. Barker
⭐⭐⭐★★ Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

Best of the Month

My favorite read of the month was To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers.

In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the solar system instead transform themselves.

Ariadne is one such explorer. As an astronaut on an extrasolar research vessel, she and her fellow crewmates sleep between worlds and wake up each time with different features. Her experience is one of fluid body and stable mind and of a unique perspective on the passage of time. Back on Earth, society changes dramatically from decade to decade, as it always does.

Ariadne may awaken to find that support for space exploration back home has waned, or that her country of birth no longer exists, or that a cult has arisen around their cosmic findings, only to dissolve once more by the next waking. But the moods of Earth have little bearing on their mission: to explore, to study, and to send their learnings home.

Carrying all the trademarks of her other beloved works, including brilliant writing, fantastic world-building and exceptional, diverse characters, Becky's first audiobook outside of the Wayfarers series is sure to capture the imagination of listeners all over the world.

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What's your favorite read from September?