September Wrap-Up

I didn't initially think this would be a big reading month since I've been so busy with returning to work, which really cut down on my reading in August. It's still maybe nothing to brag about, but not only did I read more than last month, but I'm currently in the middle of a book I'm really enjoying, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman, and that's the best gift this month could give me!

I finished FOUR book club reads this month, two for my clubs this month and two for next. The Bookshop of Yesterdays was my own suggestion, since I loved the author's more recent The Imperfects. The latter book was definitely better as, you know, one would hope for a second book, but The Bookshop of Yesterdays was a fun read. I found the mystery element so predictable that it spoilt my enjoyment of the book, but in the end, who can't love a book with a protagonist Miranda, a Prospero Books, and endless circle of literary references to spare? This month, I also read "Speech Sounds," by Octavia Butler, available online, in celebration of her well-deserved turn on the NYT Bestsellers list. Honestly, I can't believe she hadn't made it before. She's one of my favorite authors, and for better or worse, she had a witheringly acute sense of human nature...even though she always let hope seep through her prophetic dystopian scenarios. 

Read This Month

1. A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum
2. "Speech Sounds" a short story by Octavia Butler
3. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
4. About My Mother by Peggy Rowe
5. The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson