LA LA IN THE LIBRARY: TELL ME TUESDAY #362 - Last. Now. Next. - September Reading Wrap-Up - My Weekly Pull #GraphicNovels #Witches #AmReading #BookGiveaways

LAST. NOW. NEXT.

NUMBER THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO

SEPTEMBER READING WRAP-UP

MY WEEKLY PULL

TELL ME TUESDAY is a floating feature, depending on your reading style, where you tell us what you read last, what you are reading now, what you will be reading next from your tbr pile, and why. I am curious why people read what they read, so tell me!

LAST WEEK'S TMT

MY GOODREADS REVIEW

★★★

ADULT FICTION

PRACTICAL MAGIC SERIES

FANTASY

WITCHES

Published October 5th 2021 - NetGalley

I'm going to admit that, after the two brilliant prequels she gave us, I was more than a little disappointed with this book.

GOODREADS

★★★★★

YA/MG

HARRY POTTER SERIES

FANTASY

Published 1997 - Own All Formats

I have re-read Sorcerer's Stone starting on Back to Hogwarts Day, September first, for the last four years. Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

GOODREADS

★★

YOUNG ADULT

STANDALONE

HISTORICAL FICTION

NEWBERY AWARD

Published 1958 - Overdrive Borrow

This book did not age well. The fact that the Puritans and the Quakers were against slavery, and that's why they weren't rich like plantation owners in Jamaica, was hidden in a couple of off-hand statements characters made. In my opinion there was a big missed opportunity to talk about slavery economics. The Native Americans in the story were portrayed as war mongering heathens. Which I kind of expected from a book written in the 1950s, but it still caught me off guard. I did think the witch hunting elements were well done, though.

MY GOODREADS REVIEW

★

ADULT FICTION

STANDALONE

COZY STYLE

PARANORMAL ROMANCE

WITCHES

Published September 28th 2021 - NetGalley

The summaries I read made me think this was diverse Literary Fiction, not the badly written cozy style Paranormal cheesy Romance that it was. The diverse content was a paragraph or two. I wish Goodreads had a zero star rating.

MY GOODREADS REVIEW

★★★★

(3.5)

ADULT FICTION

STANDALONE

HISTORICAL FICTION

MAGICAL REALISM

WITCHES

Published February 2019 - Hoopla Borrow

This story was filled with furry and feathered friends. I really enjoyed its atomospheric overtones. It's a perfect read for spooky season! This was real Magical Realism where you don't know if the fantasy magic is real in the story, or not. Too many people identify books like the Practical Magic books as Magical Realism when they're not because in the story you know the magic is real.

MY GOODREADS REVIEW
★★★★

(4.5)

GOODREADS

ADULT FICTION

ALEX STERN SERIES #1

URBAN FANTASY

GHOSTS

Published October 2019 - Own Ebook

I didn't care for this book when I first started reading it a few months ago, so I set it aside. I am liking it much more now, but she has used a couple of vocabulary words incorrectly and misinterpreted a line in a poem. I hate sloppiness like that. She has also been loosening her magic rules to make plot progression easier, again sloppy. However she has me fully invested in her characters and turning pages wanting to know what's going to happen next.