TELL ME TUESDAY
NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT
LAST. NOW. NEXT.
SEPTEMBER READING WRAP-UPTELL 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, and why.
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I am curious why people read what they read, so tell me!
ONE BOOK A WEEK
In 2025 my goal is to continue to keep my reading down to one book a week.
(which is failing in grand fashion because I have already hit 52 books for the year, ha)
THEMES
My September reading theme was witches for Witchtember. You can see my The Wednesday Witch post about it, HERE.
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My October theme is anything spooky, scary, or Halloween themed.
I AM STILL PLAYING CATCH-UP WITH MY LASTS!
Most of the books I read in August and September can be found in my Dog Days of Summer Wrap-Up and my last The Wednesday Witch posts.
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(2.5)
ADULT FANTASY
"HISTORICAL"
WITCHES
Published April 2024 - Libby Borrow
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This was my last title read for Witchtember. My three star ratings mean the book was okay and I'm not sorry I read it. What made me demote it to 2.5 stars? She was trying really hard to make the story philosophically deep, but she never quite pulled it off. I would rather she had just stuck to her simple musings on organized religion, hereditary political/economic power and gender inequality. Her weak philosophizing only led me to frustration. I also took umbrage with the fact she played with historical dates, places, and people and was flippant in the acknowledgments about it. Too many people don't read acknowledgments and come away with erroneous thoughts. I hate this relatively new practice of authors writing any old thing as long as it suits their story and then apologizing afterwards. They should write the story in another word instead.
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I always read acknowledgments now since the time I was busy with a task and the Science Fiction audiobook I was listening to kept playing. The author admitted she never researches whether the "science" elements she uses are factual, or would work or not in reality. She also had a flippant attitude about it.
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Bardugo does write satisfyingly non-cringey romance scenes, though. Ha ha.
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ADULT FICTION
SERIES ONE
PARANORMAL
"HORROR"
Published 2022- Libby Borrow
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I put "horror" in quotes because the story wasn't any scarier than a Middle Grade Goosebumps book. This was my first title for spooky season. I have seen quite a few T. Kingfisher fans saying they didn't care for this one either, so I am going to give her another try. Any suggestions?
(no rating)
ADULT FICTION
HORROR
VAMPIRES
Published 2014 - Libby Borrow
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It looks like this was published posthumously and I'm wondering if she had even intended for this to be published at all. I haven't rated it because a character element in the story disturbed me and I felt like it might color my opinion of the quality of the book. I have loved the other three books I have read of hers, so I was let down by this one. It reminds me of when the To Kill a Mockingbird sequel was published from a "found" manuscript that completely changed a character and ruined the love and respect people had for that character. Harper Lee said that TKaM was the only book she ever wrote. That is why I am suspect of any "found" post-death manuscripts publishers have and published.
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"MIDDLE GRADE"
GRAPHIC NOVEL
CONTEMPORARY
AFRICAN CULTURE
IMMIGRATION
Published 2017 - Libby Borrow
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What is it with UK authors and gun violence in MG books? It's really disturbing to me. The story was filled with graphic death, and talk about prostitution and other adult subjects. As Middle Grade it's irresponsible. I also didn't like the fact that no one who worked on this story was African nor even Black for that matter. The author wrote the Artemis Fowl series. This popped up in my Libby recommendations for some reason.
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(4.5)
MEMOIR
GHOST HUNTING
HISTORY
Published 2023 - Own Ebook
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If you've ever watched Ghost Hunters you'll love this book. If you like ghost hunting shows in general you will at least like this book. I was amazed at the amount of in-depth research Steve does before every hunt. He talks about more of the history of their top locations than they had time for during the shows. The minus .5 star comes from the inclusion of too many of his favorite movies and too much talk about his love of Disney World. Ha ha.
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I was friends with Steve on Twitter (I have deleted all of my Twitter accounts now) because he posted a photo from a Walmart parking lot where they had stopped to take a rest from driving. He said he was excited for that night's investigation. There was a Walmart tractor trailer in the picture, so I asked if they were investigating a haunted Walmart truck (just to be funny) and he immediately followed me. Heh heh. He is a reader, so we had quite a few book discussions.
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The ebook is $1.99 at the time of this post.
ADULT FICTION
SCIENCE FICTION
LUNAR CITY
Published 2017 - Libby Borrow
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I haven't done the #ReadForGrace reading challenge in two years, but I'm back and ready to go again. Grace, Grace Rebel Mommy Book Blog, was a wonderful book blogger who passed away from breast cancer in 2019. Lauren from Bookmark Lit started a yearly challenge to either read a book from Grace's favorites list or from her Goodreads TBR on October 14th, which was her birthday. I changed that up a bit and pledged to read a book from her TBR every October, which is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year I am reading Artemis by Andy Weir. I loved both The Martian and Project Hail Mary, so I am hoping to love this one.
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I also buy used paperbacks of each book, from Better World Books, and put them in a Little Free Library.
NONFICTION
MOVIE HISTORY
Published 2023 - Edelweiss ARC
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This will be my last spooky season read.
SCIENCE FICTION
SERIES ONE
POST APOCALYPTIC
Published 2012 - Own Ebook
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I have had this ebook forever. I now have the other two books in the series, so I thought I would read it for November Sci-Fi Month. I just saw at least one of them is a prequel, so I might switch up and read that one instead. I'm going to ask on Reddit what the best order is to read them in. The rest of the month I want to read vintage Science Fiction.
SEPTEMBER READING WRAP-UP
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BOOKS READ
EIGHT
ARCS
NONE
PHYSICAL BOOKS
NONE
EBOOKS
SIX
AUDIOBOOKS
TWO
MANGA - GRAPHIC NOVELS - COMICS
TWO
MIDDLE GRADE
THREE
YOUNG ADULT
TWO
ADULT FICTION
THREE
NONFICTION
NONE
RE-READS
NONE
MY FAVORITE BOOK IN SEPTEMBER
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This was the best one yet. I wish I could give it six stars! It even made me tear up.
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2025
YEAR TO DATE TOTALS
BOOKS READ
57
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NONFICTION 8/6
MIDDLE GRADE 8/12
NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST NATIONS AUTHORS 3/4
MUSIC 0/4
PLAYS 0/4
BACKLIST ARCS 4/4
CLASSICS 3/6
RE-READS 5/4
FREEBIES/99¢ KINDLE BOOKS 9/4
NYT 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 3/4
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MIDDLE GRADE - 8
YOUNG ADULT - 11
ADULT FICTION - 30
NONFICTION - 8
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GRAPHIC NOVELS/MANGA - 4
AUDIOBOOKS - 4
EBOOKS - 53
PHYSICAL COPIES - 0
BORROWED - 22
What are you reading? Tell me!
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