August Recap & September Reading Plan

This month has flown by! How many books did you read in August? I finished 13 this month – 7 audio and 6 print books. Let’s take a look back the reviews of those books – click below to visit the reviews:

5 Stars

• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (this is the 2nd book I’ve read by Ng to be rated top marks!)
• While You Were Out – Meg Kissinger
• You Matter – Matthew Emerzian (August is the first month I’ve had a self-improvement book listed in the top reads of the month!)

It is really hard to choose a favorite again this month. I loved all 4 of these books because of their honesty and openness in regard to mental health challenges. I did not set out to read a group with that topic, but it definitely became the month of mental health! My favorite nonfiction book of the month was While You Were Out – this honest family memoir really struck a chord with me. I can relate to the pain and guilt these family members had and the healing process they endure still. My favorite fiction book would be Little Fires Everywhere – going in without any real context, I was surprised at how Ng captured nearly every aspect of adoption, the desire to have a child, and the desire to resolve an unwanted pregnancy. These were great books!

4 Stars

• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
• Finding Me by Viola Davis
• Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
• Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich (review to be posted in a few days)
• The Butterly Collector by Tea Cooper
• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
• The First Ladies by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
• The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis

3 Stars

• Abigail Adams by Janet Whitney

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September Reading Plan

Our September reading plan is PACKED! Beyond our typical reading challenges, there are 4 holidays this month. You can download a printable copy of the full reading plan here. You can grab your copies at our Bookshop.org page.

Booklist Queen Reading Challenge Prompts for September:

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September Book Club selections:

The Girlfriend Book Club September Pick: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Don’t forget – I’ve already read this a few months back! You can read the full review here.

The Friends & Fiction Book Club prompt Jane Austen retelling: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

I love Jane Austen and can’t wait to dig in to this one!

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September Monthly Holidays:

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September Nonfiction:

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I can’t wait to read these great books with you – keep an eye out for the weekly previews on Sundays for what I’m reviewing each week!

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What I’m Reading

• Current print book: Command and Control, Marc Cameron
• Current audio book: Kinfolk, Sean Dietrich
• Book I’m most looking forward to: Triptych, Karen Slaughter