September Recap & October Reading Plan

September ended up being a very productive month for reading! I finished 15 this month – 8 audio and 7 print books. I also finished my 2023 reading goal of 102 books for the year! Let’s take a look back the reviews of those books – click below to visit the reviews:

5 Stars

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry (review coming next week!)
• Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Lead From the Outside by Stacey Abrams

I loved each of these books so much! They were all great books, but the top book of the month has to be Book Lovers! I enjoyed the romantic comedy and quick-witted dialogue, and the small-town romance factor! Eligible was a close second in terms of RomCom. Maybe because I read Eligible just before Book Lovers, but I pictured my main characters in Book Lover as Matthew Macfayden and Kiera Knightly from the 2005 “Pride and Prejudice” movie!

4 Stars

• Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
• First Family by Joseph J. Ellis (review coming next week)
• On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark
• The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
• The Summer Melt by Emily March
• Tom Clancy Command and Control by Marc Cameron
• Triptych by Karin Slaughter

3 Stars

• Culture Jock by Kenny Noble Cortes (review coming next week)
• Ellis River by Nicki Ehrlich
• The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
• Triangle by Katharine Weber

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October Reading Plan

I’m looking to go a little lighter in October, but there’s still plenty of room for mystery and magic! 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 October:

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September Book Club selections:

The Girlfriend Book Club October Pick: The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Don’t forget – I’ve already read this in August! You can read the full review here.

The Friends & Fiction Book Club prompt a bewitching book: Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

I’m actually reading 3 Hoffman books this month!

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October 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: South of the Buttonwood Tree, Heather Webber
• Current audio book: Homeward, Angela Jackson-Brown
• Book I’m most looking forward to: Magic Lessons, Alice Hoffman