What I Read: September

I'm linking up with The Book Date, Feed Your Fiction Addiction, and Cocoon of Books for this monthly review! 

isn't this natural bridge/cave so gorgeous?? I actually took this picture a couple months ago when my friends were visiting and we hiked here. 

It's that time again! That time when we all scratch our heads in confusion that somehow time keeps chugging along and yet another month has passed.

I can't say I was too surprised to see my calendar flip to October-- I was looking forwards to the (hopefully) autumn weather and September was kind of dragging along.

October is also exciting because it means that NaNoWriMo is only one month away! Ever since I decided (like two weeks ago) to do NaNo this year I've been super pumped.

Not that this has caused me to plan or plot or do anything vaguely resembling helpful activity. Of course not.

Anyway! Before I delve into the books I read during the month of September, I thought I would start a new monthly feature-- my favorite moment/event from the month.

My favorite event during September was a gospel choir reunion picnic/concert extravaganza. Last year my friend introduced me to a gospel community choir that gets together once a year, bringing in people from gospel backgrounds and people from traditional choral backgrounds. After a couple weeks of practice there is a huge concert and it's so much fun! I'm from a fairly traditional church (swaying is only allowed on certain Sundays and no one is allowed to clap) so it is a blast for me to sing gospel songs that have so much soul! Since once a year is not very often, we had a mini community choir reunion in September where we ate a bunch of food, sang some songs, and generally had a great time.

Now onto the books!

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Oyster Catcher by Jo Thomas

  

The Medievalist by Anne-Marie Lacy
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains  by Isabella Bird

Best of Bunch is a new feature I'm trying out! This was a tough month but I want to say that The Oyster Catcher was perhaps my favorite-- but the ending of The Beautiful Ones helped redeem a mostly boring storyline (more thoughts/rants to come) so I was torn.

For the most disappointing read this month I had to sadly go with This Side of Murder. Like I wrote in my review, this isn't a bad book per se, I just had higher expectations for this particular author. 

Whew! Is this the longest post I've ever written? It feels like it. If you have made it to the end then congrats, I appreciate you so much :) Let me know in the comments below what your favorite read in September was! Biggest disappointment?