Well hello everyone! And how are you doing today? Me, I’m doing pretty well. The hubs, the roommate, and I are all adapting to being, well, roommates. It’s going pretty well so far in the sense that no one has died from food poisoning…yet. She reads my blog and will be highly offended by that!

I also celebrated my birthday yesterday! So far, 43 is a lot like 42, except now I’m not a Douglas Adams reference anymore. The hubs and I did see a great movie called The Creator last night. It has a few plot holes, but we really enjoyed the movie. It was filmed largely in real-world locals, not green screen, so the scenery was spectacular. If you like original Sci-Fi stories, you might want to give this one a shot.

But on to the books!

I read 7 books in September.

Yours Truly still resonates with me a month later. It was one of the first books I read in September. The main male protagonist has some pretty bad anxiety, and I can relate to that. Abby Jimenez did a great job covering both of her character’s mental health issues. However if you aren’t a fan of the “they should just talk about this but don’t” trope, you may not like it.

Dating Dr. Dil has some fabulous Aunties in it. This book made me laugh and I can’t wait to read the sequel, which is out, just not on audiobook, which is how I want to read it. Sigh.

True Biz is a book about a deaf school and the community surrounding it. It has a lot of interesting perspectives in it and my book club had a lot of interesting and insightful things to say on the topic! It was a great read! I co-read (audio and physical at the same time) as there are actual depictions of sign language in the book.

Back in a Spell is the third book in the Witches of Thistle Grove series. Lana Harper is not scared of featuring diverse relationships in her stories, and this one was no exception, what with a pansexual female protagonist and a nonbinary (uses he/them pronouns) protagonist. It was a very good read and I will be venturing back to Thistle Grove for book four!

The Love Con was a book I really wanted to like, and I think if I had not read the audiobook, I probably would have. I will say that while stories about reality TV shows are not my favorite and that I usually DNF them, I did finish this one so, draw forth from that what you will. The narrator for the audiobook was just lacking something. I have the physical copy, so I may give it another try in the future.

Better Than Fiction was a fun romp into found family, actual family, and a truly chaotic bookstore situation. I found myself getting genuinely angry on behalf of the female protagonist every time her father appeared. I really enjoyed this read!

Go Hex Yourself was the second witchy book I read last month and I loved it. It was fun! I will say this much though, I had to look up the book to see what it was about because I forgot! So fun, but not hugely memorable.

The Matzah Ball was my one DNF this month. The writing style was great and I liked the female protagonist. That being said, the male main protagonist starts acting terribly towards her about halfway through in a way that I couldn’t stand behind. I know he would probably redeem himself, but women going on to be with men who treat them cruelly in some way just doesn’t sit right with me.

What books have you DNF’d lately?