September started out as a fairly strong reading month, until I got bogged down with an audiobook that just was not living up to potential. Then Mr and I decided to take a spontaneous short trip to celebrate our anniversary, and while I finished two books while away, it barely counts since there were mere chapters remaining in each. Curious about the reads of September? Read on!

Titles & Star-Ratings (with format!):
📖 Good Fortune (CK Chau) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📱 Marry Me by Midnight (Felicia Grossman) ⭐⭐⭐1/2
📖 Lola at Last (JC Peterson) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📖 The Hike (Lucy Clarke) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📱 Aphrodite and the Duke (JJ McAvoy) ⭐⭐⭐

With two more Austenesque titles making the list this month, I feel like I’m {back} in my Jane Austen retelling era. And I am more than okay with that – there’s something supremely comforting about Jane {I foresee a post or two about such things}, and I thoroughly enjoy seeing how others take the familiar stories and spin them anew. I’m even okay when you add sea monsters to the mix, which I know is blasphemy to some Janeites. But that’s a discussion for another day, another post.

I’ve got quite a list of books I want to read in the next few months – October is officially the start of Christmas Reading season for me {expect a series of posts on this!}, and as the weather changes, my reading tastes change. I’m looking for cozy and sweet and stories I can get lost in.

As you can see, September was a very good book haul month {I always fall victim to good sales at BookOutlet}, so I should have plenty of options!

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