September Reading!

[sweet_sparrow]

Hey all! I'm feeling a wee bit swamped in stuff. (And the final days of September/beginning days of October are looking set to be an emotional rollercoaster.)

So I thought I'd inquire into everyone's reading a little earlier. (Obviously, feel free to wait to answer or not answer at all.) What have you been reading in September?

I'd expected to get loads of reading done with classes started up again, but I feel sorely disappointed. That may be because September has been an abysmal month for reviewing, though.

Books I've Read:

Ancient Irish Tales by Cross & Slover (Sorry, lazy. Their names are long.)
Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
Complete Short Fiction by/of Oscar Wilde
Far from You by Lisa Schroeder
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (dnf)
Haiku by Patricia Donegan
Mella and the N'anga by Gail Nyoka
Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger (I've been trying to say something about this book since I finished it.)
The Sound of Water by various poets
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
Writing with Power by Peter Elbow

It's actually not much different from other months. That's about 12 books. My favourite was definitely Mella and the N'anga. I may finish Cybele's Secret before the month is out, but we'll see... I've also been reading Casting the Runes and Other Stories. Soon I shall be all out of coursework mandatory reading... Well, except for LotR, but I know I like LotR and cannot call it 'mandatory'.

What's your reading been like?

Comments

[amanda_in_pajamas]

September is a bad month for reading for me. In addition to the normal stuff that keeps me from curling up with a good book, it's volleyball season. (I'm a MS and HS volleyball official.)

That being said, I did manage to read...
The Outlaw Demon Wails - Kim Harrison
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes - and How to Correct Them - Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich
White Witch, Black Curse - Kim Harrison
Black Magic Sanction - Kim Harrison

Short Stories...
The Bridges of Eden Park - in PBK release of For a Few Demons More - Kim Harrison
Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel - Holidays are Hell - Kim Harrison
Dirty Magic - Hotter than Hell - Kim Harrison
Ley Line Drifter - Unbound - Kim Harrison

I'm currently reading The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn - Alison Gopnik, Ph.D., Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ph.D., and Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D.

[sweet_sparrow]

Looks like you have a Kim Harrison-filled month. ^-^ I've only read one of her books (as Dawn Cook) so far, but liked what I read.

Has it been a good volleyball season so far? (Also rephrasable as "Are you having fun with the volleyball official-ing?")

[amanda_in_pajamas]

My month was definitely filled with vampires, witches, and pixies (oh, my!). It was really weird to pick up something different from my shelves to read. I almost didn't know what to grab.

I haven't read any of the books published under Dawn Cook, but after reading the Hollows books, I definitely want to see what else she has out there.

(Also rephrasable as "Are you having fun with the volleyball official-ing?") If I had to answer that even two days ago I would have said "mostly - it's tiring, but it's fun". And then, yesterday happened. I'm rather disgusted with parents and coaches at the moment.

[sweet_sparrow]

I'm going to have confusion issues myself this month! (My aim is to read all the books based on/drawing on the ballad of Tam Lin.)

She has two series written as Dawn Cook, one of which was recently rereleased. (If you're a cover snob, avoid them. They don't fit the story as well as the original covers even if they're pretty.) That's the one I started in. They're more high fantasy romance, and you'll definitely want to have the second on hand with the first if you like it. It's one of those "One story chopped into two books for length" stories.

*sad noise* I'm sorry yesterday was so bad. I hope there'll be some parents and coaches who restore your faith in them soonish!