Another month, another TBR ~

August was a pretty solid month! I had some chronic illness flare-ups that weren’t fun and spent the last week or so in a really bad state of fatigue and brain fog, but we had some REALLY fun highlights, such as…

• trading our tiny Kia Rio in for a roomy Nissan Pathfinder that I adore already
• going inside Target for the first time since early 2020 (and spending way too much money on Halloween decor and books for the kiddo)
• lots of windows-down joy rides to enjoy the (slightly) cooler temps
• painting and re-decorating several rooms in our home, just for the hell of it
• drinking copious amounts of pumpkin coffee
• as always, ALL the kitten cuddles ♥

August goal check-in: 

1. Catch up on ALL buddy/group reads (I almost succeeded at this one!)
2. Read 50+ pages per day ✅ (I technically missed ONE day, but I was sick that day and I’m counting this one as a win regardless)
3. Post 3+ blog tags ✅

My goals for September are: 

1. Read 60+ pages per day (the 50+ per day was a great challenge, so I thought I’d up it a little!)
2. Catch up on my Goodreads goal (I think I’m behind by 5 right now)
3. Catch up on reviews (I have 15 waiting to be written, oops!)

september’s picks:

Will I ever learn my lesson and STOP making unreasonably huge TBR lists? Nah, probably not! 🙃 Most of these are buddy reads or previous TBR catch-ups, like I mentioned in my 2022 goal check-in post earlier this week.

🍁 SPYxFAMILY, Volumes 5-8 // Tatsuya Endo: I have 5-7 checked out from the library right now, and got an eARC of 8!
🍁 The Girl from the Other Side, Vol. 1 // Nagabe: My best friend Malli LOVES this series so I checked out the first volume from the library!
🍁 Only Human // Sylvain Neuvel: Misty and I are finishing our trilogy buddy read and I’m so excited to see how it ends!
🍁 How to Be a Good Creature // Sy Montgomery: Malli hauled this memoir recently and it looked so good, I ordered a copy, too, so we’re buddy reading it!
🍁 Black Tide // K.C. Jones: This was on my summer TBR, and Ashley is buddy reading it with me! We’ve been buddy reading a lot lately and I love it 🥰

🍁 The Final Girl Support Group // Grady Hendrix: One of my favorite authors, a 2022 TBR pick, and I get to read it with the amazing Kay!
🍁 Kingdom of the Cursed // Kerri Maniscalco: I buddy read KotW with Jordyn last month, but she wasn’t ready to continue the series and I want to catch up before KotF’s release, so Ashley is buddy reading this with me (well, a re-read for her)!
🍁 Wolfsong // T.J. Klune: I’ve been wanting to read this SO badly for YEARS, so I’m finally reading it as a buddy read with Leslie and Dini!
🍁 My Heart is a Chainsaw // Stephen Graham Jones: This is on my 2022 TBR and the Horror Aficionados group on Goodreads is reading it, so I’m joining in the group read.
🍁 Delilah Green Doesn’t Care // Ashley Herring Blake: This got chosen for our Books Out of the Blue discord group read in September!

🍁 One Cup at a Time // Matt Tarpley: I LOVED the first Cat’s Cafe book, so I was ecstatic to get the eARC of this follow-up comic collection — and then lucked up and pulled it as one of my September TBR jar picks!
🍁 Full Throttle // Joe Hill: Another perfectly timed TBR jar pick for the month, as I’m trying to catch up on my “12 in 12” TBR and this was Sarah’s recommendation for me!
🍁 Hammers On Bone // Cassandra Khaw: Finishing up my summer TBR picks!
🍁 Frightmares // Eva V. Gibson: My last remaining summer TBR book!
🍁 Tender is the Flesh // Agustina Bazterrica: I’ve been itching to pick this up every single time I see it on my shelf or see anyone talk about it, and it’s on my “12 in 12” TBR list.
🍁 A Dowry of Blood // S.T. Gibson: Another one from my “12 in 12” TBR list AND my 2022 TBR list, too!

What are you reading this month?

— destiny ♥

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