September 2014 Wrap-Up

Physical books from the month! (part1)

September was an interesting month. It started with me marathoning the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, which promptly just broke me for a week, I think. I highly recommend that you pick up anything by Sanderson, that will convince you to continue on with them.

Overall, I read - books this month, it's been a great month. I upped my Goodreads goal to 250, which is completely terrifying, but I'm just going to lower it in December if there's no way I can hit it. But I had a secret goal to hit 200 books this month!

• The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5)
• The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5)
• The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5)
• The Merciless by Danielle Vega (3/5)
• Tinder by Sally Gardner (3/5)
• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #1) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5)
• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) by Rick Riordan (5/5)
• The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson #2) by Rick Riordan (5/5)
• The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson #3) by Rick Riordan (5/5)
• The Battle of the Labrynth (Percy Jackson #4) by Rick Riordan (5/5)
• The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson #5) by Rick Riordan (5/5)
• Revolver by Marcus Sedwick (4/5)
• Single by Saturday (Weekday Brides #4) by Catherine Bybee (3/5)
• Taken by Tuesday (Weekday Brides #5) by Catherine Bybee (3/5)
• Opal Fire (A Stacy Justice Mystery #1) by Barbra Annino (2/5)
• Not Quite Dating (Not Quite #1) by Catherine Bybee (3/5)
• Not Quite Mine (Not Quite #2) by Catherine Bybee (3/5)
• Purity in Death (In Death #15) by J.D. Robb (5/5)
• Portrait in Death (In Death #16) by J.D. Robb (5/5)
• The Little World of Liz Climo by Liz Climo (5/5)
• Girl on Tour (Kylie Ryans #2) by Caisey Quinn (2/5)
• Imitation in Death (In Death #16) by J.D. Robb (5/5)
• Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5)

I'm not sure my favorite things I read of the month was, honestly, like I said earlier the Mistborn series definitely broke me a little. I've just realized, having just finished Warbreaker, that I've read 5 books by Brandon Sanderson and they could all probably claim my favorite for the month, especially the Mistborn series.

Though, I also really enjoyed reread the Percy Jackson series and getting back into the In Death series. Basically, I loved a lot of things I loved this month. Some of things were just already, but most I really, really liked.

Uhh... Warbreaker is accidentally in both
pictures. Oops.

Reviews:

Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest

The Name of the Wind (Audio + Physical)

The Infernal Devices Series Review

The Mortal Instruments Series Review

2014: Book Reviews (10)

2014: Book Reviews (11)

Everything else:

August Wrap-Up

September TBR

Waiting on Wednesday (6)

Musing Mondays (5): Read-A-Thons

It's Monday! What are you reading? (1)

It's Monday! What are you reading? (weekly wrap-up) (2)

Waiting on Wednesday (7)

Banned Books Week (September 21st - 27th)

Read-A-Thon Related:

Read-a-thon and a Read-a-Long (R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril IX & The Raven Cycle ReadALong)

September Read-a-Thon(s) (Tackle Your TBR & treesofreverie)

September 2014 Read-A-Thons Update Post (Tackle Your TBR) (1)

September 2014 Read-A-Thons Update Post (Tackle Your TBR & treesofreverie) (2)

September 2014 Read-A-Thons Update Post (treesofreverie) (3)

Tackle Your TBR Wrap-Up

Dewey's 24-hour read-a-thon! (October 18th, 2014) - announcement of participation

September 2014 Read-A-Thons Update Post (Tackle Your TBR) (1)

Tackle Your TBR is a read-a-thon being hosted by Wishful Endings (direct to read-a-thon post). This is going to my daily update post for the first part of the read-a-thon, instead of the daily separate posts I do for things like Bout of Books, just because I don't think I'm going to get that level of reading done.

Monday, September 8th:
Number of books Read Today: 1
Pages Read Today: 279
Books(today):
The Merciless by Danielle Vega (started and finished - 279 pages)

Notes:
I was really in the mood for horror, especially after doing research for that RIP read-a-thon thing (my post about it here), and this was much better then I expected. I think I kind of pre-judged it based on the bright pink cover, but I do love the design. And the contents was pretty awesome, too, I gave it 4/5 stars.

Tuesday, September 9th:
Number of Books Read Today: 0
Total Number of Books: 1
Pages Read Today: 75
Total Number of Pages: 354
Books(today):
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) by Rick Riordan (started - 75 pages)

Notes:
I decided to start rereading The Lightning Thief. I didn't feel good all day - so I finally got to read stuff just before bed, and then passed out.

Wednesday, September 10th:
Number of Books Read Today: 0
Total Number of Books: 1
Pages Read Today: 106
Total Number of Pages: 460
Books(today):
Tinder by Sally Gardner (started - 106 pages)

Notes:

I think not feeling so well, therefore not being able to focus very well, had definitely thrown me into a bit of a reading slump. I'm going to try and read more tomorrow, though, and not get completely distracted.

Thursday, September 11th:

Number of Books Read Today: 2
Total Number of Books: 3
Pages Read Today: 458
Total Number of Pages: 918
Books(today):
Tinder by Sally Garner (finished - 150 pages)
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #1) by Brandon Sanderson (started and finished - 308 pages).

Notes:
Today was definitely a pretty good reading day. I got my bind-up of Alcatraz in the mail today and decided to give the first book a short and accidentally finished it. Sanderson hangover cured? Maybe? Anyway - I cured the page count for that first book from the separate book instead of my bind-up, it equals the same stuff read, anyway, and it was some great books. Seriously - a ton of fun to read, totally ridiculous, and very original.

Friday, September 12th:

Number of Books Read Today: 1
Total Number of Books: 4
Pages Read Today: 448
Total Number of Pages: 1,366
Books(today):
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) by Rick Riordan (finished - 300 pages)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson #2) by Rick Riordan (started - 148 pages)

Notes:
Ah - rereading Percy Jackson. I'd forgotten a lot, or hadn't thought about some of the campers/characters in a long time. I miss them, for multiple reasons, but it's fun to be back. I don't think I'll marathon all five in a row, I also want to reread 1-4 of Heroes of Olympus before October 7th, too. It's going to be fun, I think, and I want everything fresh in my mind.

I hope you all had great days, I am feeling a bit better then I have been, I was starting to feel a bit better yesterday, too. If you're participating / if you're just reading - link me to your update post / blog.

Saturday, September 13th:

Number of Books Read Today: 2
Total Number of Books: 6
Pages Read Today: 460
Total Number of Pages: 1,826
Books(today):
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson #2) by Rick Riordan (finished - 140 pages)
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson #3) by Rick Riordan (started and finished - 320 pages)

Notes:

I - whatever, it was a weird day. Anyway, obviously I really, really loved these books. They're a reread and I'd forgotten so much in the three+ years it's been - seriously I'd forgotten so much.

Alright and now I'm going to start a part two for this Sepember read-a-thon thing - same set up, it'll probably be up Monday, and I'll link it here!