My September 2026 Reads
Today is the last day of September, it’s crazy how tomorrow will be OCTOBER! YAY, it’s ‘scary month’! I LOVE HALLOWEEN! But for now, it is time to share what I read this month. I went in between reading one arc and listening to an alc of the same book. The rest of my books were audiobooks.
Here are the books I completely read this month. They are listed in the order that I finished them:
This is Me: A Reckoning by Hayden Panettiere
The First Scarlet Door by J.D. Barker – 4 stars- Advanced copies, I went between reading and listening to this one.
Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict- 4 stars
The Survivors Guild by Gabriella Saab- 4 stars
I declined to rate Hayden Panettiere’s memoir. Memoirs can be tricky things as it is someone’s life, and they will share what they choose to share. It is harder to rate a memoir once a person has passed as she recently has. And this memoir was only published a few months before her death. My review for her memoir will be forthcoming.
My other reads each received four stars. Out of those three my top read was The Survivors Guild. It is historical fiction and based on the aftermath of the Titanic sinking and two women of different classes and an infant. This book was compelling listening!
What did YOU read in September?
My August 2026 Reads
It’s the last day of August and it’s time to share what I read this month! This month’s post will be a little different as I am choosing to NOT have a ‘top rated read’ or ‘lowest rated read’. The reason is because of what I read this month. I listened to three audio books, which were a series, and after way too long, I finished a book I was sent by another author. The #4MK trilogy was basically a continuous story and the first two books I had read back in 2017 and 2018. These were read again as the first in a prequel trilogy is being released in September and J.D. Barker and his publisher sent the original trilogy AND an arc of the upcoming prequel! Many thanks to them for sending me those books!
And I also received Aoh by Jennifer Renson earlier in the year. But thanks to The Crash on Netflix, I have been watching a lot of True Crime documentaries. And this is interfering with my reading! Many thanks to Jennifer for sending me the book and her wonderful patience in me for finally completing it!
Let’s see if I can get my reading mojo back/watch less documentaries and get The First Scarlet Door read before publication day on September 22nd! This it the title of the first of the prequel trilogy to the #4MK trilogy!
Here is what I read in August:
The #4MK trilogy by J.D. Barker:
The Fourth Monkey- 5 stars
The Fifth to Die- 4.5 stars
The Sixth Wicked Child- 4.5 stars
Aoh by Jennifer Renson- 4 stars
What was your August reading month like? Let’s see what September and the Fall brings us! Fall is my favorite season and I am ready for it to cool off as it has been super hot this summer!
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I have no idea how it is August 1st, but it is a new month and time to share what I read in July: They were all audio listens. One short story and three full length novels. My love of documentaries is still interfering with my physical/ kindle reading….. I’m sorry to Jennifer Renson who sent me Aoh earlier this year… I am getting close to finishing it! It WILL be completed in August’s reads post! I promise that!
I did watch both Running Man films and did a book review/ movie comparisons. That was a fun post and thing to do!
Here are the books I completed in July. They are listed in the order that I finished them:
Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center- 3 stars (short story)
With a Kiss We Die by L.R. Dorn- 4 stars
The Running Man by Richard Bachman/Stephen King- 4 stars
The Date by T.H. Murdock- 3.5 stars
My ‘top rated read’ was The Running Man by Bachman/King. And I watched both the 1987 and 2025 films. I would watch the 2025 film again. The 2025 film is much closer to the book then the 1987 film. King was really ahead of his time with writing this novel when he did!
My ‘lowest rated read’ was Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center. Apparently I need her in ‘full doses’ instead of smaller stories! Pretty much anything she writes will be added to my TBR!
What did YOU read in July? I hope you had a good month and let’s bring on August reading!
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