September was a great month, reading wise! Not only did I post ten reviews, but four of those were five stars, which has never happened before! Now, I did have a few three star reviews, but overall I’m very pleased. And I don’t know if I can even pick which of the five star books I loved the most. Below are the books I read and reviewed last month, linked to my reviews if you missed them:
Crone by Keith Rosson
Newbourne Park by Jennifer Thorne
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison
She’s a Doll by Barbara Truelove
Bane Bloom by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Incarnate by Alma Katsu
The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims
Something of a Calling by Zoje Stage
This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want by Hailey Piper
Most viewed posts of September:
I haven’t done this in a long time, but I’m bringing it back! Here are my top five viewed posts for September. Obviously horror is trending since we’re approaching spooky season! And just one review made it to the top:
Best Horror Books of 2026 So Far (3,046 views)
26 Horror Books to Read in 2026 (1,631 views)
Ten Books With Serial Killers (780 views)
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus – Review (419 views)
26 Science Fiction Books to Read in 2026 (320 views)
You had a lot of great ones in September! It is interesting to see numbers.
Thanks Lauren!
Nice work posting 10 (!!!) reviews! I wish I could read that fast!
I’m really not a fast reader, but I do have a lot of time to read:-)
My favorite book in September was actually one of the middle grade books I read for the award committee. I’m going to try this weekend to get to a bunch of reviews that I hadn’t read yet this past month, so I will be checking out several you listed here!
I’m glad the book for the award committee was so good!
Yay for a good month with great reads. This month with all the canvassing and poll greeting I think October will be low for me.
You will definitely be busy:-)
You really did have a great reading month!
I love when that happens!
You had a good month! 🙂
Thanks Stormi!
wow, so many stars, awesome! I wish you as many in October
Thanks Emma!
How wonderful that you had four five star reads in September. I’m definitely eager to try out all of those ones, a few of which I overlooked until the rave reviews started pouring in. Its a shame that the only one Ive read was your least favourite. Maybe we’ll have a bit more crossover in October being spooky season.
Yes, I look forward to hopefully reading a few of the same books this month:-)
Four five-star reads in one month feels less like a wrap-up and more like a structural threat to everyone else’s reading list. A good problem, admittedly.
Definitely a good problem!
I am SO STOKED to read Kiss Slay Replay and Exit Party. I’m glad you enjoyed them!
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I hope you enjoy them!
I am dying to read Crone. I think I’m something like 17th in line for the audiobook. Four five-star reads is pretty incredible!
Amazing month! And I love that we both thought so highly of Newbourne Park, Exit Party, and Kiss Slay Replay!
Four five stars? Wow that was a good month!
I hope your reading October will be at least as good as September! No books under 3 stars and you wrote a lot of reviews!!
I might need a refund on my brain because even though I enjoy Rachel Harrison’s fiction, I’m always ready to dislike her, for some reason. What the hell is up with that?
You had a fantastic month. And I read to of your five star reads and still have Newbourne Park to look forward to.
Lynn 😀
Nice, four 5 star reads. Maybe for October there’ll be 5. Keep that trend going!