I had a very successful September. I wished I got through all of them since I read through most, but alas. It’s better than nothing!

For those who do not know, Too Much TBR is a way to help me see which books I really need to read and tackle them. It helps a lot seeing a visual of the books on my TBR pile.

Let’s discuss what I read last month, and what I’m reading this month!

In September, I aimed to get ten books read, and guess what! I read 7 of those books! I call that pretty successful!

I read:

• Sourdough by Robin Sloan: Loved this book. It’s such a weird book. It’s about a woman in the tech industry who is gifted a sourdough starter, and when she bakes it, she learns its coming to life (of sorts.)
• Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust: Lovely fairytale that doesn’t follow traditional fairytale. These ladies—the stepmother and stepdaughter—love each other!
• Spinning by Tillie Walden: Graphic memoir about Tillie Walden + figure skating. Gorgeous art + colors + paneling.
• The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas: Wonderful Middle Grade about grief.
• Smoot by Michelle Cuevas: Excellent picture book of breaking free and doing new things you’re scared to do. Gorgeous art.
• When I Cast Your Shadow by Sarah Porter: Total DNF.
• Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu: Moxie made me so angry and proud.
• Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore: A very weird and disorienting book, but I really enjoyed how expected it was!

I started these books, but didn’t finish:

• The Dire King by William Ritter (The conclusion to the Jackaby series! Eep!)
• Frankenstein Dreams by Michael Sims (Lots of Victorian science fiction short stories! Yes!!!)
• There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins (Scary movie-esque!)

• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (Magical realism + “if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish”? Tell me more.)
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston (A different kind of British Empire. I don’t know what to expect.)
• 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough (YA psychological thriller about a girl who almost died at the hands of her best friends? Maybe?)
• Everything Must Go by Jenny Fran Davis (This is told through “a series of letters, emails, journal entries and various ephemera,” and I love books like that.)
• Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (Graphic novel about an Indian-American girl trying to fit in at high school + family history.)
• All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry (Don’t know what to expect from this book, but I was promised magic.)
• A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo (Psychological thriller with queer main characters!)
• The Dragon Tea Society by Katie O’Neill (Tea dragons!! Gorgeous art!)

Note: All these books here do not account for other books that may slip into my TBR list (because mood reading will probably happen) nor of the comics I will be reading. I’m sure I missed other books I want to read this month too, but since I can’t remember, it must not be priority, right? Let’s hope I make a dent in my TBR books for September!

How was your September? Tell me what’s on your October TBR list. Have you read any of the books on my lists? Or are you planning to read them?