September thoughts and reads.

 

Hello, long time no post. I really need to get the hang of this whole blogging thing and maybe one day I finally will. I'm currently typing this as I sit in a super busy coffee shop with my anxiety through the roof.  Being sat at the front of the coffee shop at the window where I feel everyone is watching me was not a good choice. Ah, the joys of mental health and social anxiety. But it's not all bad, I have my favourite Bon Iver song playing in my headphones, a nice view from my window seat, a pot of tea and fingers itching to hit the keyboard and write something. 

So its finally September, I have been wishing for this time all year. For me, September officially marks the start of Autumn. The best time of the year. Orange leaves, wooly jumpers, hot drinks, rain, bonfires, pumpkins and all things good in life. Something about Autumn always inspires me. I sort of feel different in a sense? Almost like I could do anything, be anything y'know? It inspires me to try new things, be more productive, write and read more. I sort of feel more like myself. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, part of me feels peaceful. At home. It's a strange sort of feeling of comfort that Autumn brings to my life each year. Which I guess, is why I love it so much. 

Books... Ah there are SO many to choose from. My tbr is limitless. September always consists of spooky or cozy reads for me. And also for some reason, more academic type books? I guess you could call it dark academia. I always put together a monthly TBR that I never stick too but here we are, writing up another. I have in fact, finished two books this month already. It's the fourth of September. See what I mean about autumn feels being good for the soul? Currently I am reading The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh which I am already loving just twenty pages in. I am also half way through Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo and really enjoying reading something totally different for me. I've never read a book written in verse before. 

So my September TBR is as follows:

The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh 

Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

A Secret History by Donna Tartt

Mythos by Stephen Fry

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Odyssey by Homer

The Hobbit by Tolkien

Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson 

and a couple of graphic novels. Will I stick to this? No. Will this likely change through out the month? Absolutely. But I just love to set TBRs each month. 

Thank you for reading,