ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies)
Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge
This sounds really interesting and relevant about all the gun violence in America and the loss of lives of so many children on one particular day in America.
You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson
An essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe Robinson. I look forward to reading this it sounds like it could be funny, while also discussing relevant topics.
The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila
In April 2014, over 200 Nigerian school girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. Helon Habila, an author and journalist born in Nigeria tells the story of the girls and their parents and the background of BokoHaram. This is a short book of about 128 pages, so I think I will be reading this sooner rather than later.
Substitute: Going to School With a Thousand Kids by Nicholson Baker
This is about the experiences of the author, who appears to be a best-selling author of non-fiction, as a substitute teacher in Maine. After getting approved to read this ARC, I' ve noticed a couple things on Goodreads. The reviews on this are mixed with more 1 and 2 star ratings and reviews than 4 and 5 star reviews and ratings. Also it shows the page count as over 700 pages!!Hopefully, this is an error; I can't imagine that a book on this subject is worthy of this length. Because of this, I don't think I'll be in much of a rush to read this in the immediate future.
The Most Wonderful Time by Fern Michael, Stacy Finz, Sarah Title and Shirlee McCoy
Christmas will be here before we know it and Novenber is a perfect time to start your holiday reading. I wanted to read this mainly for the story by Stacy Finz, which is suppose to launch her new series. This book comes out near the end of October, so I may be starting my holiday reading early.
Welcome Home for Christmas by Annie Rains
Another ARC for the holiday season by my newest favorite author and also the last book in her Hero's Welcome series, which I am very excited to read.
Christmas In Eternity Springs by Emily March
I've been reading and review Emily March's Eternity Spring series for the past 3 years or so. Recently, I've been asked to participate in the Christmas in Eternity Springs blog tour. I'll be participating on Sunday, October 2nd on this blog. I'll be reading this as soon as I finish my current book. Guess that means my holiday reading will start real early this year!
LIBRARY BOOKS
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Njikamp
I had waited on the reserve list for so long for this book and finally got the book on Kindle from Overdrive. Well, I had seen so many mixed reviews and wanted to decide for myself. You'll need to check my September wrap-up to see what I thought.
Hillbilly Effigy by J.D. Vance
I am currently reading this for #DiverseAThon, which is a read-a-thon to encourage reading diverse books. I did not think I was going to be able to participate in #DiverseAThon, since I knew I had to read this book before the library loan ended and I had requested this awhile ago , but the wait list is even longer now than it was when I first got on it. I did not think this book would be considered diverse, but after watching someone's video discussing what #DiverseAThon is, I decided that since this book talks about a sub-culture of America and the lower socioeconomic class, it could actually be included in this readathon. I am only 20% into it and it is quite interesting, but you'll have to wait for my September Wrap-Up post to find out what I think of it. Here is the Goodreads link if you want more info about it. Maybe it's not the most diverse book I could have read for #Diverse AThon, but one I read a goodvariety of diverse books and this was where I had to read this or lose the oppiortunity to read this book anytime in the near future.
AMAZON
The Key by Jennifer Anne Davis (True Reign #1)
I was watching a Booktube video by one of my favorite Booktubers at Sarah's Nightstand. She had just read the entire trilogy and really enjoyed it. The first book was free as of the other day (it still may be, but I'm not sure). I've been wanting to try fantasy, since I can't really think of any that I have read (unless you count Miss Perregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) and since she recommended it and the first book was free, I thought why not
Hopefully, I won't get anymore books this month. I'm getting close on a couple reserves, but I think it will be more like next month. I suspended a couple holds for a couple weeks, so I think i'll be okay. My biggest problem, if you really consider it a problem, is requesting and being approved for more ARCs on NetGalley.
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