September 2018 Wrap Up
It’s the September 2018 Wrap Up – how in the world am I writing this already?! I swear I just wrote the one for August. Don’t get old, kids, the time goes way too fast!
So here’s what I packed into September and what I’m looking forward to in October.
I read six books:
- My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. and the Last Stand of the Angry White Man. by Kevin Powell – Read my review!
- Ponti by Sharlene Teo
- Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
- Citizen Illegal by Jose Oliverez
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan – Read my review!
- The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon – Read my review!
I am (still) listening to one audiobook, Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi.
I wrote two reviews:
- The Teacher, the Seamstress, and the Pianist by Ogenna Ojukwu
- My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. and the Last Stand of the Angry White Man. by Kevin Powell
I also posted:
- August 2018 Wrap Up
- New Reads for the Rest of Us – September 2018
- New Reads for the Rest of Us – October 2018
September’s book haul:
- When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub (from the author)
- Hearts of Clay by Dosun Adeleye (from the author)
- The Rule of One by Ashley Saunders and Leslie Saunders (free from Amazon)
- Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri (part of my Haymarket Book Club membership)
- Citizen Illegal by Jose Oliverez (part of my Haymarket Book Club membership)
- Call Them By Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit (part of my Haymarket Book Club membership)
I’ve been writing a lot this month and just finished an essay that I hope will be accepted for publication in an upcoming ebook. I’ve been watching Mayans MC, Narcos, and re-watching all of the American Horror Stories seasons. I’m also taking Spanish lessons. I never knew how well I knew French until I started trying to learn Spanish!
There’s the September 2018 Wrap Up – and here’s a look ahead to October!
Books in progress:
- She Wants It by Jill Soloway
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
TBR:
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (Classics Club read #2)
- When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub
- Go Together: How the Concept of Ubuntu Will Change How You Live, Work, and Lead by Shola Richards
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
- When Morning Comes by Arushi Raina
TBW:
- Review of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
- Review of She Wants It by Jill Soloway
- Review of When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub
- Review of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (Classics Club read #2)
- Review of Go Together: How the Concept of Ubuntu Will Change How You Live, Work, and Lead by Shola Richards
- November 2018 Must Reads for the Rest of Us
- October 2018 Wrap Up
Hope you enjoyed my September 2018 Wrap up! What are your October reading and writing plans??
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Taking Spanish lessons sounds like fun! I’ve been relearning a bit of Spanish since my daughter’s taking it now. I remember more than I thought I did.
Yeah it’s been super fun, my partner and I are doing it together, once a week. I have to say I am also learning a lot of Spanish from watching Narcos… very different words though. lol
Looks like a good month to me!
wow! Congratulations on getting your essay published!
Great wrap up. Apart from some blog tours, I am going with the flow at the moment and reading what draws me.
Sounds great! I haven’t gotten into many blog tours thus far. Too busy for it right now.
Wow! I am amazed not only by how much you accomplished this month but how organized you are to put this snapshot together! It’s inspiring!
Thanks – I pretty much do my wrap ups the same way every month so it makes it easier to compile now that I’ve got it down.
I think we have the same taste in books. 😍 I haven’t read any of these, but they all either look amazing or are on my TBR already.
I’ve noticed that as well!
Wow! You are indeed busy.
I like to keep myself occupied!
You seem to have a great reading month
Everyone I know has loved and has only praises for Children of Blood and Bone. So I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts about it.
It’s so good but taking too long bc I am only listening on my commute…
I have to agree, the older I get, time goes by so fast. I haven’t read any of these books, I do enjoy visiting your blog because I always seem to add a new author to my list to read. Enjoy your day!
Thanks, Jovita! Hope you are having a great weekend.
“I never knew how well I knew French until I started trying to learn Spanish!” -> heh, yeah, that’s a thing! When I was learning Italian, our teacher always knew which of us had studied French 😛
I don’t know 99% of those books, but it looks like a super-productive month!
It’s so funny and a little frustrating – I always want to answer in French! The words are so similar which is helpful but my first response is often in French! lol
Great wrap up I think I only read three or four books last month I’ve been having some health problems back in September which I still do feel that good this month but I am really hoping I can read more than four book this month. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
Hope you are feeling better, Kati, and having a great reading month!
Nice reading month! I hope to get a bit more read this month than I have been – so many spooky reads I’d like to finally dive into. 🙂
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
Hope you are getting your spooky reads on!
Great month for you! Learning Spanish sounds fun. I’m dabbling in bits of Japanese. I still haven’t read Children of Blood and Bone, but it’s on my birthday wish list. I hope your essay was accepted for publication. I’m brainstorming ideas for my writing goals this month.
Spanish is hard enough for me – can’t imagine Japanese! Hope you get Children of Blood and Bone for your birthday; I really enjoyed it. Happy birthday!
This sounds like a good month’s reading, Karla! I’m looking forward to your review of Washington Black—I enjoyed Esi Edugyan’s Half Blood Blues and am planning to read this one at some point. Hope you’re enjoying October’s books 🙂 Happy to have discovered your blog!
Thanks, Andrew! I really liked Washington Black but unfortunately am behind on my reviewing! Should be coming soon though. I am excited to take a look at your blog as well – glad you came by!
What a wonderful wrap-up
Good luck with your Spanish learning. I think one of the most difficult things for me when I started learning it was that I would mix up my French and Spanish words all the time. Took me a while to get my brain to separate them.
Me too! Happening all the time!
Ooo, I will be starting Washington Black very soon. I just ordered it from Barnes and Noble. Hope you liked it.
I really liked it! It wasn’t exactly what I thought it would be but that’s good. I am way behind posting a review of it but I did like it! Hope you do too. Happy Halloween!
Isn’t it funny what our brains know, yet we don’t realize we know lol. I hope you have a lot of fun taking Spanish! I took 4 years wayyyyyy back in the day in HS and I’m shocked that I still remember what I do from then. 🙂