{"id":17344,"date":"2022-10-01T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=17344"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:57:32","slug":"the-books-of-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/17344","title":{"rendered":"The Books of September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Towards the end of the month I started reading a lot more. Part of it was receiving some comics I wanted caught up on, but another part was trying to shift my brain back into reading as a distraction.<\/p>\n

That is working only so-so.<\/p>\n

Oh! There were new releases I really wanted to read. By that I mean, I actually read two books that came out in the same month in which I read them<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Crazy, I know.<\/p>\n

I was delighted by both\u00a0 K.D. Edwards<\/a>‘s third book in the Tarot Sequence, The Hourglass Throne<\/em><\/a> as well as the first book in Charlie Adhara<\/a>‘s Monster Hunt series. And actually annoyed I didn’t get another Oliver and Cooper book and so was grumpy about switching to Eli’s POV in Pack of Lies<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Silly me.<\/p>\n

I’ve been reading up on the next series of posts I want to write about representation in fiction (I wrote several posts about mental health representation<\/a>, and although it was good to do, it was also somewhat exhausting) so several of the books I read were ones I went delving into for quotes and ended up rereading the entire thing.<\/p>\n

I was able to borrow the latest in Ashley Gardner<\/a>s Kat Holloway series, which I very much liked. I am not sure if the series is preparing to wind up or if it’s just the romance that is going to be settled, so I’m curious to see what happens next.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

I did read one book that ended up pissing me off, mostly because they went with a power imbalance in the secondary character’s relationship. As I went through something similar my freshman year, I wasn’t delighted to see it seen as OK for a TA to date a student in a class he was currently assisting. No. Sorry. It’s not ok. Once the class is over, fine. But not concurrent.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I’m still unhappy about it.<\/p>\n

I got the newest Lacy Mechanika, which was good, but very dark, and a bit cliffhanger-y, which is mildly aggravating as those books are soooo slow to come out. Which isn’t the authors’ fault, but I do hate waiting.<\/p>\n

And I had some comfort reads while I was flailing around. And Everything Nice<\/em><\/a> is just a fun story that is full of baking–and no boinking. It’s very sweet. And I randomly got Glass Tidings<\/em><\/a> in my brain and had to read that.<\/p>\n

I also want to recommend (again) Loud and Clear<\/em><\/a> by Aidan Wayne<\/a> because it is sweet and cute and also has some amazing disability rep, making it clear (without preaching) just how much the luck of one’s birth affects whether someone with a disability can succeed.<\/p>\n

Plus the romance is incredibly sweet.<\/p>\n

I’ve got at least three new releases I coming my way; hopefully I’ll manage to read them immediately as well.<\/p>\n

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Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pack<\/a>The Hourglass Throne<\/em><\/a> (2022) K.D. Edwards<\/a> (The Tarot Sequence) 8.5\/10
\nPack of Lies<\/em><\/a> (2022) Charlie Adhara<\/a> (Monster Hunt) 8.5\/10
\nHuman Enough<\/em><\/a> (2019) ES Yu 8.5\/10
\nGreen Creek series by T.J. Klune<\/a>: Wolfsong<\/em><\/a> (2016) 7.5\/10, Ravensong<\/em><\/a> (2019)<\/p>\n

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Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Secret of Bow Lane<\/em><\/a> (2022) Ashley Gardner<\/a> (Kat Holloway) 8\/10
\nRequiem for Mr. Busybody<\/em><\/a> (2020) Josh Lanyon<\/a> 7.5\/10<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loud and Clear<\/em><\/a> (2016) Aidan Wayne<\/a> 9\/10
\nBand Sinister<\/em><\/a> (2018) K.J. Charles<\/a> 9\/10
\nGlass Tidings<\/em><\/a> (2018) Amy Jo Cousins<\/a> 8.5\/10
\nAnd Everything Nice<\/em><\/a> (2020) Ada Maria Soto<\/a> 8.5\/10
\nHis Quiet Agent<\/em><\/a> (2017) Ada Maria Soto<\/a> 8.5\/10
\nThe Ruin of a Rake<\/em><\/a> (2017) Cat Sebastian<\/a> (The Turner Series) 7.5\/10
\nSympathy<\/em><\/a> (2009) Jordan Castillo Price<\/a> 7\/10
\nThe Other Side of the Roses<\/em><\/a> (2017) R. Cooper<\/a>
\nLucky Charm<\/em><\/a> (2019) Chace Verity<\/a>
\nAdorkable<\/em><\/a> (2020) Shane K. Morton \"Human<\/a><\/p>\n

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Audio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rivers of London, Audio Edition by Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith: Broken Homes<\/em><\/a> (2014) 9\/10, Foxglove Summer<\/em><\/a> (2015) 9\/10, The Furthest Station<\/em><\/a> (2017) 8.5\/10, The Hanging Tree<\/em><\/a> (2017) 8\/10, A Rare Book of Cunning Device, Audio Edition<\/em><\/a> (2017), Lies Sleeping, Audio Edition<\/em><\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n

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Comics <\/strong><\/p>\n

Lady Mechanika<\/a> Volume 7: The Monster of the Ministry of Hell<\/em><\/a> (2022) Joe Benitez, Beth Sotelo, Michael Heisler
\nRivers Of London<\/a>: Vol. 8: The Fey and the Furious<\/em><\/a> (2020) Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Lee Sullivan, Vol. 9: Monday, Monday<\/em><\/a> (2022) Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Beroy 7\/10<\/p>\n

Random Stats:<\/p>\n

I’ve read 52 books that were published since 2021, and it’s currently split evenly between the two years.<\/p>\n

13% of the books have been audio books, which apparently comes out to 13 days, 4 hrs, and 2 mins worth of audio books so far this year.<\/p>\n

The lowest I have rated a book this year is 4\/10 while 43% of the books I rated have been 8\/10<\/p>\n

8% of this years reading has been library books.<\/p>\n

And 41% of the books this year have been rereads.<\/p>\n


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