{"id":18131,"date":"2023-09-05T20:31:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=18131"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:58:29","slug":"books-books-books-of-september-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/18131","title":{"rendered":"Books Books Books of September (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Life is still ridiculous, but I did take a bit of time off to hike–and to read.<\/p>\n

I’ve had trouble focusing–not a tremendous surprise–so I’ll need to go back and reread the new releases I’d been waiting for at some point when I’m a little less distracted. In other words, take those ratings of 7 with a grain of salt–I need a book to draw me in and not let go, and that these books didn’t do that is on me, not necessarily them.<\/p>\n

There were some very good stories however. I finally got around to reading Richard Osman<\/a>‘s Thursday Murder Club<\/em>, which I loved.<\/p>\n

Tania got me the Murderbot short story, Compulsory<\/em><\/a>, which I didn’t even know was being published, and I’m eagerly awaiting the next story that comes out this fall. (MURDERBOT!)<\/p>\n

Although it didn’t pull me in, I still enjoyed Anna Lee Huber<\/a>‘s most recent Lady Darby book. It’s comforting to drop into familiar places with known characters.<\/p>\n

To keep me moving, I’ve been listening to a lot of audio books. <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>I just finished the last recorded SPI Files book, (She self-published the next two stories, so no audio version) and had to struggle to figure out what I wanted to listen to next.\u00a0 (We merged my parent’s audible account with ours, so when I browsed today, I kept seeing books my parents listened to, which was weird.)<\/p>\n

Other than that, lots of rereading. Favorites, to pull me out of my own head and allow me to escape.<\/p>\n

Mystery<\/h4>\n