Hey all, Dani here.
September has come and gone, and now we have opened our calendars up to October. That is just such a crazy thought to me. How are we this close to the end of 2018 already? The weather is starting to cool down where I am and the leaves are beginning to change color.
What I love is that as it gets colder outside, all I want to do is to curl up under a blanket inside. Oh, and naturally I want to have that cozy beverage of hot tea or hot cocoa beside me while I’m enjoying all the extra reading time. This is definitely the time of year where I want to delve into longer fantasy reads, or just larger TBR stacks in general. The cold weather and I just do not get along.
Anyway, it is time once again to wrap up everything I both read and watched over the last month, before diving into my book haul, my monthly OwlCrate unboxing, and my tentative TBR for this lovely and spooky October. It has been a pretty good month, so I’m excited to talk about everything with all of you.
First up, let’s go over everything I managed to read in the month of September.
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco — 5 stars
Fairy Tail Vol 1 by Hiro Mashima — 5 stars
Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry — 4 stars
Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep — 5 stars
Fairy Tail Vol 2 by Hiro Mashima — 5 stars
Queens of Fennbirn by Kendare Blake — 4.5 stars
Captain Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Hero Vol 1 by Kelly Sue Deconnick — 4 stars
Shadowblack by Sebastien de Castell — 4.5 stars
Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake — 5 stars
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco — 5 stars
Endless Quest: Into the Jungle by Matt Forbeck — 4 stars
Endless Quest: Escape the Underdark by Matt Forbeck — 4 stars
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Next up is what I watched for the month. Now, I can’t exactly fully count some of my watches, because while we were at our hotel for our renaissance faire weekend, SyFy was doing a Star Wars movie marathon, and we ended up watching part of Episodes 2, 3, and 4, but not enough of any of them to fully count them as a watch.
The Emperor’s New Groove (5 stars), Princess Diaries 2 (5 stars), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (4 stars), The Princess Bride (5 stars), Scott Pilgrim vs the World (5 stars), My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (5 stars), Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (5 stars), Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (5 stars). As always we are continuing with watching Critical Role Campaign 2, as well as keeping up with My Hero Academia’s current season. Oh, and we are continuing with our watch through of Fairy Tail, and have finished season three of the show. I am currently so obsessed with the characters and the world of this anime. So, expect to see me start reviewing the manga volumes that I have read very soon. The final watch I need to mention is the fact that I managed to get my fiance to watch A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (5 stars) on Netflix, and he actually really enjoyed it; I believe we will be watching the rest of the series soon. Our main focus right now is Fairy Tail because the final season of the anime will be airing starting at the end of the month, and it would be really cool if I am caught up by then.
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Oh boy…now it is time for my book haul for the month. We went to Barnes & Noble twice this month, and made a trip to Half-Price Books as well. Pretty much that alone should tell you about my lack of self-control when it comes to adding to my library.
Wow, okay, that was a big haul. Let’s just move on to my OwlCrate unboxing. This month’s box was pretty cool too. I’m definitely happy about the fingerless gloves. Oh, and apparently the October box will have two hardcover books in it, so I am absolutely looking forward to getting this next box.
Finally, I guess all that is left is my October TBR. I’m going to start with a smaller list, because I’m definitely in a bit of mood reader time right now. Also, October is when the next session of Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon is being held (Oct 20th), so I will be posting a TBR for that when we get a bit closer to that time.
Clearly based on my September reading, I need to read Escaping From Houdini soon, and the same goes for Charmcaster. These are both series that I am enjoying so so much. Then I have a little fairy tale poetry collection, which I’m sure will be a pretty quick read, so that will be nice. Rule is about three illegitimate daughters fighting for the crown, and honestly I sort of get a little Three Dark Crowns vibe from it all. Finally, The Lost Queen is a story about the sister of the man who would come to be known as Merlin, and it is described as appealing to fans of Outlander, so I am willing to give it a shot.
Oh, and I do think that I have selected my TBR for Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon, but I’m just going to prep the post, and you all will see it in another week or so.
That should be all for today, but I will be back soon with more bookish content. Let me know in the comments what your favorite book purchase was in September.
Free State of Geek 
Ahh, I’m so happy you had such a great month! And I’m happy to hear you’re enjoying Fairy Tail 😀
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Yeah, it was a pretty good month of reading for me. Thank you. Also, we decided to try and binge watch the remaining 150-ish episodes of Fairy Tail that we have left so we can watch the final season week by week as it airs.
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Since you’re enjoying Fairy Tail and Black Clover, you might like Inhale! It’s a manga/manhwa series that’s published online. It’s about a guy who has a special power that allows him to see into the future. He has always tried to hide this power, but after a group of people discover that he’s not normal, they kidnap his sister in order to get his attention. He has to work with another organization that wants his power on their side in order to try and get her back. The action scenes in this series are really intense and really well done. If you get the time, I highly recommend looking into it!
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