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Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way ~Stanisław Lem
Honestly, it feels a little silly even doing a bookshelf review this month because I've really not done a lot of reading for several weeks now. My August summary was pretty sparse, and I've only completed one book and worked on one other book during this month. I hope I'll be able to get more reading done in the month ahead - I think I'm past the lack of motivation, so now it's just dealing with my time management so I have opportunities to sit with a good book more often.
September's Books Completed and Reviewed
Composition As Conversation by Heather M. Hoover - A combination guidebook and textbook for engaging writing, which I'm planning to refer to as I teach a high school writing class this school year. (Read my review HERE.)
During September I started reading:
Not one new thing started! Shameful!
During September I continued reading:
The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel - A brilliant Swedish-born actress uses her reputation for being a dumb blond as a cover while spying for the American forces during WWII.
Where My Books Took Me in September . . . On Budget Tales Book Blog, there's a monthly meme about "Places My Books Have Taken Me" along with a one-word summary or review of the book. Here's where I've traveled through the pages during the month, along with One Word to sum up the ones I finished.
Composition As Conversation is non-fiction, so there is no setting (classroom?) but I can do a one-word summary.
One Word: Attentiveness
The Starlet Spy began in Hollywood, but the action quickly moved to Sweden.
Coming Up in October!
A Louisiana Christmas To Remember - novella collection
Voice of the Ancient by Connilyn Cossette
The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright
What I'm Highlighting . . . Despite my own lack of contribution, I'm continuing to host the monthly book review link-up for now. The Book Review Bulletin - September 2023 is open for a few more days, and a new link-up for October is scheduled to open on the 1st. I'd love for you to drop by and share a review or two, and comment on someone else's review. The hope is that we can comment on actual reviews and share them.
On my blogs recently . . .
Besides the reviews, here on Just A Second you'll find:
On Homeschool Coffee Break:
And on A Fresh Cup of Coffee:
This post will be linked at the current BookWorms Monthly link-up hosted by At Home A Lot; at Budget Tales Book Blog; and at the weekly reading list meme hosted at Book Date.
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Thanks for linking up, I've not done much reading myself this month.
ReplyDeleteThe Starlet Spy sounds really good. I think we all have those months when we don't read as much as usual.
ReplyDeletePopping over from Book Worms Monthly.