Monthly Review – September 2016

This month I read 21 books.  You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading !

I started the following series:

• Menagerie (Menagerie, Book 1) by Rachel Vincent (4/5 stars)
• The Tower Chronicles Book One: Geisthawk by Matt Wagner, Simon Bisley (3/5 stars)
• The Unwritten Vol 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (4/5 stars)
• Frostblood (Frostblood Saga, Book 1) by Elly Blake (4.5/5 stars)
• Velveteen vs. the Super Junior Patriots (Velveteen vs. Book 1) by Seanan McGuire, Narrated by Allison McLemore (5/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• Death of Dulgath (Riyria Chronicles, Book 3) by Michael J. Sullivan, Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, (4/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Attack on Titan Vol 5 by Hajime Isayama (5/5 stars)
• Magic Binds (Kate Daniels. Book 9) by Ilona Andrews (5/5 stars)
• Betrayals (Cainsville, Book 4) by Kelley Armstrong (5/5 stars)
• Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson, Book 3) by Darynda Jones, Narrated by Lorelei King (5/5 stars)
• Velveteen vs. the Super Junior Patriots (Velveteen vs. Book 1) by Seanan McGuire, Narrated by Allison McLemore (5/5 stars)
• Once Broken Faith (October Daye, Book 10) by Seanan McGuire, Narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (65/52 books read) COMPLETE!
– New Release Challenge (71/45+ books read) COMPLETE!
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge (184/250+ books read)
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge (67/100 books read)
– Pick Your Genre (Steampunk) Reading Challenge (18/25 books read)
– Flights of Fantasy Reading Challenge (118/100 books read) COMPLETE!
– Audiobook Reading Challenge (21/30 books read) COMPLETE!

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Chosen (Alex Verus, Book 4) by Benedict Jacka, narrated by Gildart Jackson (4/5 stars)
2. Menagerie (Menagerie, Book 1) by Rachel Vincent (4/5 stars)
3. Attack on Titan Vol 5 by Hajime Isayama (5/5 stars)
4. The Tower Chronicles Book One: Geisthawk by Matt Wagner, Simon Bisley (3/5 stars)
5. Pandora Hearts Vol 4 by Jun Mochizuki (4/5 stars)
6. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein (4/5 stars)
7. Magic Binds (Kate Daniels. Book 9) by Ilona Andrews (5/5 stars)
8. The Call by Peador O’Guilin (3/5 stars)
9. Attack on Titan Vol 6 by Hajime Isayama (4/5 stars)
10. Death of Dulgath (Riyria Chronicles, Book 3) by Michael J. Sullivan, Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, (4/5 stars)
11. Betrayals (Cainsville, Book 4) by Kelley Armstrong (5/5 stars)
12. Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson, Book 3) by Darynda Jones, Narrated by Lorelei King (5/5 stars)
13. Attack on Titan Vol 7 by Hajime Isayama (4/5 stars)
14. The Unwritten Vol 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (4/5 stars)
15. Frostblood (Frostblood Saga, Book 1) by Elly Blake (4.5/5 stars)
16. Velveteen vs. the Super Junior Patriots (Velveteen vs. Book 1) by Seanan McGuire, Narrated by Allison McLemore (5/5 stars)
17. Pretty Deadly Vol 2 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos(4/5 stars)
18. Like a River Glorious (The Gold Seer trilogy, Book 2) by Rae Carson (4/5 stars)
19. Yesternight by Cat Winters (2/5 stars)
20. Glitter by Aprilynne Pike (2/5 stars)
21. Once Broken Faith (October Daye, Book 10) by Seanan McGuire, Narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal (5/5 stars)