09.30.2026 | September WRAP-UP

Hello, beasties!

This month was a STRUGGLE. I hit a bad reading slump. A mixture of life and work just had me absolutely exhausted and struggling to stay focused on reading anything. Even audiobooks couldn't keep me engaged. And it's not that I wasn't enjoying what I was reading either! Because I was enjoying the books I was picking up. Just the enjoyment of reading was simply not there enough to have me picking up books at my usual pace this year.

I do think a lot of it was I simply have not been in the right mental space to read. As I mentioned, life has just been a bit more exhausting than usual. So I've given myself a bit of grace to simply rest and not force myself too much to read.

Though I did still try to have myself read throughout the month. A mixture of backlist books and books that have caught my eye. And I managed to get through 7 books - 4 new reads, 3 backlist books, and I also had 1 DNF this month.

So what did I read this month?

I finished the following books:

4.5⭐

Unmasking My Dark Knight by Vivian Mae

4⭐

Slewfoot by BROM

The Beast by Katee Robert

Weyward by Emilia Hart

3.5 ⭐

The Hocus Pocus Handbook by Ann Aguirre

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson

3⭐

For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes

Unfortunately, I did also have a DNF this month:

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

I’m currently reading:

Harbinger by Geneva Lee

Accepting Fate by J. Laine

It's Quiet Between Bites by Rebecca A. Noble

Haunt Me, Maybe by E.M. Rinaldi

Case of the Bleus by Korina Moss

I know one of my goals last month was to reduce my amount of current reads. And I seem to have made it worse. Oops! Haha! But the reading slump is definitely to blame for that. At this point I'm sort of taking each day one at a time and going with the flow! So we'll have to see where my mood takes me! Hopefully I can get through the rest of these current reads!

Check out my last journal from September 1.2026 entry here!