Oh joy! What better way to greet the new month than it being a lovely Friday?!?
September is over and for once, the month didn't seem to fly by. There were multiple times I looked up at a calendar expecting it to be October 1st already, but no, still September. Considering how fast the previous few months had gone, I'm a little shocked!
I thoroughly enjoyed September. Not only was it a fine month with good weather, where it didn't feel like the sun was trying to kill you every three seconds, I also had my first week long vacation from work and read some amazing books! Finishing off my final book literally less than 5 minutes ago (right before I started this post), I finished a total of 6 books in September. It's been a good month alright and I'm excited to share them!
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September 2021 Books
(click on the covers for the Goodreads pages)
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Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 
My first read of the month was a nonfiction. It was a book I've been looking forward to reading for a while since I learned a lot from its documentary version with the same name. However, I don't really think the best term for it was "looking forward" because death is a subject that I've feared to learn and talk about since my youth (and to this day). This book was actually kind of dry, but in the end, it was very informative and it was an important topic, at least to me. There was a lot to take from it.
My review: "Book Review: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande"
Tier One by Andrews & Wilson
My second read of the month that I half read and half listened to was Tier One by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson. The first I'd come across these authors was when I'd picked up their Sons of Valor book off of NetGalley. I loved it so much that I needed to fill in the gap, while I waited for book two, so I went and sought out their previous series (in the same world as Sons of Valor). It was an exciting read, less so than SoV, but thrilling in it's own way nonetheless.
My review: "Book Review: Tier One by Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson"
Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards .5
One of my most anticipated reads of the year was Dome City Blues. I've been looking forward to a cyberpunk read for a long time so I was deeply excited over this one. It was also long overdue for a review after having lost in, years ago, after one of many home moves. Recently uncovered again, I made it a point to have it on my September TBR. It was an alright book, plot and character-wise, but the world was fascinating!
My review: "Book Review: Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards"
Shadow Prey by John Sandford
Since Ocean Prey is a collab between John Sandford's two main series (one of which I'm about 70% way through) I wanted to get in as many of both Prey books and Virgil Flowers books as possible before I dive into Ocean Prey; to get a more solid feel on each main character first. There's about 30 some odd books in the Prey series and eventually I won't be able to resist it anymore and start reading Ocean Prey, but the more books in the better.
I thought that Shadow Prey was a pretty good book. I mostly know Lucas Davenport as an older and calmer man (from Virgil's books) so it's pretty cool, scary, and strange to see him in his younger and more wild days. It was already intense in the beginning but by the middle, things really heat up and it's highway speed by the time we get to the last third of the book.
My review: "Book Review: Shadow Prey by John Sandford"
Dragon Mage by M.L. Spencer
My best read of the month, of the year, maybe of the last few years! I simply can't talk about it without crying. Dragon Mage was a book I'd won in a Twitter giveaway hosted by a tour group. I took one look at the blurb and cover and was already beyond excited about it's arrival. My gut feelings proved me right because the experience I had with it couldn't be explained in a quick wrap up text. I just know that it's a book that left me with joy that I haven't felt from books since maybe middle school. It was jaw-droppingly amazing and I can't wait to share my review next Monday.
The book hangover was astronomical and it'll be a read that I'll think about for a long time to come.
My review: "RTC: October 4th, 2021"
Murder in the Village by Lisa Cutts .5 (?)
My last book of the month, finished in the last hour of September, and moments before I started this post, is my first cozy mystery (that I can recall). There was a nice twist in here and it was a good story involving dog-napping and murder but it didn't really catch with me. I wasn't particularly drawn in and I didn't much like Belinda, one of the two main characters. I'll have to brew on this one for a bit so thoughts and ratings are still pending.
My review: "RTC: October 11th, 2021"
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