What I’ve been up to in September 🍂 Turning in my Thesis (!!!) & Moving

Hello fellow bookworms 🍂 Though the weather is still too warm for my liking, Autumn is just around the corner 🎃 September was one of the most eventful months in quite some time 😂 Between my thesis, moving and so many things to organize, I’m now tired at the end of the month. I’ll also be in Japan next month, so I’ll be on hiatus from the 2nd to the 15th of October! My next post will be on the 19th when I’m back again! 😱

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I read 20 books in September! Since I won’t be able to read all the spooky books in October due to travelling, I picked up quite a few autumnal/spooky reads this month 👻 I also read lots of graphic novels/manga, as I was really in the mood for it, especially since I’ll be in Japan soon 🥰 I got unlucky with my audiobooks in September, because I didn’t like half of them and had some disappointing reads that I expected a lot more from! That being said, I also had some amazing reads and finally started reading the One Piece Manga! I watched the live-action adaptation and was keen to read the source material. I honestly never thought I’d be interested in One Piece, but now I’m hooked 😱 I have SO much to catch up on though 😂

I read 9 books out of my comfort zone this month! Now that it’s officially Fall, I’ve been reading all the spooky/witchy books and it has been amazing 👻 Sadly I liked half of the book, but the other half was a bit disappointing!

• The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D. Jackson) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧
• Through the Woods (Emily Carroll) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌
• Greymist Fair (Francesca Zappia) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖😊
• The Ex Hex (Erin Sterling) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧
• Mortal Follies (Alexis Hall) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

• Divine Rivals (Rebecca Ross) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌📖
• How to Sell a Haunted House (Grady Hendrix) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌🎧
• Pageboy (Elliot Page) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌🎧
• The Paris Apartment (Lucy Foley) ⭐⭐.5 💌🎧

1. One Piece Vol 1. (Eiichiro Oda) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 📚📖

2. One Piece Vol 2. (Eiichiro Oda) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💌📖

3. Fangirl Vol 3. (Rainbow Rowell, Gabi Nam) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 💌

4. Garlic and the Witch (Bree Paulsen) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 💌📖

5. The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D. Jackson) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

6. Through the Woods (Emily Carroll) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌

7. All of Our Demise (Foody, Herman) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

8. A Man and His Cat Vol. 1 (Umi Sakurai) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌

9. The Fall of Whit Rivera (Crystal Maldonado) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⏳

10. Hollow (Watters, Boyer-White, Nelle) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖

11. Greymist Fair (Francesca Zappia) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖😊

12. This Coven Won’t Break (Isabel Sterling) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

13. The Secrets of the Stormforest (L.D Lapinski) ⭐⭐⭐⭐📚📖

14. The Ex Hex (Erin Sterling) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

15. Mortal Follies (Alexis Hall) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

16. Divine Rivals (Rebecca Ross) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌📖

17. How to Sell a Haunted House (Grady Hendrix) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌🎧

18. Pageboy (Elliot Page) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌🎧

19. Give Me a Sign (Anna Sortino) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌🎧

20. The Paris Apartment (Lucy Foley) ⭐⭐.5 💌🎧

Favorite Books 💕

What I’ve been up to in August ☀️ Magical Readathon & Summer Vibes ~ (Overdue) Arc Review: This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria 💛 Underrated Fantasy Alert

Books on my Autumn TBR 🍂 Horror, Mystery & Dark Academia ~ Arc Review: The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard 🌙 🐺

The Autumn Lover Blog Tag 🍂 favorites & my bucket list ~ Arc Review: The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado 🍂 It’s PSL season!

For this section I’m sharing my Favorite Blog Posts of the Month 💗

• Top Ten Tuesday: Fall 2023 Releases I’m Excited For & Talk Chisme to Me: Books on the TBR (Latinx Heritage Month) (Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense)
• Autumn 2023 TBR (and a look back at my Summer TBR progress) & ‘The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches’: literally one of the cutest books I’ve ever read (Destiny @ howlinglibraries)
• #TopTenTuesday: My Fall 2023 Possibility Pile (Dini @ dinipandareads)
• It’s Getting Spooky! | September 2023 TBR (Lay @ bookshelfsoliloquies)
• 10 Books Like Red White and Royal Blue To Get Obsessed With, Next (Marie @ drizzleandhurricanebooks)
• Life after quitting social media (Morgan @ morganisreadingagain)
• The Battle of the Tropes | fantasy edition 🗡️ & Changing Bookish Opinions | look ma’, i’m growing (Sophie @ Me & Ink)
• End of Summer – Fall Reading Plans (Tasya @ theliteraryhuntress)

I finally handed in my Thesis! Can you believe it?? Because I sure can’t! It has been over a year of working on my Master’s thesis and suffering through the bad supervision full of miscommunication and delays. I never thought it would take me this long to finally turn in my thesis, but I’m glad that it’s done now! I’m ready to be done with this chapter of my life, as the whole experience was so frustrating. Now let’s hope I get a decent grade – I’m not 100% happy with the finished product, but I did the best I could with what is was given. I’ll be sad to leave studying behind though, as I love the freedom it gave me and I definitely feel daunted by the job market 🙈

I also moved out of my apartment. I knew I’d move back home in between finishing my degree and starting a job, so I moved out at the end of the month. It really broke my heart, as – despite its flaws – I really liked the apartment, it’s the first one that felt like I was home there 💔 I loved having my own space and my neighbors were all so nice – it’s hard for me to believe that I’ll get this lucky again 😢 I also had to say Goodbye to one of my closest friends in town and despite knowing we’ll keep in contact, it was tough 🥺

🍂 What I Watched in September 🍂

Watched some amazing shows this month! My favorite was definitely One Piece, I’m now reading the Manga and I’m just in time to buy all the Merch when I go to Japan 😎

  

• One Piece (S1)
• Komi Can’t Communicate (S1)
• Kotaro Lives Alone (S1)

• Midnight Mass (S1)
• Ragnorak (S3)

Wait – it’s already October?? I’m not at all ready for the year to be ending again! On the bright side, it’s finally Halloween month and I’m praying for the weather to cool down a lot more soon 🎃 I’ll also be in Japan until the 15th and that feels very surreal as well – I can’t believe it’s actually happening! 😱 I hope to read some spooky books and watch some spooky shows when I come back and have some time – especially as I‘m taking the rest of the month off! I spend so much time working on my thesis, it’s time to relax a bit before I start the next chapter of my story.

📚 #DevourYourTBR 📚

“It’s spooky season, and it’s time to bust out the spooky reads! This month is all about horror, mystery/thrillers, and dark fantasy.”

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👻 October TBR 👻

One of my resolutions for 2023 is to start the month with a TBR of no more than 6 books! 📖 I’m going to read more than the books listed below, but I really needed to get rid of my overambitious TBRs!

• Dead Silence (S.A. Barnes) 💌📖💗
• Thirteen Storeys (Jonathan Sims) 📚📖💗
• The Haunting of Maddy Clare (Simone St. James) 📚📖💗

What were you up to in September? Did you read any good books? Are you excited for autumn? How do you deal with change? I hope you’re doing well! 🍂