I hope you had a wonderful month. Didn’t it just seem to fly by? It was a good month for visiting with friends and family but unfortunately blogging was definitely put on the back burner.

I’ve got a lot of books going on right now but September was also not the best reading month because lots of starts and few finished books. One thing that was great though was my continued enjoyment of audiobooks. I think I finally have the hang of it!

I finished two audiobooks: The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo and The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter. While there were things I like about both books in the end I was a bit disappointed with both.

My favorite read was The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons. A great read for this season and if you are participating in the R.I.P. reading challenge consider this book for your stacks.

Speaking of reading challenges, I was going to do an update of how I’m doing so far but not much has changed since my last check-in which basically means, I’m way behind on all of my reading challenges. I’m not surprised but I was happy to check my notebook where I keep a list of these so I can maybe think about these as the year winds down and I might be able to read some books specifically for these. In particular, I would love to read a few more non-fiction and books in translation.

Anyway, for now I’m looking forward to October. It’s time for the Texas Book Festival at the end of the month and this year it’s going to be hard to decide because there are so many authors I want to see.

So how was your month? Any exciting things you are looking forward to in October?

Hello Friends! I’m sorry I sort of disappeared there but I had family in town last week and we had a great time catching up but it also meant a lot of things have been put on the back burner. So there’s going to be a lot of chores to catch up with and that sort of thing over the next week but for now I’m enjoying the cooler temperatures and the arrival of autumn.

We’ve had lots of rain over the past week but our garden is looking wonderful. Isn’t our Scarlet Sage lovely?

So today to relax after all the running around last week we decided to go to the bookstore. Barnes & Noble was packed but we found a table and enjoyed browsing through some magazines. We got Forks Over Knives. Have you checked this one out? I saw some great recipes for hummus and other yummy things. I can’t wait for my husband to make some of these! I bought Pages magazine so I’ll enjoy some crafty inspiration from this one.

This week is also Banned Books Awareness Week! Are you going to read any challenged books? Here is a list of 10 Banned Books and in case you are in the mood for poetry, here are also some poems/poets who’ve often been challenged. I still find it so hard to believe that anyone would have issue with any of these books!

Alright friends, that’s it for now. I hope you have a fabulous week ahead. Again, so sorry for not visiting your blogs and replying to comments. I will try to get back on track here soon.