Well, another month has come and gone. It has been a pretty huge reading month as I've been preparing for next month's posts and reading a few things I've been wanting to read for a while.
Here's what I read throughout September:
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The List:
- Dengeki Daisy / 電撃デイジー Vol. 1-16 by Kyousuke Motomi / 最富
- Michelangelo: Master of the Renaissance by Tamra B. Orr
- Blue Bloods #1 by Melissa de la Cruz
- The Jungle Book: The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack by Scott D. Peterson & Joshua Pruett
- Call Waiting by R. L. Stine
- Magic Tree House #30: Hurricane Heroes in Texas by Mary Pope Osborne
- Magic Tree House #31: Warriors in Winter by Mary Pope Osborne
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
- Zom-B #1 by Darren Shan
- Goosebumps #5: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb by R.L Stine
- Goosebumps #6: Let's Get Invisible by R.L Stine
- Worth It...Not Worth It? by Jack Otter
- Descender Vol. 1: Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire
- Nyx: Wannabe by Joe Quesada
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Little Book of Bulletproof Investing by Ben Stein
- The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle
- The Deep by Peter Benchley
- How to Retire the Cheapskate Way by Jeff Yeager
- A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo
- On the Fence by Kasie West
- Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
- Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
- Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
- The Dead Lifeguard by R.L Stine
Dengeki Daisy is a shojo manga. This means it is a manga aimed at a young female audience (similar to YA). It has 16 volumes...all of which I read. I'm going to be 100% honest, I binge read this series over two days. I read the first 8 volumes in one day, and then the remaining 8 the next day. Why? Because I loved it and couldn't get enough. This was literally what I started off the first day of September doing. Binge reading manga. By September 2nd, I was done, and on September 3rd, I started to read full novels and other books again. This series is about a girl named Teru, who is protected by a mysterious guy who goes by the name of Daisy. Daisy was specially assigned by Teru's brother to protect her after he passed away. Teru only communicates with him through text, until their worlds begin to collide. This is a romance manga involving hacking, friendship, and a really big mystery that starts spiraling the main characters lives out of control. It's amazing. It is easily tied for one of my top 3 manga I've read so far. It is tied with Maid-Sama, and my third favorite after it is Chobits. So far at least. I do not rank manga series I have not finished reading, for the record (ex: Dragon Ball, Naruto).
Michelangelo: Master of the Renaissance is a children's non-fiction chapter book that focuses on the life and works of famous Renaissance artist, Michelangelo. I had the good fortune of getting to see one of his paintings during a trip last year. I saw The Torment of Saint Anthony at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. It is the first known painting by Michelangelo (out of four known paintings) and is the first work--and only--of his to enter an American (North America, Central America, and South America) collection. The work was not featured in this particular book, but that's kind of where some of my further curiosity about Michelangelo stemmed from. After seeing this painting, I wanted to know more and this book provided a LOT of interesting information about his early life, his artistic career, and interactions with people who hired him to do various commissions. It is a highly informative book.
Blue Bloods is the first novel in the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz. It focuses on a bunch of rich teenagers who wear designer clothes and happen to be vampires. This first book sets up what seems to be a much longer story, but we'll talk more about that this month.
The Jungle Book: The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack is a novelization of the 2016 Walt Disney Studios film. It starts like the movie does and tells of Mowgli's full journey through the film. I talked about this book in September, so you can read that review here: REVIEW
Call Waiting is a YA horror novel by R. L. Stine. We will be talking about this one next week, so I won't get too into detail about it.
Hurricane Heroes in Texas is the 30th Magic Tree House novel. This one focuses on the 1900 Galveston hurricane, one of the worst natural disasters in American history. I read this one on September 8th, exactly 120 years after the hurricane's landfall.
Warriors in Winter is the 31st Magic Tree House novel. Jack and Annie go back in time and meet a legion of Roman soldiers.
The Monstrumologist is the first book in a series by Rick Yancey. We will talk about it next week, so keep an eye open for that review!
Zom-B is also the first in a series, but this one is by Darren Shan. Shan is known for writing the Cirque Du Freak books. This is another October focus.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb and Let's Get Invisible are the 5th and 6th books in the Goosebumps series. These will be discussed in greater detail next month.
Worth It...Not Worth It? is a book about financial decision-making. The author presents popular decisions people have to consider when it comes to deciding how to use and save money. It's an okay book. My family picked this one up at the library, so I figured I might as well read it since it was here.
Descender Volume 1: Tin Stars is a collection of the first six issues of Descender. This was the monthly read for a reading group I'm in and I think I might talk more about this one in a future review later on.
Nyx: Wannabe is a collection of the first run of the series, Nyx. It's about a few teens and their teacher, who find themselves running into trouble on the streets of New York. This is also the first appearance of X-23/Laura in a comic series, but honestly it is pretty disappointing. I might talk about it later, I might not. I'm thinking about it.
Jurassic Park is the novel that inspired the hit film directed by Steven Spielberg, of the same name. It is one of my all-time favorite books and I have yet to review it...keep an eye open for the review next week!
The Little Book of Bulletproof Investing is a humorous, but serious book about financial investing. It was written by Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth. Ben Stein comments on economics and politics, but he is probably best known for playing the teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off who repeatedly says Ferris's name when taking attendance. This book has some funny references in it. It also has some good information regarding investing and it is reader friendly. This was another book my family picked up at the library that I read since it was here. I figured it couldn't hurt to know a little bit more about investments and how they work.
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is another book about financial investing. This one was written by John C. Bogle, who was an American investor that founded The Vanguard Group. This is a much tougher read compared to the one written by Ben Stein, because it's more dry. It is purely about investments, numbers, and percentages. This one and the Ben Stein book are two sides of the same coin, but the Stein one is moreso like a high school level course, while the Bogle one is like a college course. They aren't textbooks, but they make similar arguments in different ways. Stein will be easier for casual readers to understand. Bogle is for people who really want to know the logic behind his "thesis statement" that index funds are the best method for getting investment returns. I read this for the same reason as the previously mentioned finance books.
The Deep is a thriller by Peter Benchley, the same author who wrote Jaws. This will be a book we discuss in a couple weeks.
How to Retire the Cheapskate Way by Jeff Yeager is another financial non-fiction book. It focuses on providing tips for retiring early. The gist of it is to live below your means, really weigh all your financial decisions, and do your best to get a jumpstart on saving money in your 401k early on. It's a decent book, but I knew a lot of this information already so I don't feel like I personally got much out of it.
A Piglet Named Mercy is a picture book by Kate DiCamillo. It serves as a kind of prequel story to the Mercy Watson picture books. I haven't read any of the other Mercy Watson books, but my family has enjoyed them before and recommended this one to me. It's super cute and I think I will have to read more about Mercy later on.
On the Fence is a YA romance by Kasie West. It focuses on a girl named Charlie (Charlotte) who is sixteen. She has three older brothers and a neighbor who might as well be a fourth brother because of how much time he spends with her family. We can talk more about this one later. This was recommended to me by one of my blog followers.
Red Dragon is a horror thriller we will talk about later this month. It was the first book in a series that introduced Hannibal Lecter. This book comes before the ever popular, Silence of the Lambs, which I have not read.
Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter is a YA paranormal book with zombies in it. It is lightly inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books. We will talk about it later this month.
Dawn of the Dreadfuls is a prequel novel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a book I have already reviewed before on this blog. This is another book we will talk about this month.
The Dead Lifeguard is a YA horror book by R. L. Stine. Once again, this is a book we will talk about later in the month.
This concludes my Reading Round-Up for September! I'll be back with another at the end of October. Until then, happy reading!!!
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