Books I Read This Month

I’m a little late with this wrap-up but I wanted to wait until I had a chance to review all the books I read in September. Here’s a summary:

• Soppy: A Love Story by Philippa Rice (not pictured) | Review | Rating: ★★★★★
  • An adorable graphic novel about a young couple’s day to day life after moving in together. It’s short, sweet, and endearing.
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor | Review | Rating: ★★★
  • The second book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy! I found this book much better than the first one and the secondary characters made this book more enjoyable.
• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor | Review | Rating: ★★★
  • The last book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy. It was good but lengthy, and it does give a satisfying conclusion to the series.
• Reaons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig | Review | Rating: ★★★★
  • My pick for the self-help genre for September’s Colour Me Read Challenge! A book I’ll be sure to recommend to everyone.
• Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb | Review | Rating: ★★★★
  • Book 1 of The Rain Wild Chronicles! Not one of Hobb’s popular series but I still enjoyed it.

I will say that I felt the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy got more hype than it deserved but I can see how other readers could fall in love with this series. I’m not sure how much reading I’ll get done in October, but hopefully I’ll still manage to review each book I read!

What do you think of the books on this list? Will you be adding any of them to your TBR?

Title: Dragon Keeper
Author: Robin Hobb
Genres: Fantasy
Series: The Rain Wild Chronicles
Pages: 560
Rating: ★★★★

Synopsis:

The first book in a two part series from one of the greatest writers in the fantasy genre. Dragon Keeper returns fans to Hobb’s best-loved world, full of dragons, magical ships and unforgettable characters.

Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive.

People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. One such is Thymara. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching; as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life’s work to study all there is to know of dragons.