Good morning readers! These are all of the books that I acquired/received/borrowed onto my shelves, virtual and/or physical, for the entire month of September:
I borrowed three audiobooks and one eBook through Libby.
The Last Morning was my First Reads choice for the month of September.
Using my No Rush Rewards, I got book 3 of the Desert Plains Trilogy, An Unreliable Truth.
My request was approved on Netgalley.
Four of these are eBooks I received through Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse, and one is from a hardcover book mailed to my house from James Patterson Street Team.
I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.
I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.
Good morning readers! These are all of the books that I acquired/received/borrowed onto my shelves, virtual and/or physical, for the entire month of July:
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These were my First Reads choice for the month of August.
I borrowed these three books from friends.
I signed up for an ARC with a new company. This is the first book I chose with them.
Good morning readers! These are all of the books that I acquired/received/borrowed onto my shelves, virtual and/or physical, for the entire month of July:
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My daughter was in the game section of the library looking at some D&D books, and that section is right next to the sports section. Growing up I played soccer, and it was literally my entire world until I became pregnant with my son. This book stood out to me on the shelf and on a whim I borrowed it. As of the writing up of this post I have yet to read it.
This was my First Reads choice for the month of July.
I borrowed this one through Prime Reading. It’s a short story that just needed to be a little bit longer to be a really good book!
I requested Forget Me Not mostly because Karissa Vacker is the narrator but Stacy Willingham is a great author, and High Season for the plot.
The premise of this book intrigued me and I ended up requesting it through NetGalley, something I’ve been doing less. The Bone Queen publishes early in 2026.
I read the rest of the NYPD Red series, so when I saw this cover on Edelweiss I requested it, without really reading the synopsis. I was approved rather quickly, which is a shock to me. This book publishes in November of this year.
I signed up to received Salem’s Fall by Rektok Ross through Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse. In the Facebook group I am apart of it was getting great reviews and I wanted to read it too!
I read a few other Darby Kane books, so when her newest one was available to request through Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse I jumped on it!
I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.
I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.
I track my Library Love challenge in three places, all on Google Spreadsheets. I have one sheet specifically for the library, then I have two reading tracker sheets that have a Library Books tab and just re-input the information to keep the sheet stats looking nice. I am a lunatic when it comes to spreadsheets apparently, and I don’t care, haha!
This is my main library tracking sheet!
Not the best photo because I had to zoom out
It looks like I normally save around $1000 a year at the library, and this year is tracking to be the same.
Good morning readers! These are all of the books that I acquired/received/borrowed onto my shelves, virtual and/or physical, for the entire month of June:
Two First Reads choices for June, and I used a gift card to get the latest book in the Zodiac Queen series.
I was sent a widget on King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby. It will be my first listen in July! And my first S.A. Cosby book too!
I requested The Locked Ward and Girl In The Creek and was sent the ALC’s just the other day.
When I went to visit my parents in North Carolina, I always go to the local used bookstore called Pauper’s Books & More. They let you turn in gently used books for store credit, and with that credit I got the three books pictured above.
I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.
I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.
I DNFed The Vacation, Angels & Demons, and Lifeguard.
I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.
I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.
I borrowed The Well of Ascension, but did not finish it before it needed to be returned to the library. I will reborrow it as many times as needed to finish the book. I am currently 8th in line to borrow it again.
The Weekend Away was an impulse borrow because I needed a cover with sunglasses on it.
I own The Store in hardcover, but decided to borrow the audiobook because I do want to get through my backlist of books I have on my shelf.
Tiktok convinced me to read The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. It was available right away on audiobook so I borrowed it through Libby.
Good morning readers! These are all of the books that I acquired/received/borrowed onto my shelves, virtual and/or physical, for the entire month of May:
I was sent a complimentary paperback (with sprayed edges!) of The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley thanks to Sam Larrabee, Assistant Manager, Marketing & Publicity from Avon Books/Harper Voyager.
I was sent a complimentary hardcover copy of Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson. The return label said HarperCollins. Pretty sure I was supposed to receive a different book from their Tastemakers Influencer program, if this was from that. Oops, because I honestly don’t remember signing up with them. I need a better way to keep track of books I request lol.
Maudee Genao from Simon & Schuster sent me a message through Edelweiss with a widget for Friends and Liars by Kit Frick. This is a new to me author which is exciting, and the cover really drew me in!
Aleaha Reneé from Simon & Schuster sent me a message through Edelweiss with a widget for The Safari by Jaclyn Goldis. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if I was going to accept it or not, but just decided to download it yesterday.
Anna at Macmillan Audio sent me a complimentary audiobook of Alex North’s new book, The Man Made of Smoke.
Storygraph says, “This book is ideal for readers who enjoy psychological thrillers exploring familial trauma and the lingering grip of past horrors, wrapped in a tense small-town mystery with emotional depth.”
This one publishes next week, so I need to get to listening!
Is this book on your TBR? Have you read any other Alex North books?
I am an Amazon Prime member, so every month I can choose a First Reads book. I decided to go with the bonus short story for the month of May as the other books on the list did not appeal to me.
Are you a Prime member? Which book did you choose?
