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August/September Wrap Up

October is here, can you believe it?!  I am so excited for the next couple of months and all of the holidays coming up!  I still have to find a costume for baby girl but I can not decide what to dress her up as!

 I never got around to writing an August wrap up post so this is going to be a combined post.  So far this year, I have read 72 books which is only 3 books away from my goal of 75.  Yippee!  I really wish I could make it to a 100 books this year but there is no way that is going to happen.  I only read 4 books in August and 5 books in September so at that rate I'll be lucky to hit 90 books by the end of the year.I just don't have as much free time to read as I used to.  Heck, we moved at the beginning of August and I STILL have not unpacked my books yet.  There are just empty bookshelves in my living room right now!

 August books:

1.) The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields 
2.) Song of the River by Sue Harrison 
3.) His Last Mistress by Andrea Zuvich 
4.) The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen 

September books: 

1.) Six Days in Leningrad by Paullina Simons
2.) Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle 
3.) The Study of Murder by Susan McDuffie
4.) The Boleyn Deceit by Laura Andersen  
5.) The White Princess by Philippa Gregory 

What books did you read in September?  Are you getting excited for the upcoming holidays?
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