September Wrap Up and an Update

Whew! September is over, October is here and it's time for fall! It just started feeling like fall this past week and I'm loving it.

September was such a busy month! We went to California in the early part of the month to visit some of my family and had a blast. The Russian class I am taking really went full speed ahead and I'm taking a MOOC (massive open online class) on Laura Ingalls Wilder (more on that later). The Russian class is great but the amount of homework I have to do is borderline ridiculous. I'm also working on a big project at my job so I feel like I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off because I have so much to do! Because life is so busy right now, things are probably going to slow down around the blog a bit for a while (what am I saying, they already have). I have a few blog tour reviews lined up but otherwise, I might be in and out for a while.

At the end of August, I needed to read 5 books a month for the rest of the year in order to hit my goal of 75. In September, I read 6 books despite everything that was going on! I have read a total of 61 books this year so I'm confident that I will reach my goal.

Here is what I read:

1.) Shadow on the Highway by Deborah Swift
2.) Sins of the Highlander by Connie Mason
3.) The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff
4.) Hand of Fire by Judith Starkston
5.) The Brewer's Tale by Karen Brooks
6.) Goddess Born by Kari Edgren

What books did you read this month?

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