September TBR and 1-3rd Wrap- Up

September TBR and 1-3^rd  Wrap- Up

Current TBR List: 31
Currently Reading: 6
Books Finished in September: 3

Starting with the books already completed:

When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman.

Five plus years ago I read the 16^th book in this series, I didn’t know it was the 16^th one. I enjoyed that story and have wanted to read the series since then. My goal by the end of 2018 is to clean up my TBR list that I added to GoodReads in 2012 (I will probably, maybe post this goal when it gets closet to 2018?) Anyways, I discovered Overdrive and downloaded When the Bough Breaks and I loved it! Lots of trigger warnings for this book, so be aware if you are a sensitive reader.

It was unique starting this series as an audio book on my smart phone. The novel was first published in 1985 and the technology and concerns regarding technology were interesting to read about. Moving into the meat of the story, Alex Delaware is a recently retired, young, child psychologist. A huge case caused burnout and he left his field to relax the days away after then main suspect in a huge child abuse scandal was found by him in his office with his head blown off. Early retirement though hardly works for the highly driven and curious people and when Dr. Morton Handler, another psychiatrist is brutally murdered and the only witness is 7 year old Melody Quinn Delaware is dragged out of retirement by the police. As he works with the young girl he finds that her current nightmare is linked to his own recent experiences.

The plot was steady and the twists and turns came out of nowhere, no surprise why this was an Edgar Award for Best First Novel! I cannot wait to pick up the rest of the series.

I then finished Loud Music by Gloria Geiger.

I was given a free copy of the e-book in exchange for being part of a book tour with @happylilbooknook (Instagram). I will save information for those dates! Look for it September 10^th-16^th.

After Loud Music I was sucked back into Overdrive and borrowed The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon.

This was a super cute book and easy listen. The plot kept moving following a young duo as they meet for the first time and experience a relationship over the course of one day.

Natasha is an illegal immigrant who came to the states at 8 years old. She loves science and just wants to be able to go to college and study, but she is being deported in 12 hours. As she heads into the city to fight for her family to stay she gets caught up in things outside of her beloved facts.

Daniel has always been the good kid, not as good as his brother, that is until the recent disgrace. He wants to be a poet, a dreamer but his Korean family has chosen for him to be a doctor and he has to attend his admission interview. As he is on his way he sees Natasha, dancing to her music, lost in another world. Fate, destiny, whatever you want to call it has aligned and he was meant to meet her.

Science, every moment brings us to a single moment while a million untold futures still lie ahead. What can the future hold for a girl forced to leave soon and a boy with a mapped out future with no choices left to be made?

Now drum roll! The September TBR! This will have some updates because the CBB will be meeting towards the end of the month and we will be picking our books and categories for the upcoming months.

Source	Format	Week	Start	Finish	Title	Author
B	A	1	8/24/2017	9/1/2017	When the Bough Breaks	Jonathan Kellerman
BT	E	2	8/29/2017	9/4/2017	Loud Music	Gloria Geiger
B	A	2	8/30/2017	9/4/2017	The Sun is Also a Star	Nicola Yoon
B	P		9/27/2016		The Beauty Myth	Naomi Wolf
P	P		6/29/2017		Requiem for a Dream	Hubert Selby Jr
P	A		7/9/2017		The Count of Monte Cristo	Alexandre Dumas
GR	P		8/22/2017		Pineapple	Mia Castle
B	P		8/28/2017		Fangirl	Rainbow Rowell
F2R	E		8/29/2017		Spellbook of the Lost and Found	Moira Fowley-Doyle
P	P				My Friend Leonard	James Frey
P	P				The Zookeeper’s Wife	Diane Ackerman
P	P				Fever 1793	Laurie Halse Anderson
P	P				Rogue Lawyer	John Grisham
NG	E				Saving Paradise	Mike Bond
NG	E				Fox	Kelly Oliver
NG	E				The Ninth Circle	C.A. Harland
B	P				Odd Thomas #7 Saint Odd	Dean Koontz
B	P				Dresden Files #3 Grave Peril	Jim Butcher
B	P				Carry On	Rainbow Rowell
B	P				Bakuman Vol 1	Tsugumi Ohba
B	P				Bakuman Vol 2	Tsugumi Ohba
B	P				Bakuman Vol 3	Tsugumi Ohba
F2R	E				Reincarnation Blues	Michael Poore
F2R	E				Beasts Made of Night	Tochi Onyebuchi
B	P				Wonder	R.J. Palacio
P	P				How to Win Friends and Influence People	Dale Carnegie
B	P				Flowers in the Attic	V.C. Andrews
P	P				The Tea Planter's Wife	Dinah Jeffries
P	P				It	Stephen King
B	A				The Lightning Thief	Rick Riordan
F2R	E				Don't Let Go	Harlan Coben

Source:
A = Amazon Top 100 Free
B = Borrowed/Library
BT = Book Tour – Honest Review
F2R = First to Read (Penguin) – Honest Review
G = GoodReads – Honest Review
NG = NetGalley – Honest Review
P = Purchased

Format:
A = Audio
E = E-book
P = Physical

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