September Reading Wrap Up: Insomnia, Ghosts, and Stew

Books Bought:

• Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
• Maximum Ride #1-9 by James Patterson
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
• Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita
• The Lost Summer by Kathryn Williams
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• Little Bee by Christ Cleave
• The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour
• Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

Books Read:

• Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonia
• Brian’s Return by Gary Paulsen
• The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
• Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
• Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

September was a long, draining month. I wrestled with heavy insomnia since the middle of August, which left me dreary around 8pm. I was fortunate to rediscover the joy my library card brought to me and how easy it was to place holds on line, and it rendered buying books almost unnecessary!

Or so I thought, until I walked into two used book stores. In the same afternoon. I was doomed.

I read two really incredible works this month: Meddling Kids and The House of the Spirits. I juggled reading both at the same time only because they were so vastly different but equally enjoyable.