September TBR

Hi, yes i'm in one of those productive moods. Okay sort of but I thought since its a new month I would get a head start of my September TBR 5. Well technically, I think its 6 books. Yes even though I only got one book finished in August, I want to read more in September. Yeah I can hope. But I have got a head start on the reading as I started two of the books already. One of my books is also for my english literature IGCSE.

So the first book I want to read and am currently reading is.....

Shadow and Bone By Leigh Bardugo

So like Acotar, see review of that here, its been quite a hyped book and its the first in a trilogy, although all three are released. (Which means no waiting, yay!!!) I mean hyped as in 'its soo good hype.' Which since acotar, I have been slightly more cautious of highly hyped books. I recently bought this from my local bookstore, which is an independent book and music store, as well as The Dolls by Kiki Sullivan.  I have just started this book so I guess i'm ahead already. LOL

Now this book is part of my IGCSE's English Literature .....

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Yes I have never read Pride and Prejudice before, or any 'classic' to be honest. But its about to change. I have started it and although the language is slightly different to modern day books, its not too different. It's more the phrasing of it that's different. 

Now this next book is one that has been on my shelf for about a year now (yes that's shockingly terrible!) 

Reckless By Cornelia Funke

So I don't know much about this book as I got it as a present from my aunt about a year or two ago.

I know this book is a retelling of a fairy tale though I think, here's a bit of what its about from Goodreads :

Through a mirror...is a dangerous world.
For years, Jacob Reckless hasenjoyed its secrets and treasures.
Not any more.
His younger brother hasfollowed him.
Now dark magic will turn the boyto beast, break the heart of the girlhe loves, and cause chaos to ruleforever...
Unless Jacob can find a way tosave them.
You thought you knew fairy tales? Think again.

This book I got from my aunt as she was getting rid of quite a few books and well who did she think of first? Me LOL

So this book is called You and I by Emily Gilmor Murphy.

Its set in Dublin and about 18 year old Olive who meets a guy named Tom while at university. I like the sound of this book because I haven't read a book set in Ireland before, it sounds refreshing. Here's what Goodreads says about the book :

Each September, thousands of students walk through the doors of University College and Trinity College, Dublin. This year, Olive and Tom will be among them.

Eighteen-year-old Olive is fresh from the country, and her eyes are opened wide by the big-city goings on of her new friends. When she starts to be pursued by Tom, the scruffy maverick who's seduced half the girls she's met, she's adamant he's not for her. But when a tragedy befalls her family, it's Tom who proves her best friend - until that is, she discovers his real motivations.
Tom has never thought further than the next party, the next girl, the next drink. But now, with his own broken family about to cast him off and his social habits spinning out of control, he seems to have destroyed his relationship with Olive. What started out as a stupid dare metamorphoses into something much more serious.
Set against the backdrop of youth on the brink of adulthood, and capturing the contrasts of the haves versus the have-nots, the worldly versus the innocent, Emily Gillmor Murphy's YOU AND I is an assured debut that will transport readers straight to the rollercoaster experience of growing up and falling in love. 

Now I am sure many of you have heard of this next book and I was going to put it on my August TBR but eventually decided to put it on my September TBR....

Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard!

Now like Smoke and Bone and ACOTAR I have heard great things but I've also seen some mixed reviews as well. So I am hoping I enjoy it. The mixed reviews seemed to say it was a lot like other books. But I'm going to withhold any judgment on it untill I have read it.

Here's the synopsis on Amazon, I would use Goodreads but the Synopsis is written in another language, that I don't speak or read.

A thrilling new fantasy trilogy for fans of Divergent and The Hunger Games.This is a world divided by blood - red or silver.
The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.
That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.
Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.
But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance - Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart . . .

  Now this last book you may recognize from the August TBR but I didn't get to read the book, it's.....

I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson.
So I explained a lot about this book in my August TBR but I'm determined this month to read this book, if not because I can then say I have read it, but because I absolutely loved The Sky Is Everywhere.



Now these are the 6 books I want to (hopefully!) read in September. 

I also have a few things coming up soon, which I will blog about. Like One Direction in concert which I am so excited for, I also wanted to do a post about the Summer Reading Challenge that has been running in libraries up and down the country. I have been a volunteer this year, which I have now completed except for an award ceremony. 

Also there's my day trip to Bath, which I am so so EXCITED for !!!

That's about it really. All I can say is wish me luck with my TBR shelf. 

I'd love to hear what you want to read and if there are any books I should be reading!

Until next time

Sophie