#reading in september

[gothark]

Books I've read in September 2024:

And what I thought about them:

Stars of Chaos Vol 1 - the plot is really interesting but the translation is a bit rough in my opinion so it was a little hard to get into. once i was in though i was very intrigued

4.25 Stars

Stars of Chaos Vol 2 - plot is plotting, relationships are relationshipping and the the translation is better in this one! this is also the one that got me properly hooked with the series though it's definitely more plot than relationship focused (i didn't really mind)

4.5 Stars

Stars of Chaos Vol 3 - mmmm yes good fucking food. i was so upset when i read this and saw that the 4th volume won't be out until the end of september, i was not ready to let go but alas reality did not give me a choice. basically if you liked the earlier two you are gonna like this one as well

4.5 Stars

The Battle of the Labyrinth - oh look i'm at it again, another nostalgia fueled joy ride... but ngl even outside of nostalgia these books are just good, easy to read and i did read this one and the last olympian literally in a single day

5 Stars

The Last Olympian - oh no who would have guessed?? it's not like i literally mentioned it lol such a good end to the original series ngl and i was so down to get started on the other 30-ish books in the extended universe lmao

5 Stars

The Lost Hero - so close to being as good as the original but jason isn't as compelling as percy, leo is a bit hard to get used to and piper is lowkey annoying because all she can think about is her relationship with jason. i get it, your memories being fake sucks but please talk about literally anything else. also slight pacing issues because this was 150 pages longer than any of the percy jackson books and i thought the shorter length worked much better

4.75 Stars

The Outsiders - this was fine, i didn't really care about any of the characters? had slight 2015 fanfic vibes. there is also the issue of me just not liking contemporary apparently

3 Stars

Morning Star - dear god was this so good. the plot twist at the end??? omg. gobsmacked. basically loved the entire ending except for mustangs little surprise lol i thought that was not needed but that is also a very biased opinion. everyone read this btw

5 Stars

The Son of Neptune - percy is back so i liked this a lot more lol hazel and frank are also much more sympathetic to me so i liked them more too xD still has the pacing issue of just being too long

4.75 Stars

The Darkness Outside Us - reread but still one of my favorite books ever, i mostly reread this to get my friends to read it and as a refresher before the second book comes out, i also won't say much about the plot because pretty much everything is spoilers. gays in space, that's all you need to know

5 Stars

The Mark of Athena - book 1 and two collide and so do all the things i liked and disliked lol so glad to have nico back? more of him pls and thanks (still too long)

4.75 Stars

Lor - finally finishing off the series to wait for further releases but this was pretty good, one of my new favorite couples and a super interesting take compared to the other ones. literally my only problem is that it's just too much smut but it's erotica so i'm barking at my own reflection but that's also just my opinion, what can you do

4.5 Stars

Young Mungo - reading this felt genuinly offensive as someone who is neurodivergent. it also felt like all it wanted to do was get in everything horrible it could possibly fit. it's just here to make you feel b a d and not even done well! so i dnf'd it lmao DNF

A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories - ... you will be so surprised but reading this one was a chore for me because it's a solid 60-70% of smut and as just established i just can't take that xD i got so annoyed at this book it's not even funny and it's all my fault

3.5 Stars

IT - soo... i might get stoned for this but I dnf'd this one like halfway through. it's not a bad book but i just couldn't take all the slurs anymore??? like there was literally no reason to use slurs that heavily for 'historical accuracy' at some point it's just offensive and this one reached that line and kept on going.

DNF

[shisasan]

1 September, 1925 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was forced to read a Donald Trump autobiography for one of my college courses. It was just the plot of Boss Baby. He thought nobody would notice. 

[thedeadpoets-blog]

oh september, how you have my heart.

[deerspherestudios]

surely Mychael will spend 5 days away from MC thinking about them very rationally with completely normal thoughts

I assure you he's done nothing but the most professional of in-depth research (cheesy romance novels) since then.

[from-the-gray-spaces]

14 days until autumn ❤️❤️❤️

[starryechoesworld]

Whispers of Autumn

I remember the way the seasons would turn,

How autumn arrived with its soft, gentle burn.

The leaves would fall, golden and bright,

Like whispers of secrets that fade with the light.

It was months before the trees turned red,

I saw you then, but you turned your head.

I lingered, hoping for that fleeting glance,

And when you caught me, it felt like a chance.

Not just once, but again and again,

Our eyes would meet in that silent refrain.

People talked, their voices a soft rustle,

But we stayed quiet, lost in the subtle.

Outside the classroom, you’d be near,

Your presence behind me, always clear.

We never spoke, but your eyes said enough,

In that autumn air, we shared something tough.

Thirteen years since those moments we knew,

And still, your shadow lingers, so true.

Your gaze, your silence, it shaped my past,

A memory that echoes, meant to last.

You’ve built a life now, with love and a home,

And sometimes I wonder, when I’m alone—

Was our silence a blessing or a curse left behind?

A story untold, a love undefined?

If you had wanted, you would’ve made it clear,

But perhaps the quiet was all we could bear.

Maybe it was the silence that held us tight,

A love that was felt but never took flight.

As autumn returns, I feel the same weight,

The brush of the wind, the threads of our fate.

The leaves still fall, they don’t whisper your name,

But in the rustling, I hear echoes of the same.

Perhaps it’s the autumn, or the memory we keep,

That binds me to moments I still silently reap.

We were always the season that never quite came,

A fleeting love, lost in autumn’s soft frame.

[buumbaby]

hello have a sparkle boy

[seph-on-an-irrational-planet]

you’re not supposed to like Ricky guys just because he smiles and is nice and attractive doesn’t mean he isn’t as bad as the rest of them

Lindy is easy to hate on purpose. Ricky is the level 2 media literacy challenge

[soulmvtes]

maybe it's because there's an autumn chill in the air despite the sun but i am suddenly overcome with an excitement for golden september and the changes of the season

[soracities]

Mihail Sebastian, Women (trans. Phillip Ó Ceallaigh)

[Text ID: "September has arrived, lovely in its weakening light."]

[shisasan]

26 September, 1880 Leo Tolstoy in his letter to Nikolai Strakhov

[lacemyribbons]

“pen in hand and dreams in tow, turning every grade into a stepping stone on my path to the stars.”

[claraoswalds]

DOCTOR WHO Dot and Bubble

[gwen-tolios]

[m3-kk]

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THE LAURAL WREATH ON HIS HEADD!!

HONGS LITTLE FACEEEEE

(>^ω^<)

This man is just laying there peacefully with his babies all around him looking at them like they’re his world and omg and Raon’s little claws and omg hands and WAIT OMG UIS HAIR I JUST NOTICATED ITS LONG OMG IM FERAL

I CANTTTTTT ITS AMAZING