Read:
My Soul Twin – Nino Haratischvili (translated from German by Charlotte Collins) (Scribe, 2022)
The Glass Blowers – Daphne du Maurier (The Reprint Society, 1964)
Weather – Jenny Offill (Random House, 2020)
Romantic Comedy – Curtis Sittenfeld (Books on Tape, 2023)
The Imposters – Tom Rachman (Bond Street Books, 2023)
Soucouyant – David Chariandy (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007)
Belle Epoque – Elizabeth Ross (Ember, 2013)
In the Lake of the Woods – Tim O’Brien (Penguin Books, 1994)
Trespasses – Louise Kennedy (Penguin Audio, 2022)
Godmersham Park – Gill Hornby (Century, 2022)
Did Not Finish:
I Become a Delight to my Enemies
Currently Reading:
Early Morning Riser – Katherine Heiny
Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein – Anne Eekhout
2023 GOALS:
Books Read: 79/100 (10 in September)
Translated Works: 7/15 (My Soul Twin translated from German)
Books I Already Own: 22/30 (3 in September – My Soul Twin, The Glass Blowers, and In the Lake of the Woods)
Books From the TBR pre-2020: 13/20 (Soucouyant from 2018)
Current TBR: 200 (previously 207) Look at me go!
Thoughts:
Highlights of my September reading were probably The Glass Blowers and Romantic Comedy. In the Lake of the Woods and Trespasses were up there too but considerably heavier in content. I listened to 3 audio books which shows that I’m back to my school/work schedule and have more solo time. I’m also back to making use of the Inter-Library loan system to work on some of those long-term TBR titles.
What’s Next:
I’d like to prioritize my library books this fall, as well as some from the stack that’s been sitting in the corner of my bedroom. I have 20 more books to read in order to reach my goal of 100 in 2023. Which I think is doable but also means I can’t slack off.
Any reading highlights for you in September?
Karissa Reads Books 
Are you going to review Glass Blowers?
Yes, I will!
Cool, I look forward to it! It’s amazing how often a du Maurier book will pop in my head, and I’ll just feel dreamy about the story. Frenchman’s Creek has been the top contender recently.
I haven’t read much by du Maurice yet but this one struck me as fairly different from her other work. It was really engaging though. I was impressed.
There was only one book of hers (The House on the Strand) that I did not love, but the whole concept was interesting. Mainly, I struggled to keep track of what it would be like to live as far into the past as she was writing for this time travel novel.
She writes so many different kinds of books!
100 books in 2023! I’ll be amazed if I manage 50 at the rate I’m currently going. I look forward to hearing what you have to say about The Glass Blowers – that’s a du Maurier I haven’t read.
I haven’t read much du Maurice but I really like this. She’s hard to pin down in one genre!