September 2026 Wrap-Up

While I didn’t post too many reviews in September, it was a most enjoyable reading month, with several great new reads and a few cheeky rereads going on in the background, too. I also managed to add a couple of posts to my ongoing chapter-by-chapter journey through The Tale of Genji, even if I only covered one chapter, in addition to managing to make a dent in my backlog of review copies. Lots to enjoy in the month that was, then, but we’ll begin, as is usually the case, with quantity, not quality – here are the monthly stats for your perusal ***** Total Books Read: 7 Year-to-Date: 89 New: 6 Rereads: 1 From the Shelves: 3 Review Copies: 4 From the Library: 0 Novels: 5 Novellas: 1 Short Stories: 0 Non-Fiction: 1 Non-English Language: 5 (2 Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French) In Original Language: 0 The Tale of Genji – Chapter by Chapter 31 – Makibashira (i) 31 – Makibashira (ii) ***** Books Reviewed in September were: 1) God Has No Grandchildren by Kim Kyung-uk 2) No One Talks About the…