This is it, I am going to get back to my Goodreads challenge, and wow have I made my life hard. At the start of the year I had set my challenge at 50 books, and as of now – the beginning of October – I have only read a total of 13 books. That leaves me with 37 books to read in 3 months!! If I am honest, I don’t know if it is even possible, so I will be happy if I can hit 40 books by the end of the year. That being said, I am going to keep my TBR’s reasonably short so that I leave myself plenty of room to mood read as I wish as that is generally how I manage to read the most.

So lets get started.

The first book on this list is actually the book I have already picked up; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling and all those other people! I thought a play script would be a great way to get back into reading. The hope is to fly through this and get the confidence to then jump into a full novel- we will see whether or not it works. I have heard so many mixed reviews about this, but personally I am actually finding I am enjoying it – okay, it isn’t as good as the original series but its a bit of fun and nice to be back in the world.

Next on the list is actually another script, just in case the first wasn’t enough- and that is Fantastic Beasts and where to find them, again by JK Rowling. I have seen the film for this, and now have the second film to watch, so I thought I would read the script for the first before jumping into the second. Plus its just another quick read to ease myself in. If really needed I then also have The Crimes of Grindelward script, so if still not ready for a book then I have this to pick up also.

Right, I really do need to catch up on some recent releases that publishers have had the kindness to share with me, so I am going to have at least two on each TBR for the rest of the year, with the hope to read more through mood reading as well.

So first is one of my most anticipated reads of the year, a September Titan release, The Swallows by Lisa Lutz. A crime thriller, which if its anything like The Passenger by Lisa Lutz then it will be full of psychological twists and turns. As for the plot I don’t know much, and that is how I like to keep it with my thrillers. That way I can just enjoy the surprise and go with the ride.

And then another from Titan, but this time it is in the fantasy genre, The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young. This is a companion novel I believe to her previous book Sky in the Deep, but I have been reassured that I will be okay reading this one first- plan is if I love this one, then I will then most definitely pick up Sky in the Deep. Again I do not know overly much about this but I know that it is about a girl with powers who is then used by the native people. I am expecting it to be a fun exciting fantasy novel though, hopefully with loads of rich world building.

Then finally I have a book I have left unread for far too long, The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston. I was kindly gifted this by Quirk Books, and am ever so sorry for not having got to it sooner. I know that this is a young adult comtempory based at a convention, but not much more than that. But I have only heard great things so I am definitely super excited to jump into this.

What are you planning to read this month? Do you have any recent releases that you need to catch up on?

Also I am looking to do a buddy read within the next few months, so please let me know if you are interested 🙂