September 2023 was a great reading month for me! For a not so great reason…
![September Reading stack](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/September-Reading-2023.jpeg)
I spent the first three weeks of September sick. For the first two weeks I was really sick. The third week I was better, but not all the way better.
I read thirteen books in September, which might be a record reading month for me.
It was also a month of reading memoirs. Four of the thirteen books were memoirs. I love memoirs, but I don’t usually read four in one month. And I have lots of thoughts on the memoirs that I read in September.
September Reading
Fiction
![Crow Mary book review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Crow-Mary-768x1024.jpeg)
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom. This book has not received the attention that it deserves. If you loved The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, I think you will enjoy her latest book based on the true story of Goes First a Crow Indian.
![Dictionary of Lost Words book review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Dictionary-of-Lost-Words-768x1024.jpeg)
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. I have mixed thoughts on this one. I liked it but didn’t love it.
![West With Giraffes book review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/West-With-Giraffes-768x1024.jpeg)
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. I loved this book. It was the right book at the right time. This is based on the true story of two giraffes who traveled cross country during The Great Depression.
![Murder At the Elms book review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Murder-At-the-Elms-768x1024.jpeg)
Murder At the Elms by Alyssa Maxwell. This is the latest book in one of my favorite mystery series. I enjoyed it.
![A Royal Christmas book review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/A-Royal-Christmas-768x1024.jpeg)
A Royal Christmas by Melody Carlson. Yes, I read a Christmas book in September. I read it so I could review it for a project I am working on for the holidays.
![A Match In the Making](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/A-Match-In-the-Making-768x1024.jpeg)
A Match In the Making by Jen Turano. This is another book I read while not feeling well. it was a fun clean romance set in the Gilded Age.
![The Cruelest Month book](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/The-Cruelest-Month-768x1024.jpeg)
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. This was not my favorite Louise Penny book. Louise Penny is a brilliant mystery writer though so I will keep reading the series.
![Death on the Nile review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Death-On-the-Nile-473x1024.png)
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. I think this is my favorite Agatha Christie book that I have read. I listened to it on audio and enjoyed the narrator.
Nonfiction
![Jump book review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jump-768x1024.jpeg)
Jump by Larry Miller. I enjoyed this memoir. I think that is mainly because the second half of the book is set in NW Oregon, an area that I am very familiar with.
![Counting the Cost book](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Counting-the-Cost-768x1024.jpeg)
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar. This is Jill Duggar’s memoir. It is very different from her sister’s memoir, but I still really enjoyed it.
Christian Nonfiction
![All My Knotted Up Life](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/All-My-Knotted-Up-Life-768x1024.jpeg)
All My Knotted Up Life by Beth Moore. I am glad I read this book. I plan to do a full review for Sunday Reading soon, but I am still formulating my thoughts on this book.
![Like A River book review](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Like-A-River-768x1024.jpeg)
Like a River Granger Smith. This was an impulse buy when I saw it at the bookstore and I am so glad that I bought it.
![Heaven Rules book](https://fromourbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Heaven-Rules-Book-768x1024.jpeg)
Heaven Rules by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth. Nancy wrote this during Covid and after her husband was diagnosed with two types of cancer. It is a reminder to focus on Heaven. I enjoyed it, but it was a slower read for me because I took time to focus on what I was reading.
I don’t comment often, but appreciate your reviews so much! I just placed 4 holds. 🙂
Wow, several of these have my attention now! Good book month for sure!
I have Crow Mary on my TBR! I always enjoy reading your reviews, Lynn!
I hope that you enjoy Crow Mary! It deals with tough topics, but it is really good.
Thank you