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\n\u2665 A Magical Girl Retires<\/a> by Park Seolyeon (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Brother\u2019s Keeper<\/a> by Brian Evenson (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 Left To You<\/a> by Daniel J. Volpe (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Curse of Marystown<\/a> by Desiree Horton (3.5\u2605)<\/p>\n
Game Reviews<\/strong> Graphic Novel Reviews<\/strong> Other Posts<\/strong> I had a really busy “reading” month without reading many books. I read a ton of visual novels, which fall under the video game category.<\/p>\n Books<\/strong> \u2665 Blackberry Honey September has been surprisingly relaxed. I’m finishing out my tenure working remote and am hoping to get back to campus soon. Walking is still quite difficult and I occasionally feel pain in my ankle and on my upper leg where one of my long leg bones was broken, so I know it’ll be quite a while until the bones fully fuse together. My husband’s work has been ramping up and he’s going to be gone quite a bit which has been less desirable but maybe it’ll give me some time to catch up on some reading.<\/p>\n eARCs (NetGalley)<\/strong> Book Boxes<\/strong> Purchased<\/strong> Amazon First<\/strong> I’ve been having a lot of fun playing new video games and enjoying several visual novels, which I hope to continue into October. I’d also like to actually finish a few books next month, but we’ll see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posts Book Reviews \u2665 A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon (3.5\u2605) \u2665 Brother\u2019s Keeper by Brian Evenson (4\u2605) \u2665 Left To You by Daniel J. Volpe (3.5\u2605) \u2665 The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3217],"tags":[],"book-author":[],"book-illustrator":[],"book-series":[],"book-publisher":[],"book-genre":[],"book-source":[],"book-format":[],"class_list":["post-33629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-blog-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogreview_sep2026-header.png?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33629"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34585,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33629\/revisions\/34585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"book-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-author?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"book-illustrator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-illustrator?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-series?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"book-publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-publisher?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"book-genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-genre?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"book-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-source?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"book-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-format?post=33629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2665 Emily is Away<\/a> (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 I Did Not Buy This Ticket<\/a> (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 It Paints Me<\/a> (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 PARASiTE FLOWER<\/a> (2\u2605)
\n\u2665 Ripples<\/a> (3\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Jennifer’s Body<\/a> by Alan Robinson, Jim Mahfood, Ming Doyle, Nikki Cook, Rick Spears, Tim Seeley (0.5\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 5 Books To Read Before They Hit The Screen Fall 2026<\/a>
\n\u2665 October 2026 New Release Horror Books<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBooks Read<\/h2>\n
\n\u2665 Everything You Love is Gone by Ruth Anna Evans (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Painspace by Jon Athan (3.5\u2605)<\/p>\n
\nGames Played<\/h2>\n
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\n\u2665 Cuisineer
\n\u2665 Dead Hungry Diner
\n\u2665 Dressmaker
\n\u2665 Eclipsium
\n\u2665 Emily is Away
\n\u2665 Emily is Away Too
\n\u2665 Hozy
\n\u2665 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
\n\u2665 It Paints Me
\n\u2665 PARASiTE FLOWER
\n\u2665 Plush Parade
\n\u2665 Ripples
\n\u2665 Rose of Winter
\n\u2665 Saint Maker
\n\u2665 Sticky Business
\n\u2665 Tiny Bookshop<\/p>\n
\nLife and Other Things<\/h2>\n
\nBooks Hauled<\/h2>\n
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I was good this month and kept my book buying limited only to my one book box subscription! I’ve got a decent backlog to get through before the Christmas holidays. My backerkit copy of The Fires of December<\/em> came in today and I’m so excited to get into some fantasy come winter!<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 CREAM by Jamie Juggs
\n\u2665 Hail Holy Queens by Chris McGinley
\n\u2665 Hear the Dead by Ann D\u00e1vila Cardinal
\n\u2665 Tender by Lauren Du Plessis<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo (Twisted Retreat)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 The Fires of December by Brandon Sanderson (Backerkit)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Death by Misadventure by Jane Bitomsky
\n\u2665 The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder by Gregg Olsen<\/p>\n
\nNext Month<\/h2>\n