Monthly Reads: September 2025

Book of the Month is … somehow, The Butcher’s Masquerade, by Matt Dinniman, with a special “yes, I’m serious, and no, I can’t explain it” runner-up award for You Weren’t Meant to be Human, by Andrew Joseph White.

Unread Shelf: September 30, 2025

“That’s not that bad,” you might be thinking. “Didn’t you say yesterday that your unread shelf was going to be unprecedented and absolutely ridiculous?”

Yes, I said that. Look closer.

“I mean, it’s interesting that those are all hardbacks. And it’s weird that they’re all the same size. But a bunch of them are new … wait.”

Sigh.

I’m never getting caught up.

As requested

I think this might be the best picture of Sushi anyone has ever taken.

Monthly Reads: August 2025

Depressing, I know, but remember I stared an 800-page history of London on July 31 and school started this month, so it’s not quite as depressing as it looks.

Book of the Month is Shroud, which I guess I should have reviewed.

Unread Shelf: August 31, 2025

I swear to God I read books this month, and I also swear to God that end-of-summer book sales are the bane of my existence.

Friday, in cat

Sushi says hello, and that I’m not allowed near my computer to post tonight.

Monthly Reads: July 2025

Not as heavy as last month, but still. Damn.

And I just started London: The Biography, so even if we don’t take school starting into account, that’s gonna lighten next month considerably.

Book of the Month is His Face is the Sun, by Michelle Jabés Corpora.

Unread Shelf: July 31, 2025

Did I rearrange this shelf hoping to hide the fact that there are more books on it than there were last month?

…maybe. I might have done that.