September 2022 Month In Review

Posted 1 October 2022 in month in review /11 Comments

The big news from September is… *drum roll 🥁* I started a new job! It was totally unexpected. I got a call in August about a job I applied for at the end of April. I had completely written off the opportunity (for more reasons than just the fact that it had been three months, lol). But now I am nearly a month into it. I am back in libraryland and children’s services. I don’t like to talk too much about work here, so that’s all I say about that. 😉

Cybils judges were also announced in September. This year, for the first time since 2016 (my first year of Cybils participation!), I will be a round one judge. 😮 So I shall busy myself in the remaining months of 2022 reading all the middle grade speculative fiction from the past year that I have been sleeping on.

ALSO I have been watching The Rings of Power. Mostly I reply to other people’s theories and opinions on Twitter. But I am happy to discuss it further in the comments 😄

Books Finished

  • Let the Monster Out by Chad Lucas
  • Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel
  • Wildseed Witch by Marti Dumas
  • The City (Scary Stories for Young Foxes #2) by Christian McKay Heidicker

Posts Written

Shared on Twitter

https://twitter.com/KathieMacIsaac/status/1570793190759989248

On My Radar in October

Representation indicated below AFAIK (I haven’t read these books). Please notify me of any errors or places where I can be more specific.

  • 1 to 31 Oct – #MGBooktober over on Twitter
  • 1 to 15 Oct – Nomination period for the Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Award. I will be sharing more info about this next week, but for now visit the website to find out how to nominate.)
  • 4 Oct – Release date of The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud (MG paranormal, queer rep – protagonist has two moms, not sure if there is also other rep)
  • 11 Oct – Release date of Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman (MG contemporary fantasy, biracial Japanese American protagonist, queer rep)
  • 18 Oct – Release date of Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne (MG contemporary, queer rep), When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (adult historical fantasy, Jewish and queer rep), and Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen (adult historical mystery, queer rep)
  • 19 – 31 Oct – #SpooktasticReads, hosted by the folks behind Wyrd & Wonder
  • 22 Oct – Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon

How was your September? What new books, or bookish events, are you looking forward to this month?

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11 responses to “September 2022 Month In Review”

  1. Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense

    Congratulations on your new job and your Cybils judgeship. No doubt you will excel at both. How did you enjoy Wildseed Witch? I added it to my TBR after seeing it on your blog. The cover is just so stunning. I hope you have a good October!

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    • Jenna @ Falling Letters

      Thank you very much 😊 Overall I enjoyed Wildseed Witch! I found some of the premise and pacing a little odd and uneven. But I especially enjoyed the YouTube subplot, which turned out to be more prominent than I anticipated. Hope your October is also off to a good start 🙂

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  3. Krysta

    Yay! Congratulations on the new job! I do find some places move rather slowly, though. No, I’m not still interested a year later? I have moved on! I just got a random email from some place I applied to three or four years ago, asking if I’m still interested.

    Also, that red armchair is AMAZING!

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    • Jenna @ Falling Letters

      Thanks very much!! This was the third interview I did for this place (I declined the position they offered me earlier this year). The turn around this time was faster than any other library job I’ve interviewed for. I know a lot of places are desperate for staff right now, so that’s wild someone reached out years later!

      The red chair I have been dreaming of getting for five or six years. I am very happy to finally have space for it 😄

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