Tackle Your TBR goals post

This challenge is hosted by Tressa @ Tressa's Wishful Endings and Laura @ Colorimetry.
My goals for this read-a-thon are to read at least 500 pages and I would like to finish 4 books. I would also like to do at least one mini-challenge during the read-a-thon. I really need to finish a couple of books that I have already started and since I am doing the September is for Sequels challenge, I need to read a couple of sequels.

My reading list:
Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White (I have around 30 % left of this, so I definitely want to finish it.)
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (last month's Random Read I still need to finish!)
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede (Paranormal Challenge)
Always a Witch by Colleen MacCullough (Sequels, Paranormal, RIP VIII)
Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund (Random Read, Sequels?)
Infinityglass by Myra McEntire (Sequels)
The Nevermore Poe Collection by Kelly Creagh, Edgar Allan Poe (RIP VIII)
Origin by Jennifer Armentrout (Sequels)
Graceling by Kristen Cashore (New authors, Dusty reads)
Frostbite by Richelle Mead (Sequels, RIP VIII, Paranormal)
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (RIP VIII)

I am hoping to finish the first two books on the list and maybe two others. What are your goals?

Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon

This challenge is hosted by Tressa @ Tressa's Wishful Endings and Laura @ Colorimetry.

The Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon begins September 8th and ends September 21st. They will have author guest posts, giveaways, and challenges. It is a no stress read-a-thon with the goal being to tackle your TBR books. I will post goals and a reading list tomorrow!

R.I.P. VIII Challenge

This challenge is hosted by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings and runs from September 1 through October 31. You read stories with the right atmosphere for Fall. They can be mysteries, thrillers, suspense, horror, dark fantasy, gothic, or supernatural. There are different levels of participation and you can also do short story challenges and on screen challenges.
This is my first time participating in the challenge. I am going to try for Peril the First, since I need to catch up on my paranormal reads and I have a few mystery novels I want to read. I am also going to try for the Peril of the Short Story and read some Edgar Allan Poe.
Progress so far:

1. Always a Witch by Colleen MacCullough
2. Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
3. Teacher's Pest by Charles Gilman
4. Something Borrowed, Someone Dead by M C Beaton- no review


Nevermore Poe Collection:
32% of the way through

September Random Read

This is a meme hosted by Sarah at imlovingbooks.com. You can choose to use Goodreads or create your own list or use your bookshelves. The idea is to use random.org and type in the number of books on your list. Whatever number you receive is your random read for the month. I have decided  to use the books on my Kindle as my list. I buy or get free far too many books on my Kindle and then never read them. I now have 370 books on my Kindle, which is shameful! I did not finish Code Name Verity yet, because I got too depressed at the end of the month to finish it, although it is very good. I hope to finish it this month. The first two random number ended up being books I have actually read on my Kindle. Finally the number 15 matched up to Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund, which releases October 15. I plan on reading it and releasing the review in early October. I loved For Darkness Shows the Stars and cannot wait to start Across a Star-Swept Sea! Beautiful cover!

Balzar + Bray

Stacking the Shelves #8

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and is a meme for sharing books you've purchased, borrowed, or been sent for review. They can be physical or e-format. Just a small stack this week.
All book links go to Goodreads.

Bought:

Entangled Press

Origin by Jennifer Armentrout

Review:
From Edelweiss and Scribner for review:

Scribner

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
Thanks to Scribner for this title!
I love Alice Hoffman's books and she is one of the few adult authors I read. I think everyone bought Origin this week, especially after Opal's ending. Hope you all got some great books this week!

Kitty's passing

This last week was a hard week. We had to say goodbye to our cat, Giada. We had her for almost three and a half years and she was the sweetest cat. She was only 4 and a half when she passed. She had asthma with diabetic complications when we gave her steroid shots and we had to try other methods like inhalers and liquid and pill form steroids. We had been treating her for about three years and she was one of the worst cases our vet had ever seen. She had been sick for the last month and on Monday she could no longer breathe without constant oxygen. The vets tried everything and we did not want to keep her suffering so they put her to sleep Thursday, which just so happened to be my husband's birthday. We are really sad, but we know she is no longer suffering and in a better place. She was my favorite reading companion and I miss her terribly. Rest in Peace, sweet Kitty!

ARC August Wrapup

Well, I did finish three ARCs, although two of them I had started before the month began. I finished and reviewed Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike and The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross. I also finished Hero by Althea Kontis and will review it closer to release date. I am over halfway through Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White, so I hope to finish it this next week. Thanks to Octavia for hosting this challenge!