September Reads in Review

There's not much to say about the month of September's reading selections other than they were quite all over the place.  For some reason, I couldn't concentrate this month and it took me a long time to get interested.  There were a few other books that I started but just couldn't get interested in so I tossed them.  Hoping to up the game in October and be better about my selections - and hopefully clear out the must read pile.

"Educating Esme" by Esme Raji Codell - This was read way back in the beginning of the month before I got antsy.  It took all of about 3 hours to finish it.  It was a great story of a first year teacher in Inner City Chicago.  Such a great book for new teachers and old teachers alike.

"The Island of Dr. Libris" by Chris Grabenstein - This was a follow-up to "Mr. Limoncello's Library." It was a cute story with lots of literary references but not as good as Mr. Limoncello.  

"The Creature Department" by Robert Paul Weston - I will fully cop to only purchasing this book because of the cute cover.  It was chock full of neon monsters that looked a lot like Jim Henson monsters.  Unfortunately, the story wasn't as great as the cover.  It had a great message for kids - believe in the impossible - but the story sort of dragged.

"Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert - I'm one of the very few girls in the entire world that never finished "Eat. Pray. Love." It just didn't capture my attention.  But so many people had talked about how wonderful she was as a writer, I just had to give her next book a shot.  Also, I was craving a way to get more creative in my life.  It was a fabulous book, but I'm not sure she wrote about anything groundbreaking.  In the end the major message was, choose to be creative and just do it.

"Key of Light" by Nora Roberts - Honestly I haven't even finished this one yet but I've been carrying it with me for most of the month.  My boss raved about this trilogy and she's been dying for me to read it.  The downside of this is that I hate it.  I just can't get into it.  It's all about Celtic mythology and legend.  So not my thing, so even though I've been carrying it around, I've been avoiding reading it.  Though, since I'm a good employee, I've resigned myself to finish at least this first book.  I'm not sure I have the will power for the next two...