cozy september page*turns...
welcome to the cozy (pretend) month of september where i hope every new book comes with a side of a nap to usher in the long-awaited cooler, crisper fall! :)
below, find all of september’s weekly reading book review videos, complete with links to each title mentioned… each title shall take you to the books’ bookshop.org page where you can learn more, and if you decide to purchase, you’ll be supporting your local indie bookstore! what fun!
with a TBR of endless dreams,
xo,
*hallie :)
✨📖 weekly reading book review september 2026: episode one!! 📖✨
📚 here’s what i read this week:
🩵 THE MAGIC LIBRARY OF WATERFALL WAY by julie abe
☺️ yep! that was all i finished! 🥰
📘 also loving/currently reading:
👻 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GHOST? by daniel kwan & julia pott; illustrated by sean lewis (atheneum bfyr /
🩷 IDEAL LIFE by evelyn skye
📺 watched:
💙 some COMMUNITY (“that’s like blaming owls for how bad i am at metaphors.” 😂 2014)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439629/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
🪐 PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12042730/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
🎬 hope to read:
💛 more of EAST OF EDEN by john steinbeck
💙 TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA by wm shakespeare
🤍 GLASS SWORD by victoria aveyard
(my TEMPEST pre*order is in the mail!!!! comes out tomorrow!!!!)
❤️ QUETZAL’S LABYRINTH by karla arenas valenti
🥳 & from my SEPTEMBER joyful to*do:
💙 re*watch ALADDIN !! 🥰💜🐅 (1992)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103639/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
what stories are you loving right now?!?
📚🫶🏽🎭🎧🎤🩰📝🎥
next week is my regional scbwi conference and i gotta get that portfolio readyyyyyy!!! 😆🎨✏️
and it’s not too late to get this month’s september happy vinyl sticker mail in the crayon box! (comes with that to*do list insert, too!!)
❤️xo,
*hallie 🤓
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