September TBR & Goals 2021

Usually when I write monthly TBR & goals posts, I feel like I’m overflowing with things to do and looking forward to accomplishing so much in the month! This time, I’m a little hung up on how much I will have to read for my children’s literature class. I know they’re all children’s books and should go by quickly, but the sheer volume is still intimidating! Additionally, with my second class being about research, it also has a hefty reading load and projects that will take a substantial amount of time and attention. It’s all totally doable, it just sounds like a lot and I’m not sure how to make everything fit in the 168 hours of a week! So, I’m not sure what goals I can or should set for the month, beyond keeping up with these classes. Somehow this doesn’t seem to be shrinking my TBR list, however!

September TBR

Finish reading these carryovers from August:
- Text, Lies, & Cataloging by Jana Brubaker; Nonfiction – Library Science
- Tables in the Wilderness by Preston Yancey; Nonfiction – Theology/Memoir
Read these books for my children’s lit class:
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
- Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
- Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Swindle by Gordon Korman
- When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
- Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
- + 5 bilingual picture books, 3 children’s poetry books, and potentially others to bolster read-a-like recommendations
Read this new release (if time):
- The Bookseller’s Secret by Michelle Gable

Other September Goals

Post at least twice a week
Change the displays I’m responsible for at work
Plan for the several birthdays I will celebrate in October
Check in with year-long reading goals and plan/adjust as necessary for the last quarter of the year
Keep up with meal planning/prep so that I don’t eat out for lunch and only get coffee once a week
Complete first half of semester-long research project so that when my third class starts in October I’ll have some wiggle room in my homework schedule to adapt