Books Read in September

This was the month the Hornswoggler compound struggled to recover from Hurricane Irene and the subsequent flood -- we got electricity, gas, and a hot water heater within a week, and a washer & dryer the next week, but, as I write this, we still don't have a furnace, and the reclaiming of the basement will probably take another couple of months and more money than I want to think about. (Though I do have to thank FEMA for their prompt financial assistance.)

Anyway, that meant it was yet another month in which outside forces -- I'm not even mentioning the frenzy at work this time around -- kept me from reading much, or spending much time thinking about books. But here's what I did get through:

• Paul Theroux, The Pillars of Hercules (9/8)
  
• Alain de Botton, A Week at the Airport (9/9)
  
• Frank Miller & Kim Lee with Scott Williams, All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder, Vol. 1 (9/12)
  
• Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (9/14)
  
• Matthew Hughes, The Other (9/16)
  
• Michael Swanwick, Dancing With Bears (9/22)
  
• Brian Selznick, Wonderstuck (9/23)
  
• Calvin Trillin, Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin (9/28)
  
• Dan Wells, Mr. Monster (9/30)
  

I'm hoping that October brings something more normal, but I'm coming to fear that this level of reading is the new "normal."