Good morning!! I hope you had a great weekend. It is already the second week of November, and I’m just posting my wrap-up for October, but I guess it’s better late than never!
October was a pretty good month, especially reading wise. I was lacking in the blogging department, but I managed to read a lot more, and I did write some posts, so I guess it was still somewhat a success.
Let’s take a deeper look!
Books:
Covers are from Goodreads
Guys. I read THIRTEEN books. In ONE month. *goes off to squeal proudly and excitedly* I feel like I deserve a medal for this accomplishment. This was the first month that I had a TBR, and I’ve actually read most of the books on it, except for a few. I’m definitely going to have another TBR for November. I’m now only 6 books behind on my GR challenge, and I have 20 books to read to reach my goal of 100 by the end of December, so wish me luck guys!
The titles lead to my unofficial reviews on Goodreads (a few include a good deal of crying and excitement and there is also a rant…)
Books | Author | Rating | Book Type |
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Palace of Spies | Sarah Zettel | โ โ โ โโ | E-book |
Dangerous Deceptions | Sarah Zettel | โ โ โ โโ | E-book |
Three Days Missing | Kimberly Belle | โ โ โ โ โ | E-book |
Girls Like Us | Gail Giles | โ โ โ โ โ | E-book |
The Victim of the System | Steve Hadden | โ โ โโโ | E-book (for review) |
Before We Were Strangers | Brenda Novak | โ โ โ โโ | E-book |
The Wrath and the Dawn | Renรฉe Ahdieh | โ โ โ โ โ | E-book |
The Rose and the Dagger | Renรฉe Ahdieh | โ โ โ โ โ | E-book |
Escaping From Houdini | Kerri Maniscalco | 1.5 stars | E-book |
Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas | โ โ โ โโ | E-book |
Vengeful | V. E. Schwab | โ โ โ โ โ | Hardcover |
The Lovely and the Lost | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | โ โ โ โโ | Hardcover |
Assassin’s Masque | Sarah Zettel | โ โ โ โโ | Hardcover |
I also wrote a few official reviews (linked below), but I’m still behind on so many.
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee // Rating: โ โ โ โ โ One sentence summary: An interesting historical fiction novel with amazing characters and diverse topics.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman // Rating: โ โ โ โ โ One sentence summary: A heartbreaking, yet funny book with beautiful characters.
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim // Rating: โ โ โ โ โ One sentence summary: A great fantasy with awesome characters, and a few flaws.
The Victim of the System by Steve Hadden // Rating: โ โ โโโ One sentence summary: This was a meh thriller with disappointing characters, and some unbelievable twists.
Total Number of Books Read This Month: 13
Total reviews: 4
Tags:
I took part in Bookending Autumn 2019, and wrote three posts. Technically, I only did one tag, but who cares about technicalities?
Garden of Evil (Prompt by Jamsu @ Jamsu Dreams)
Study Group (Prompt by Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads)
Spicy Pumpkin Latte Book Tag (Prompt by Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads)
Let’s Talk Bookish:
October 4: Star Ratings โ Are they fair or necessary?
October 11: Sexual Content in YA โ Is there too much sexual content in YA books? (suggested by Ruqs @ Many Things Bookish)
October 18: What are some tropes/characters that you think are poorly or under represented in books?
October 25: Are TBRโs necessary to be considered a book blogger, or reader? (suggested by Heran @ Be Frisky)
Great Posts From Around the Blog-O-Sphere:
Caitlin discusses Why Reading Is So Unpopular and honestly, all her points are pretty accurate, but I still love reading anyways.
Christina is back and I’m so excited!! Check out her amazing review of The Toll!
Line wrote an amazing post about Underrepresented Tropes and Characters in Books.
Marie talks about what How to Make it as a Book Blogger.
Anything Else?
I hit 200 followers!! I’m planning on doing a Q&A soon, so if you’d like to ask me a question, head over here to ask! I also had over 1,000 views which is another accomplishment that I’m really proud of, especially since my posting was pretty irregular. So thank you guys so much for that!!
IRL, it’s so cold. Like really really ice-on-the-grass-and-roofs kind of cold. Which is something because this is Georgia that we are talking about. I’m semi-loving it, semi-hating it because now it’s not burning hot, but it’s also a little too cold for comfort.
Anyways, school is kind of stressful, but it’s not as bad as testing season, so I’m pretty happy about that. I’m feeling really good about the number of books that I read, and I really hope to do just as good this month, and also get back to properly blogging and maybe get rid of my backlogged reviews.
Thatโs A Wrap!
That’s it! In the end, I read 13 books, did 4 reviews, 3 “tags”, and 4 discussion posts. 5 of the 13 books were either 4 or 5 stars, which I’m pretty happy about, especially since most of the others were 3 stars, and only 2 of them were below that.
I met most of my goals for October, so hopefully for November, I’ll read at least 10 books, do 4 reviews, 3 or 4 tags, and 3 more discussions.
And thatโs it for this wrap-up! How was October for you? Did you get as much reading as you wanted done? Have you read any of the books that I did? Did you take part in BE Autumn? Is it freezing where you are? What’s you #1 most anticipated release for this month? Letโs chat in the comments below!
Congrats on your awesome reading month!!! You had some fab books in that list, and a few more I now need to go check out!!!
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Thanks Megan! I hope you find some that interest you ๐
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So many books in October!! Also, such great discussion posts.
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Lol, yes, and hopefully I’ll read them all. Aww, thank you ๐ฅฐ
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Well done on all of the followers and also all of the books that you managed to read. It’s mostly rainy where I am which is annoying. Today looked so sunny at first and now it’s raining again and just completely grey /: I hope you have another good reading month (:
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Thank you Charlotte โค Haha, I hope you get some sunshine soon. For the past few days here, it’s been going back and forth between dreary and gray, to bright and sunny, but still so cold lol. Hopefully the sun will come out and stay out soon!
Thanks, and I hope your month is great as well ๐
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Thank you (: Fingers crossed the weather improves for both of us then. Lately it seems to have a habit of starting off sunny then changing by mid afternoon :L
Thank you ๐
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Wow! Congrats on 13 books and 200 followers!!
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Thanks Dedra ๐
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You’ve read a lot in October, congratulations! And good luck for the GR challenge, I’m sure you will complete it for the end of the year!
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Thank you Diana ๐ Hopefully! Happy reading ๐
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Iโm so excited that youโve started Throne of Glass. Itโs either a win or lose situation for most but its one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did ๐โโ๏ธ๐
Iโve barely read this month because of studying and exams but just hang in there, next week I will be a force to reckon with! ๐คฉ
Down in the southern hemisphere, weโre roasting! โ๏ธ Summer has just set in so we wonโt be freezing for quite some time. Enjoy the popcorn and hot chocolate whilst it lasts ๐. I live so close to the coast so Iโve never seen snow in my life before tbh ๐. To me, snow is magical but Iโm sure its not that great when your toes are popsicles ๐๐คทโโ๏ธ
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The first book was nothing spectacular, so hopefully later on, I’ll be on the side that loves it! Thank you ๐
Lol, I can’t wait to see that!
Haha, trust me, I’ll be savoring all the cold even if I feel like I’m freezing, because the summers here are beyond hot ๐ Aww, snow is truly magical, especially watching it fall, but yeah, it’s cold freezing water so….magical to see, not so magical to touch lol
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I’m so excited to be back too! Thanks for the tag and for all this great content….you know, my TBR felt manageable there for a second but not anymore lol!
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I can’t wait to see more of your amazing posts ๐ You’re welcome ๐ Haha, hopefully you’ll eventually be able to manage it!
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