October ’18 wrap-up and November TBR
I can’t believe we’re nearly at Christmas! And 2019 is right around the corner… how time has flown this year!
October wrap-up
During October I read 7 books, and they were all amazing! I did add an additional column to my usual table, as I thought I should probably start marking off whether these books were on my TBR… Let me know what you think!
|
Book |
Author |
Series |
Format |
TBR list? |
Reread? |
Rating (/10) |
| Catwoman: Soulstealer | Sarah J Maas | DC Icons (#3) | Hardback |
Y |
8 |
|
| Fence | C. S. Pacat | Fence (Issue #10) | Comic |
Y |
7 |
|
| The Lost Sisters | Holly Black | The Folk of the Air (#1.5) | eBook |
Y |
8 |
|
| Ilahara: The Last Myrassar | C. M. Karys | Ilahara (#1) | Beta | 10 | ||
| What If It’s Us | Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera | Hardback |
Y |
10 |
||
| The Caged Queen | Kristen Ciccarelli | Iskari (#2) | Hardback |
Y |
10 |
|
| Kingdom of Ash | Sarah J Maas | Throne of Glass (#8) | Paperback |
Y |
9 |
Now, I had a pretty heavy TBR for October – 14 books – so, suffice to say that I did not get through them all. This was primarily due to a lot of them not arriving until the 30th of October (or not at all), and also because I decided to restart my farm on Stardew Valley, and consequently sank a good 80 hours into the game this month. Ooops? Also, I read Kingdom of Ash which is basically equivalent to 4 books! Reviews are still to come for Catwoman and Kingdom of Ash, but I also desperately want to talk to you all about an AMAZING beta I was given an opportunity to read – post coming this week.
In non-book updates, I’ve been a bit distracted this week as we are currently in the midst of some family stuff, so while I started Mort on Friday afternoon, I’ve only read about 40 pages… but I promise to read (and review) it and Sourcery this month for the Discworld read-a-long!
In September I started a reading bingo that I found on Novel Heartbeat‘s blog. It was originally intended as an annual bingo, but I thought I’d just do it for September, but then quickly changed to the last four months of the year. In September I marked off 6 books, and in October, another 4 (I’m only marking off full novels). The original bingo is in my August wrap-up.
November TBR
I still can’t believe I stuck to my October TBR. I’m not sure how I managed it this month, but never any other month. It’s entirely possible that I knew with all the new releases coming out, that is what I wanted to focus on. Oh, but if I had that many new releases every month, I would never read any of my (entirely too large) back catalogue!
So, books I anticipate I will read in November (including carry over from October):
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (November re-read)
- Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd
- Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
- The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
- Fence issue 11 by C. S. Pacat
- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
- Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
- The Land I Lost by Cassandra Clare
- The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood
- Warcross by Marie Lu
- Wildcard by Marie Lu
- Mort by Terry Pratchett (Discworld read-a-thon)
- Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (Discworld read-a-thon)
I still need to spend some serious time finishing all my draft book reviews. I currently have 29 half-completed reviews… But it’s down from last month, and I posted new ones this month too! WINNING!!
Until next time, happy reading! ☺️?
11 Comments
thebookwormdrinketh
Don’t worry about it, darlin! I feel your pain!! Kathy, storm of pages and I were all late posting as well! ?? Take your time. I hope everything is ok. Can’t wait to see what you have coming in November!
may
looks like you had a fantastic reading month. im so glad to see you loved kingdom of ask too!!
GOOD LUCK ON NOVEMBER!! and happy reading <3
Meeghan reads
Thanks May!!
J.W. Martin
7 is great! Can’t wait to hear about your beta opportunity.
Nerd Narration
Sounds like you had a successful and balanced month in October!! Loved your wrap up and can’t wait to hear about your Beta experience!! Good luck continuing your Reading Bingo game! Happy reading!! =D
Kathy @ Pages Below the Vaulted Sky
I started Mort SUPER late too, so don’t worry! We’re doing this for fun! (I hope :P) I’ll probably get started on Strange the Dreamer this month as well, so really looking forward to that. And oh boy, Stardew Valley is such a time sinker. I’ve been meaning to start a new farm, but I’m afraid I’m going to get sucked in for 200 hours again. 😛
Meeghan reads
?? It’s so addictive!!!! Probably too addictive…
bookbeachbunny
I love your book chart!
Meeghan reads
Thanks love!! ?
Beware Of The Reader
Well 7 books is not that bad Meeghan! I read 8 this month so it’s my usual number of 2 books a week since blogging 😉
Meeghan reads
If only I had been reading instead of playing Stardew Valley!! ??