October Reading Corner

It was another fairly slow month and I didn’t get as much reading done as I wanted to. I teetered on the edge of a few reading slumps as well. Oh well, I’m in a decent enough position with my challenges and I suppose that’s what I get for trying to get through all the heavyweight books at once.

I seriously questioned whether I should take part in Nanowrimo this year. I just feel like I’m stuck in a redrafting rut and I don’t know if I’d get anything worthwhile out of this November. Still, I pulled myself together and decided to try a redraft of my second novel. Hopefully, laying down the plot later on in the series will give me some ideas of what to add to Book 1 and will help the story tie together better.

Currently Reading/Listening

• You Truly Assumed by Leila Sabreen – 🎧 10%
• The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner – 📖 3%
• Code Name Madeleine by Arthur J. Magida – 📖 11%

New Acquaintances (New Reads)

• Shadowblack by Sebastian de Castell 🎧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri 📖 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger 📖 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• She Gets The Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick 🎧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig 🎧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell 📖 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 📖 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang 🎧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean 🎧 ⭐️⭐️
• All The Murmuring Bones by A. G. Slatter 🎧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Old Friends (Re-Reads)

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 📖 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Book Tags

• The Last Book I…Tag
• Hocus Pocus Book Tag – Take 2
• The A-Z Book Tag
• The Music Lover’s Tag
• The Halloween Book Tag

Podcasts

• It’s Always Halloween – what else during the spooky season?

Future Meetings (Books)

• Elektra by Jennifer Saint – I loved Ariadne so I have high hopes for this one.
• Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman – Gaiman is the best reading for long cold nights!
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan – I first heard about this on an Extra Credits episode and it got me interested in the interlocking stories.

Future Engagements (Book Tags)

• Would You Rather – Halloween Edition Book Tag (thanks to Sweaters and Raindrops for tagging me!)
• The Fall Bucket List Book Tag
• The Mid Year Freak Out Tag

I hope to see you again very soon