November 01, 2018

October Wrap-Up & November TBR

So I didn't get nearly as much read in October as I wanted. I just got incredibly busy with doing things with the family and suffering some migraines. Ugh. But I still got a fair amount of reading done. So it's not all bad. 10 books still.

What I Read This Month:

• Ace of Shades (The Shadow Game #1) by Amanda Foody (4/5 Stars)
• Beneath The Citadel by Destiny Soria (4/5 Stars)
• Origin (Lux #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/5 Stars)
• Opposition (Lux #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/5 Stars)
• The Return Man by V.M. Zito (4.5/5 Stars)

• The Darkest Star (Origin #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/5 Stars)
• Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6) by Sarah J. Maas (4.5/5 Stars)
• Queens of Fennbirn (Three Dark Crowns #0.1 & #0.2) by Kendare Blake (4.5/5 Stars) - I gave The Young Queens 4 and The Oracle Queen 5 so rounded it's a 4.5 for the book as a whole. 
• Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas (5/5 Stars) - I'd give it a million if I could
• One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns #2) by Kendare Blake

So I finally finished some series, got 2 ARC's read that released in October and finally read a book James had been suggesting for AGES. So despite only 10 books, it was still a decent month. 

Happenings On The Blog:

• I did a two part series on Recommended Read for October/Halloween. Here you can find both Part I and Part II. 
• I did a Discussion on the Worst Books In My Favorite Series! This was fun to write up, so I'll definitely do another one probably next year. 
• I also did #ARCtober. Only managed to get 2 of the ARCs I wanted read, but the point is that they were the important ones releasing in October! Woot! And I just found out earlier today (Nov. 1st) that I won a prize from participating! So that's pretty cool! I'm excited about that! :)

Posts I Enjoyed Around The Blogosphere:

• Jo @ Once Upon A Bookcase talks about Negative Reviews & Book Blogger Integrity
• Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books talks Book Blogging Cliche's and 10 Steps To Figure Out If You Are One. 
• AJ @ Read All The Things talks Real-Life Monsters She'd Love To Read About! 

• Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns #3) by Kendare Blake
• A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
• Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack The Ripper #2) by Kerri Maniscalco
• Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack The Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco

• Enchantée by Gita Trelease
• Archenemies (Renegades #2) by Marissa Meyer
• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
• The Reckoning of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions #2) by Michelle Hodkin

• Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
• Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicles #1) by Jay Kristoff
• Siege and Storm (The Grisha Trilogy #2) by Leigh Bardugo
• Monsters (Ashes #3) by Ilsa J. Bick

So November consists of catching up on some books I wanted to read last month, reading an ARC and wanting to read a few new releases basically. I'm not making a super intense TBR for November. With Thanksgiving this month I know I'll be busy planning it since me and James host it for our families. Plus we gotta start preparing for December and Christmas. AND I need to plan Ana's birthday party for the first weekend in December. It's just going to be another busy month, so I'm keeping my TBR at what's manageable and not pushing it.