October Wrap-Up

It’s November? Already? The month just sped by. So here is my October Wrap-Up. I had a very good reading month thanks to the Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon. Readathons are great for bumping up my reading. I should do it one every month.

Challenge Update:

#ReadMyOwnDamnBooks–4 books

Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016–1 book

Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon–5 books

Books acquired:

His Wicked Reputation by Madeline Hunter [Library eBook]

The End of Everything by Megan Abbott [Library eBook]

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott [Library eBook]

‘Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick [Library eBook]

Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas [Library eBook]

The Right to Write by Julia Cameron [Library eBook]

The Trespassers by Tana French [Library eBook]

The Daughters by Adrienne Celt {Book Riot Book Mail Box}

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho {Book Riot Book Mail Box}

Books Read:

Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver [Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016 and #ReadMyOwnDamnBook]

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott [Library eBook]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling [Dewey’s 24 Hour readathon]

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury [Dewey’s 24 Hour readathon]

Haunted Happenings by Robert Ellis Cahill [Dewey’s 24 Hour readathon]

Haunted Pensacola by Alan Brown [#ReadMyOwnDamnBook and Dewey’s 24 Hour readathon]

Yellowstone Ghost Stories by Shellie Larios [#ReadMyOwnDamnBook and Dewey’s 24 Hour readathon]

Bird Box by Josh Malerman [#ReadMyOwnDamnBook and Dewey’s 24 Hour readathon]

‘Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick [Library eBook]

The Trespassers by Tana French [Library eBook]

Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas [Library eBook]

The Right to Write by Julia Cameron [Library eBook]

In Progress:

His Wicked Reputation by Madeline Hunter [Library eBook]

The End of Everything by Megan Abbott [Library eBook]

Cleopatra  by Stacey Schiff [Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016 and #ReadMyOwnDamnBook]

The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacey Schiff

S by J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst

Favorite Reads:

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

The Trespassers by Tana French

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

Abandoned:

Still Life by Louise Penny library eBook, book club pick for October. The two in the group who read it hated it! So I didn’t bother.

November TBR Stack:

Cleopatra  by Stacey Schiff

The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacey Schiff

Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Hafisi

The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

Across the web:

This year’s winners of Jezebel’s scary story post.

The Girl on the Train and Women’s Dark Fantasies by Anne Helen Peterson. An interesting analysis of the rise of thrillers featuring women.

Brangelina is Dead: Long Live Angelina by Anne Helen Peterson I love gossip so much. This is an analysis of how Angelina controls publicity. She should run a class for other celebrities on how to do this well.

Blogosphere:

I want to read the book featured here.

I read this post on the Little Coffee Fox blog and it reminded me of a good way to help with writing.

I love notebooks. I buy them and then never write in them. So this article gives suggestions on how to use all of the notebooks I collect. If you collect notebooks too, you might find this essay and links useful.

How was your October? Let me know in the comments below.