October Wrap-Up!
Hello everyone! I’m back from an unexpected and unplanned hiatus! The first half of November has been so busy and school has been so overwhelming, when I have free time I haven’t felt like reading or blogging very much. That being said, I’m ready to start blogging and reading more again despite my busy-ness! So, here I am wrapping up October halfway through November, lol.
Okay, so overall, October was a pretty nice reading month for me.
Altogether I read six books during the month of October.
BOOKS READ
– And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
– Sunrise Cabin by Stacey Donovan (ebook) \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
– Small Spaces by Katherine Arden \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
– The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox (ebook) \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
– The Grownup by Gillian Flynn (ebook) \\ ⭐⭐⭐
– Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel by A. W. Jantha \\ ⭐⭐⭐
STANDOUT BOOK OF THE MONTH
Omg y’all I loved this book SO much!! Small Spaces was one of the best books I’ve read all year. I just enjoyed this book so much! I want to read more Katherine Arden books now!
BOOKS REVIEWED
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton \\ ⭐⭐⭐1/2
Sunrise Cabin by Stacey Donovan \\ ⭐⭐⭐1/2
And The Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
BOOK HAUL
I received Bathed in Prayer by Jan Karon from Putnam Books. So, a huge thank you to them!
I also received The Rule of One by Ashley & Leslie Saunders from Skyscape/Amazon Publishing. A great big thanks to them as well!
MISCELLANEOUS
I participated in Blogtober and Blogoween last month, so that meant I posted [nearly] every single day in October!
Some of the highlights of my month include:
Sbooktober Readathon TBR | Wrap-Up
I got the opportunity to interview the author of Fallen Leaves, Tessa Emily Hall!
I also shared my autumnal bookshelf decorations!
October was also filled with some fun book tags including:
Some of my other favorite posts from this month include:
My Top 5 Favorite Non-Horror Halloween Movies
Bonded, Bewitched, Drowned, AKA Kiss, Marry Kill: Halloween Edition
And that wraps up my October! October was a really fun month for me! While November has been busy, I’m still hopeful that it’ll be a great month and that the second half of it will have more reading and blogging. 🙂
Be sure to let me know how your October went and how your November is going so far!
Thanks for reading!
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I didn’t know And The Trees Crept In was out yet?! Need to get my hands on that one!
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And The Trees Crept In is actually just the American version of The Creeper Man, which I think I remember seeing you’ve read it on Goodreads (I hope that’s doesn’t sound stalker-y aha)? Sorry to get your hopes up!
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Oh my god you’re right, I had a complete blank for a moment apparently thinking it was the title of her new book ahaha!
(P.S. Not stalker-y at all! 🙂 )
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So is it an October or November wrap-up? 🙂 It say one month in the beginning, another one in the end :)). I’m going to read Miniaturist soon! Also, are those corn plants?
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Whoops! It’s an October wrap-up. My brain was just so deep in November mode I made a typo. 😂 It’s fixed now, though! Thanks for catching that, haha!!
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I thought so. I first was surprised that someone considered November reading completed so early 😁
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Hahah no I definitely hope my November reading isn’t done yet!!
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The moment is closer now, probably 🙂
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Yes! And I still haven’t read as much as I would have liked. Oh well! 🙈😂
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As long as you enjoyed the most of them it’s a win!
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Very true!! ☺️
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