Well, October was probably my worst reading month of the entire year. Which isn't surprising. My vacation took up a full week of the month, and then after, I needed to catch up on life and decompress. Also, the world is on fire right now, so reading has just been difficult overall. I'm hoping November will be better, but holy cow, it isn't starting off great. #CeasefireNow.
In this wrap-up,
I’ll list the books I read, the books I reviewed, the books I bought/received,
and my TBR for next month. Now, let’s get this bookish party started!
Books Read in October
I only read four books in October, and all of them were ebooks. Three of the books were Kindle Unlimited downloads: Devil's Dance and Saint's Song by Garrett Leigh and Violent Demand by Ariana Nash. The other book was an eARC sent from author Finley Fenn for me to review her book The Fall of the Orc. It was one of my most anticipated books for the remaining of 2023, so I'm glad I was able to get it a bit early.
Books Bought/Received in October
I thought October was pretty chill, but there was actually a lot of stuff added to my shelves this month. I bought 12 books, and of those I bought in October, I received seven of them within the month. And in total, I received 15 books, which includes those seven.
The 12 books I bought include five preorders that haven't arrived yet or just didn't arrive until early November. Those include my FairyLoot preorders of The Scarlet Veil and The Midnight Kingdom, as well as my Indigo and B&N orders of A Fire in the Flesh. I purchased the regular and B&N edition from B&N. I had seven orders that were actually delivered to me within the month or were directly purchased in the store. Those include Night of the Witch and 10 Things That Never Happened from B&N, Throne of the Fallen from Blackwells, two copies of The Hurricane Wars (Waterstones and FairyLoot editions), the FBAA Walmart edition, and a fairy book I purchased in an Iceland Christmas shop on Rainbow Street.
I also received eight books, either from preorders or review copies. They include four FairyLoot editions: the first three books in the Vampire Academy series and Sun of Blood and Ruin, the September adult book, which I paid for in September but didn't arrive until October because it was shipped to my parents' house while I was on vacation. My B&N edition of The Scarlet Veil also didn't arrive until I was on vacation, though I was charged in September, and the last book in Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter, The Sunlit Man, arrived this month as well. I paid for that last year. Other than those, I had two ebook review copies. One was The Fall of the Orc by Finley Fenn, which I received from the author, and the other was Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco from NetGalley.
Currently Obsessed With
I've been watching a rollercoaster of things this month. It's been crazy. There's been a lot of movies and shows to take my attention off of everything I need to do. It's also taken away from my reading a bit.
Like I mentioned in last month's wrap-up, I've been really into the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce romance. This lead to me going to see the Taylor Swift Eras Tour film on its Thursday opening night. There were only two other people there since most people already had tickets for Friday's original release showing. I also watched a couple of her other streaming films. One was the Reputation tour and the other was the Miss Americana documentary. I also finished my rewatch of Schitt's Creek, and I moved back to The Office. I did finish season two of The Wheel of Time as well. I slowly made my way through season five of What We Do in the Shadows too (I finished it in early November). My family (mostly my mom and sisters) watched the Barbie movie too. It was... something. I was disappointed. I don't think I mentioned this in last month's wrap-up, but I also watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on Prime in September as well.
November TBR
Only one new TBR book for the month. The other two are repeats from last month. No surprise there. The newbie is A Fire in the Flesh, since that just released last Tuesday. The other two include my NetGalley ARC of Calamity by Constance Fay and Charm by Tracy Wolff. I'm only 200 pages into that one, and it's taking me forever to get through it because I liked the side characters and they're not really in this installment, sadly.
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Okay, well, that's the month of October, plus some November sneak peeks, all wrapped up into one post. Do you have a wrap-up post for last month? If so, share in the comments!
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