October 2013 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR

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October's TBR Pile Recap: 

Books Read and Reviewed (13/14 books)

1. Witches 101 by Melissa de la Cruz
2. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
3. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
4. Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
5. Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine
6. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
7. The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
8. Her Ladyship's Companion by Evangeline Collins
9. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
10. San Diego 2014 by Mira Grant
11. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
12. Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa
13. Lady Susan by Jane Austen
14. Rose of Fire by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 3804 pages
Pages Remaining: 841,934 pages

Current Read -- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Books Won (1) -- Debt of Fire by J. Alexander Greenwood from The True Book Addict's FrightFall Readathon.

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Challenges Completed

• Seriously Series -- Didn't think I was going to make it, but I knocked out 8 complete series this year!  Now I need to pick my series to focus on for next year.
• Neil Gaiman -- A huge chunk of The Sandman series and some selected novels.  I hope to finish his entire catalogue next year.
• Sub-Genre -- 15 different sub genres.  Woohoo!
• Dusty Bookshelf -- I knocked off 15 dusty books from my own bookshelves.  And those were some good reads.  I don't know why I haven't read them before.

Comments

I thought October would be a wash with baby Arthur due to arrive right in the middle of the month.  Fortunately, those first two weeks gave me a ton of time to rest and read.  Most of my reads are from the first half of the month.  Since Arthur's birth my reading has slowed down but hasn't completely disappeared.  I did manage to two books (one huge one!) and a short novella in the second half of the month.  I imagine November will be a slower reading month overall, but I do have a few books I want to get to.  Plus, I am in the middle of the monstrosity that is The Count of Monte Cristo.

Novembers's TBR Pile:

1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (in progress)
2. The Billionaire Wins the Game by Melody Anne (iPad)
3. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
4. Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
5. Jane Austen Challenge Book TBD (iPad)
6. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
7. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
8. Tanglefoot by Cherie Priest
9. Zombie Challenge Book TBD
10. New Adult Book for Blogger Recommendation Challenge TBD -- Possibly Saving Wishes by GJ Walker-Smith (iPad)