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October 2015 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR

October's TBR Pile (11/14):

  1. Nonfiction: Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
  2. Artistic pick: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
  3. Book club selection: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
  4. Carry-over: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
  5. Science pick: The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
  6. Series pick: 1493 by Charles Mann
  7. Book to movie: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  8. Feminism pick: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  9. Added: Saga Volume 1 √
  10. Added: Saga Volume 2
  11. Added: Saga Volume 3
  12. Added: Saga Volume 4
  13. Added: The Runaway Princess by Christina Dodd
  14. Added: Someday My Prince by Christina Dodd

Picture Book Roundup:

  1. Click, Clack, 1 2 3 by Doreen Cronin
  2. Friends by Eric Carle
  3. Click, Clack, A B C by Doreen Cronin
  4. Frog and Fly by Jeff Mack
  5. Train! by Judi Abbot
  6. Dinosaur Parade by Shari Halpern
  7. Robot Smash! by Stephen Martin
  8. This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne
  9. Ten Pigs by Derek Anderson
  10. ABC Universe by American Museum of Natural History
  11. How Things Grow by Eric Carle
  12. Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow
  13. Caps for Sale by Esphry Slobodkina
  14. My Body by Jill Ackerman
  15. If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
  16. Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs by Catherine D. Hughes
  17. My Big Dinosaur Book by Roger Priddy
  18. Baby Says "Moo" by JoAnn Early Macken
  19. The Monsters' Monster by Patrick McDonnell
  20. The Very Best Daddy of All by Marion Dane Bauer
  21. Monster Knows Shapes by Lori Capote
  22. Monster Knows Numbers by Lori Capote
  23. A B See by Elizabeth Doyle
  24. If Everything Were Blue by Hannah Eliot
  25. Digging for Dinosaurs by Mike Goldsmith
  26. Ten Little Mice by Joyce Dunbar
  27. Cheers for a Dozen Ears by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
  28. Pi-Rat! by Maxine Lee
  29. The Little School Bus by Margery Cuyler
  30. Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug by Mem Fox
  31. Now I'm Big! by Karen Katz
  32. It's Only Stanley by Jon Agee
  33. Everybody Sleeps (But Not Fred) by Josh Schneider
  34. Kat's Maps by Jon Scieszka
  35. Whose Truck by Toni Buzzeo
  36. Five Little Monkeys Trick-or-Treat by Eileen Christelow

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 3187 pages
Pages Remaining: 778,607 pages

Current Read - Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (yes still); After Alice by Gregory Maguire

Books Won (0)

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Challenges Completed  -- OLW 2015; Fairytale

Comments - I pulled out a very decent month and completed two reading challenges. I'm super excited and read some great books, Unfortunately two of my reads were pretty duds, but I'll take my stats. Looking to finish the year strong.

November's TBR Pile:

  1. Nonfiction: The Fringe House by Jessica Turner
  2. Reread: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
  3. Book club selection: Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
  4. Carry-over: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (yes still)
  5. Series pick: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
  6. Random pick: Ex Machina Book 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
  7. Fairytale Pick: After Alice by Gregory Maguire
  8. Mystery Pick: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie