October’s TBR Pile (10/13):

1. MVPA Book Club Selection: (already read)
2. Series Pick: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
3. Nonfiction Pick: ???
4. Carry-over: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
5. Jar Pick: The Motel Room by Alyssa Cooper √
6. Added: Christmas at the Gingerbread Cafe by Rebecca Raisin √
7. Added: Chocolate Dreams at the Gingerbread Cafe by Rebecca Raisin √
8. Added: Christmas Wedding at the Gingerbread Cafe by Rebecca Raisin √
9. Added: The Obituary Society by Jessica L. Randall √
10. Added: The Stranger's Obituary by Jessica L. Randall √
11. Added: The Obituary Society's Last Stand by Jessica L. Randall √
12. Added: Rat Queens Vol. 3 √
13. Added: Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger √
14. Added: Duke of a Gilded Age by Suzanne G. Rogers √

Picture Book Roundup:

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 1894 pages Pages Remaining: 739,457 pages

Current Read – Slowly slowly making my way through Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. I can't read it during night time feedings because the book is too large and my day time reading has gone down due to baby and toddler needs. I'm also reading a historical romance during the night feedings.

Books I Gave Up On 

Challenges Completed  -- I finished reading 20 different women fiction writers. Always love to complete this challenge. I would have finished it sooner, but I tend to read multiple books by the same women authors and decided to only count one book from each women author for the challenge. I also knocked out my Read My Damn Books challenge of 40 fiction books from my shelves.

Books bought/received 

From Amazon ($5.98)

• The Stranger's Obituary by Jessica L. Randall
• The Obituary Society's Last Stand by Jessica L. Randall

2016 Total Spent: $21.25

Comments – Decent showing for what I knew was going to be a slow reading month. Knocked out two more challenges and many challenges spots. Also finished a few series including The Finishing School by Gail Carriger that was started back in August. Looking forward to November's reading.

November’s TBR Pile:

1. MVPA Book Club Selection: The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
2. Series Pick: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
3. Nonfiction Pick: Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
4. Carry-over: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
5. Jar Pick: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
6. Book Club Selection (December): Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris