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October 2019 Wrap-up

October TBR Pile (16/46):

  1. Girly Book Club: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

  2. Friend Book Club: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

  3. Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

  4. The Hunger by Alma Katsu

  5. The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly

  6. Graveminder by Marisa Marr

  7. Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn

  8. Marionette by Anya Allyn

  9. Music Box by Anya Allyn

  10. The Witches by Stacy Schiff

  11. Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte

  12. Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

  13. The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara

  14. Red Shirts by John Scalzi

  15. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

  16. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

  17. Bird Box by Josh Malerman

  18. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

  19. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

  20. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

  21. The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs

  22. Feed by MT Anderson

  23. Asylum by Madeleine Roux

  24. A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

  25. The Walking Dead Vol. 32

  26. Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

  27. How to Survive a Plague by David France

  28. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

  29. Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

  30. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

  31. Heathen Vol. 2

  32. Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine

  33. The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller

  34. Rat Queens Vol. 6

  35. Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

  36. The Hike by Drew Magary

  37. The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

  38. Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

  39. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

  40. Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

  41. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

  42. Blackbird by Anna Carey

  43. Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton

  44. The Umbrella Academy Vol. 3

  45. Paper Girls Vol. 6

  46. The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 9

  47. The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4505 pages
Pages Remaining: 580,886pages

Current Read - Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (0)

November TBR Pile: I’m trying to focus on ebooks and owned books this month.

  1. Carry-over: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

  2. Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca

  3. Girly Book Club: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (I won’t be re-reading as I just read it, but I’m adding this here to remind me.)

  4. Friend Book Club: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

  5. The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss

  6. Monstress Vol. 4

  7. Feed by M.T. Anderson

  8. Rabid by Bill Wasik

  9. Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston

  10. The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

  11. The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

  12. The Lager Queen on Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

  13. In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen

  14. Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen

  15. The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane

  16. My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray

  17. What’s a Rogue Got to Do With It by Samantha Holt

  18. When a Rogue Loves a Woman by Samantha Holt

  19. Waiting for a Rogue Like You by Samantha Holt

  20. A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams

  21. Crocodile on the Sandback by Elizabeth Peters

  22. Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams

  23. A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams

  24. A Christmas Bride by Hope Ramsay

  25. Old West Christmas Brides

  26. Songbook by Nick Hornby

  27. The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection

  28. A Very Special Christmas by Mary Balogh

  29. The Highlander’s Christmas Bride by Vanessa Kelly

  30. The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

  31. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

  32. Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

  33. Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Movies watched - Spooky movie month! Those in bold are new-to-me movies.

  • Idle Hands

  • Dracula (1931)

  • The Black Cat (1934) - Loved this one so much!

  • The Mummy (1935)

  • Stuber - Obviously not a spooky movie, but J wanted to watch it.

  • Anna and the Apocalypse - The first and second sections were fun and then it got really serious. I think this movie suffers a bit from a confusing tone.

  • Beetlejuice

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • A Cabin in the Woods

  • The Mummy (1999)

  • Labyrinth

  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

  • Hobbs & Shaw - So much ridiculous fun! I love these dumb movies.

  • The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Never saw this one. Very very good!

  • Scream - J had never actually seen the entire movie. I couldn’t believe it.

  • The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

  • Dark City

  • The Invisible Man (1933)

  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Meh. Couple of good monster scenes, but not great.

  • Sleepaway Camp II - Wow that was ridiculously cheesy!

  • The Fly (1958)

  • The Fly (1986)

  • The Witches of Eastwick

  • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

  • The Relic

  • Cockneys Vs. Zombies

  • Shaun of the Dead

TV Shows watched

  • The Great British Bake-Off S10 - I still need to watch the finale, but all so excited.

  • The Good Place S4

  • Letterkenny S7 - This isn’t the best season, but decent jokes.

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