October TBR Pile (19/30):
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (reread for book club) ✓
Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas
Sunshine by Robin McKinley (reread)
The End and Everything After by Matt Fraction
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Lady Killer by Joelle Jones
Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
The Tea Dragon Tapestry by Katie O’Neill
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr
Dr. Mütter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 5812 pages
Pages Remaining: 445,962 pages
Current Read - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune; Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books Bought/Received (11) - At the beginning of the month, I had my bookish retreat. While I did try to limit myself to just a small stack of books bought at the stores that weekend, I still came away with a few to add to my shelves. And I acquired one during our book exchange. I also picked up two books from Book of the Month. For the first time, I bought books from the Indie Press List from my beloved Currently reading podcast. Their October selections were all spooky and just what I had been wanting! And a friend gifted me a book (TJ Klune) as a thank you for setting up the retreat.
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (exchange)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (retreat)
Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (retreat)
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (retreat)
The City & The City by China Miéville (retreat)
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (gift)
Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore (BOTM)
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (BOTM)
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (Indie Press List)
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth (Indie Press List)
The Night Gardeners by (Indie Press List)
UnRead Shelf Progress
Starting Number: 283
Books Read: 3
Books Acquired: 11
Books Unshelved: 0
Finishing Number: 291
November TBR Pile: I often read nonfiction, but I’m going to try to increase my numbers for this Nonfiction November.
BOTM: TBD
Bookworms BC: Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
Friend BC: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Nonfiction: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Nonfiction: Girl Gurl Grrrl by Kenya Hunt
Nonfiction: Dr. Mutter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Nonfiction: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Nonfiction Bad Fat Black Girl by Sesali Bowen
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Malorie by Josh Malerman
Movies watched - It was spooky movie month. I usually make a giant list from which we pick a movie most nights. We had quite a mix of movies watched this October.
Lady of the Manor - A bit uneven
Free Guy - Of course I loved this one
Escape from Planet of the Apes - Very decent movie
The Relic - This one actually holds up well
The Shadow - Went with a Penelope Ann Miller run and rewatched this one. Very cheesy at parts, but a good adventure movie.
The Dead Don’t Die - Loved it until the voice over at the end scene. Much too heavy-handed.
Brazil - It’s been years. Still as weird as I remember. Love the ducts! We also watched the tv edit and the making of documentary.
Touch of Evil - Somehow I had never seen this. Another amazing Orson Welles picture!
Detective Pikachu - Arthur’s birthday movie choice. I really enjoyed this one.
Brotherhood of the Wolf - J’s been trying to get me to watch this one for years. Pretty good supernatural-ish action movie.
Dune - Oh goodness that was a beautiful movie. So glad that the sequel has been greenlit.
North by Northwest - Haven’t seen this in years. Love it!
Sleepaway Camp - Watched the sequel last year,
TV Shows watched
Last Week Tonight
Lower Decks S2
Archer S12
Ted Lasso S2
Foundation S1
Comments - Great reading month for October. I covered a ton of spooky books and really leaned into my moods. We didn’t watch 30 spooky movies, but had a decent showing of 14 movies watched (two versions of Brazil). And we finished a few seasons of television (Lower Decks, Archer, Ted Lasso).
Next up on the TBR pile:
