October TBR Pile (20/27): It’s spooky book month!
Bookworms BC: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James ✓
Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson ✓
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler ✓
Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Fantasy: Beastly Bones by William Ritter ✓
Fantasy: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs ✓
Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn
Fairy Tale: Once Upon a Curse ✓
Horror: You May Now Kill the Bride by R.L. Stine ✓
Horror: The Wrong Girl by R.L. Stine ✓
Horror: A Dawn Most Wicked by Susan Dennard ✓
Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Nonfiction: The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse ✓
Nonfiction: The 1619 Project
Poetry: The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Blood on the Water by Elisa Carbone ✓
Kid Read Aloud: My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Cabinet of Curiosities ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 6557 pages
Pages Remaining: 374,900 pages
Current Read - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher; Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books Bought/Received (3)
BOTM had some great selections this month and I ended up buying two of them.
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
UnRead Shelf Progress
Starting Number: 338
Books Read: 8
Books Acquired: 2
Books Unshelved: 0
Finishing Number: 332
November TBR Pile:
Bookworms BC: Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gilliam McAllister
Bookworms BC: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Friend BC: The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne Valente
Fantasy: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Mystery: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Rayburn
Horror: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Nonfiction: The 1619 Project
Kid Read Aloud: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Kid Book Club: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Movies watched
Morbius - Terrible mess of a movie. Only the scenes with Matt Smith were good.
Underworld - A rewatch so we can finish this series. Not terrible.
Underworld: Evolution - Worse than the first one definitely, but I don’t think absolutely terrible.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - Thought we had watched this one, but I remembered nothing. Still enjoy Michael Sheen, but that’s about it.
Underworld: Awakening - The low point in the series. The narrative was a jumbled mess with lots of retconning throughout. Charles Dance was a joy.
Underworld: Blood Wars - Better than the last one, but not great. There were so many larger mythology issues, but the movie’s plot line was tighter.
Blade - Decent superhero movie pre-MCU
Blade II - Somehow I never actually watched this one. A mess of a plot and terrible CGI.
Blade: Trinity - Decent conclusion to the trilogy. Of course I love the inclusion of Ryan Reynolds.
Mad God - Phil Tippett’s passion project. Very weird and disturbing in parts, but a vision of animation of imagination.
Alien - Always enjoy watching this one.
Aliens - A very decent sequel. Much more action than horror, but still a great movie.
Predator - Haven’t rewatched in years. I actually enjoyed this one mostly.
Predator 2 - A new watch for me. Pretty terrible characters (and seriously egregious female nudity scene), but I did like more content focused on the Predator.
Alien 3 - Not sure that it’s a favorite, but interesting. Totally forgot that Charles Dance is in this one.
Alien Resurrection - Never saw it. Definitely a interesting one. I was rooting of the xenomorphs throughout this one.
Alien Vs. Predator - Oof Don’t think about the plot line too much. I did enjoy a few of the action sequences.
Alien Vs. Predator 2 - Not good. Not good at all.
Predators - Decent movie. We’ve found that the Predator series is more consistent than the Alien series (but I think that Alien is the best movie still).
Alien: Prometheus - Very pretty, but the plotline left much confusion. Not quite sure how it really fits into the original Alien series.
Alien: Covenant - Like this one better than the previous, but still confused abut the larger timeline/plot. Did love Michael Fassbender’s David!
TV Shows watched
Archer
Batchelor in Paradise
Below Deck: Mediterranean
Last Week Tonight
Lower Decks S3
Ghosts S (UK)
Avenue 5 S2 - I didn’t even realize that they were making a second season.
Comments - A very decent showing for Spooky Book and Month month! We ended up watching three big sci-fi/fantasy series and I read over 50% from my shelves. I had so much fun leaning into the spooky that I am going to carry it into next month as well. Used to stop on November 1st, but it’s my favorite time of the year, I’m going to continue.
Next up on the TBR pile:
