October TBR Pile (25/26):

1. Bookworms BC: A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (already read)

2. Friend BC: Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe ✓

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas ✓

4. Kid Read Aloud: Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk ✓

5. Kid Read Aloud: Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome ✓

6. Kid Read Aloud: In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III ✓

7. Kid Book Club: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mulllaly Hunt ✓

8. Fantasy: A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas ✓

9. Fantasy: The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher ✓

10. Fantasy: Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales by Kiersten White ✓

11. Fantasy: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher ✓

12. Fantasy: The Thorns Remain by JJA Harwood ✓

13. Fantasy: White Cat by Holly Black ✓

14. Fantasy: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott ✓

15. Romance: Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost ✓

16. Romance: The Prince & the Apocalypse by Kara McDowell ✓

17. Comics: Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey ✓

18. Comics: Preacher Vol. 1 ✓

19. Mystery: Girls of Brackenhill by Kate Moretti ✓

20. Horror: Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie ✓

21. Horror: This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham ✓

22. Horror: The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry ✓

23. Horror: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw ✓

24. Horror: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow ✓

25. Horror: Those We Drown by Amy Goldsmith ✓

26. Horror: Goblin by Josh Malerman ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 8098 pages
Pages Remaining: 286,801 pages

Current Read - The September House by Carissa Orlando; The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert; Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (3) - I keep debating about canceling my BOTM subscription and then they have another month like this one. I ended up buying three books this month:

• Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

• The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

• The Fragile Threads of Power by VE Schwab

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 338

• Books Read: 2

• Books Acquired: 3

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 339

November TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

2. Friend BC: Underground Airlines by Ben Winters

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

4. Kid Read Aloud: Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia

5. Kid Book Club: From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

6. Romance: Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark

7. Romance: A Delicate Deception by Cat Sebastian

8. Romance: Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey

9. Romance: Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey

10. Romance: Love of My Lives by Yamille Saied Mendez

11. Romance: The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary

12. Romance: Wicked All Night by Jeaniene Frost

13. Romance: Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost

14. Horror: Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons

15. Horror: The September House by Carissa Orlando

16. Nonfiction: Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya

17. Comics: Preacher Vol. 2

18. Comics: Preacher Vol. 3

19. Comics: Preacher Vol. 4

Movies Watched

• Final Girls

• The Seventh Seal

• Don’t Worry Darling

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• The Lodger

• Crawl

• Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

• Candyman (1992)

• The Wicker Man

• Totally Killer

• Sympathy for the Devil

• The Hidden

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

• The Platform

• Candyman (2021)

• The Haunted Mansion

TV Shows Watched

• Werewolf by Night

• Lower Decks

• Archer

• Preacher S2

• Below Deck: Med S

• Only Murders in the Building S3

• The Great British Bake-Off S14

• Loki S2

• Bachelor in Paradise

Comments - Wow! Another huge month for my reading and our media watching. I knocked out many spooky books to fit my theme and found some gems among them. J and I complete our spooky movie month with a very decent showing of 17 movies.

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