What’d you read in October?!?

[Eden]

Come share your October reads for 2021!

Sure title AND author and I’ll link the covers here!

[Eden]

I finished The Diviner’s by Libba Bray

This is my second time reading this and I loved it!!!!

[Sharon]

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

[Purple Bookish Frog (Bonnie)]

Turn of the screw by Henry James. The language was a little difficult for me to understand at times but overall it was a great ghost story.

[Tracey Allen]

I’ve read Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson and Naked by David Sedaris so far this month.

[Eden]

I read Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton

This was a cozy mystery, the first in the series. I enjoyed it a lot!

The owner owns a doughnut shop, which made me want all the donuts. There were recipes in the back too which is fantastic lol

Updated to here!

[Tracey Allen]

Just finished reading How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?: And Other Perplexing Puzzles from the Toughest Interviews in the World (pink cover) by William Poundstone.

[Eden]

I finished Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

Updated to here!!

[Tracey Allen]

Eden wrote: "Updated to here!!"

Thanks Eden, could you please update my cover to the pink edition of How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? It'll brighten up the list 😁

[TerryRose]

Busy reading & stitching—-so far in October, I’ve finished:
The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor
A Governess of Discretion by Emily EK Murdoch
The Button Man by Mark Pryor
The Reluctant Matador by Mark Pryor
Chocolate by Joanne Harris
The Paris Librarian by Mark Pryor
The Sorbonne Affair by Mark Pryor
The Cater Street Affair by Anne Perry
The Book Artist by Mark Pryor
Callander Square by Anne Perry
The French Widow by Mark Pryor
Paragon Walk by Anne Perry
Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney

[Tracey Allen]

I’ve finished reading Noni the Pony Counts to a Million by Alison Lester as well as Old Vintage Melbourne by Chris Macheras.

[Sharon]

Storm and Fury byJennifer L. Armentrout

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

[Tracey Allen]

I read Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris and Devotion by Hannah Kent.

[AStitchTooFar]

I read The Eye of the Worldby Robert Jordan,

Know My Name by Chanel Miller,

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes,

and Artemis by Andy Weir

Most of them were mediocre at best, except for Know my Name which I gave 5 stars (trigger warning: sexual violence)

[Tracey Allen]

I also finished Everything I Know about Life I Learned from PowerPoint by Russell Davies.

[Sharon]

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

[AStitchTooFar]

last minute finish for october: Year One by Nora Roberts

[Sharon]

Complications by Danielle Steel

And I hit my Reading Challenge goal of 50 books!

[Purple Bookish Frog (Bonnie)]

oh I thought i had put The Broken Girls by Simone St. James on here, must have dreamt it.

I also read (or listened to) The Handyman by Bentley Little this month.

Didn't get around to Practical Magic but i will do at some point x

[Eden]

Updated! November thread is now posted!

Don't forget to nominate books for fantasy and anything you deem cozy in the nomination threads! They will only be open through thursday night cst and voting will close Sunday evening!

[Tracey Allen]

Well done, love the variety :-)