Sunday, November 3, 2019

October Wrap Up and Currently Reading

I hope everyone had a spooky Halloween season!! October flew by for me. I have major blogger guilt, but I'm blaming it on the Astros making it into the post-season. It's too soon to talk about that, though.



Is anyone doing NaNoWriMo this year? I'm going to attempt a life/blogging balance while participating in NaNoWriMo this year. If you need a buddy, add me! I definitely need support.

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October Wrap Up


Since I was a horrible blogger in October, I'm going to roll my wrap up into my update post so you can see what all I have been reading. These are the books I read in October (stay tuned for reviews):


Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier {reread} ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dust (Silo #3) by Hugh Howey ⭐⭐⭐⭐★

Keys to the Demon Prison (Fablehaven #5) by Brandon Mull ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Lock Every Door by Riley Sager ⭐⭐⭐⭐★

Super Simple Story Structure: A Quick Guide to Plotting and Writing Your Novel (Writing As A Second Career Book 1)
by Lisa M. Lilly ⭐⭐⭐⭐★

Little Paranoias: Stories by Sonora Taylor ⭐⭐⭐⭐★


Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand ⭐⭐★★★

Writing a Killer Thriller: An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction by Jodie Renner ⭐⭐★★★

The Institute by Stephen King ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Currently Reading



I'm currently reading The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead with my local bookclub.

I'm also making my way through Larry Brooks' Story Engineering: Character Development, Story Concept, Scene Construction.

Recent Acquisitions



Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by John Hornor Jacobs

Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma

So what about you? Let me know what you're reading this week or leave me some links!


This post is being shared as part of Book Date's It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Caffeinated Book Reviewer's The Sunday Post.


13 comments:

  1. Good luck with NaNo. I admire all of you who are out there creating!

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  2. Awesome recap! I'm hoping to read The Institute this month! :)

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  3. Good luck with NaNo! I did it for many years until my kids were born and I just couldn't juggle it with everything else anymore!

    ~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum

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    1. It is such a struggle! I'm behind, but it's helping me figure out ways to fit in my writing.

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  5. Looks like an awesome month and good luck with the writing. I am thrilled to see you gave The Institute 5 stars. I have to see when I'm going to work that one in.

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  6. I'm going to try to get back to A Lush and Seething Hell. That first story isn't grabbing my attention, so I put it aside. But I hear the second story is amazing, so I really need to focus on it more!

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    1. Oh, I hope you were able to pick it back up. I'm so sad I haven't had time to read it.

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  7. It looks like you had a great month of reading! My month was a little thin. Hopefully November will be better.

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    1. I hope your November is going well. I think this month isn't going to go so great for me.

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