Happy November! I can't believe we're already to November and I only have two more months to get my reading done for the year! I've been percolating some new ideas for the blog next year and how I might change things up slightly, but we'll see what I decide to do come January. Things are still a little slowed down for me, but thanks to a lot of Halloween and spooky novellas my reading looks a little higher than I expected. I am a couple projects behind on my Christmas makes, but I try to make the more intensive projects first and save the easier patterns for last. Hopefully I can get caught up more this month.
There were a couple readathons this month as well as the continuation of Fall in Love and Bang in the Night Bingo. I'm not sure how many readathons or challenges I'll participate in for the rest of the year, but we'll see what gets announced. I know that Melissa mentioned in the discord for Bang in the Night that they were thinking of doing a shorter holiday readathon with a smaller board. But back to October. As before, stats are below. Books are listed in order read!
October 2021
22 books read for 4,885 pages
💗 I averaged 0.86 days per book
💗 The average page count per book was 222.05
💗 I read 7 books under 100 pages, 6 books in the 100s, 1 book in the 200s, 4 books in the 300s and 4 books in the 400s
💗 19 of the books I read specifically for clubs and/or readathons
💗 6 of my books were diverse
💗 I read 12 new authors
💗 I didn't reread any books
💗 I owned 3 of the books in paperback, added 8 to my wishlist and already bought 2 in paperback
💗 I read 3 books in paperback and 19 in eBook
💗 3 books were published in the 2000s, 12 in the 2010s, and 7 in the 2020s
💗 My average rating was 4.18
🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 - 6 books
🍎🍎🍎🍎 - 14 books
🍎🍎🍎 - 2 books
💗 1 of the books was historical, 7 were contemporary, 4 were fantasy, 2 were paranormal, 1 was sci-fi and 2 were dark - all romance. I also read 5 urban fantasies.
1. Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
2. Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews 🍎🍎🍎🍎
3. Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
4. Curran POV by Gordon Andrews 🍎🍎🍎🍎
5. Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews 🍎🍎🍎🍎
6. In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks 🍎🍎🍎🍎
7. Riding His Broomstick by Shaw Hart 🍎🍎🍎🍎
8. Pumpkin Everything by Beth Labonte 🍎🍎🍎
9. Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
10. Tamed by the Troll by Tracy Lauren 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
11. The Devil and I by Kay Alastor 🍎🍎🍎🍎
12. The King of Hel by Grace Draven 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
13. Crazy, Sexy, Ghoulish by G.G. Andrew 🍎🍎🍎🍎
14. Protecting You by Claire Kingsley 🍎🍎🍎🍎
15. Fighting for Us by Claire Kingsley 🍎🍎🍎🍎
16. Unraveling Him by Claire Kingsley 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
17. Gothikana by RuNyx 🍎🍎🍎🍎
18. Jack by Layla Fae 🍎🍎🍎🍎
19. Wicked Captor by Zoey Draven 🍎🍎🍎🍎
20. Bite Me, Your Grace by Brooklyn Ann 🍎🍎🍎
21. Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai 🍎🍎🍎🍎
22. Green-Eyed Monster by Elsie Winters 🍎🍎🍎🍎
💗 I had a lot of really good books and got a pretty good mix of genres. With Christmas coming up soon and my mood shifting to wanting more cozy reads. Getting back to Claire Kingsley was such a nice treat and one of my favorite books of the year is hands down Unraveling Him. It was so freaking good. Definitely my favorite book of the month. I also really enjoyed reading more in the Kate Daniels series and am really loving the readalong. Such a great idea for the longer running series. As for most disappointing read, it is 100% Pumpkin Everything. I was looking so forward to it and it just let me down. If you've read my review, I got a little ranty.
I'm excited to see where my mood takes me in the coming months. I'm certainly feeling contemporary right now after reading the Claire Kingsley. I'm hoping to finish the second board for Fall in Love this month, I should be able to. I know I won't be pushing for the third board, even if I end up with extra time. I'm excited to see what other books I discover the rest of the year!
How was your reading in October?
Bookishly Yours,
Stasi🍎
Charts: Decades, Genres, Pages, Ratings
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