Oh, October, how amazing you were for life, but sadly not for reading. Actually, that’s quite dramatic of me – I read some great books, just not many overall!
Reading Wrap
In October I read 3 books. My lowest total so far this year, but that’s okay. I was so busy with university, and working a lot of extra days that I actually stopped updating my Storygraph regularly. I really couldn’t remember (or be bothered) to go back and do it afterwards, so the pages read/day graph is way off, as it just stuck all pages of a book into one day when I marked them as finished. So ignore that part, but the rest is fine!
My reading was again varied over the few books I read. Slewfoot was the book pick for the general club over on r/Fantasy. I was running it for October and I was initially disappointed that this was the pick, but I actually ended up really liking it.
- The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson. Set seventeen years after book 1, this one is set on a research ship floating in the sea. Auli is one of those tasked with studying The Oracle, a young girl who can harness the dangerous ghosts that now haunt the world. I love Wilson’s writing, and I really enjoyed this one.
- Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom. I did not want to read this one, but since I was running the r/Fantasy club for the month and it was voted for, I had no choice, and I am SO pleased that I was surprised by it. Utterly creepy and pretty violent, this is a tale of Puritan control and the witch and the devil who want to tear it down. Fabulous.
- Endemic by James Harding-Morris. A non-fiction highlighting some of the plant and animal species that are endemic to the UK, written into anecdotes from the author as he travels the country in search of them. I really loved it!
Reading Challenges
Little progress was made this month, but never mind.
Both Bingo and Friends Recommend took a halt, but that was a purposeful choice as I wanted to get some publisher mail books read.
I sadly didn’t manage to read for The Diverse Baseline this month, so my one-a-month has fallen off, but I am still over the 12 books per year challenge. Hopefully, in November, I can read 2 to make up for it.
Again, I am still on track for reading 50% of the choices for Rewild Your Shelf. I still need to read Octobers choice, which I am planning to do this year, and I have already read the pick for Novemeber.
Life Wrap
October was pretty full on – I genuinely don’t think I had more than three days where I wasn’t busy! University has been great, though I have a lot of deadlines creeping up now. I worked a lot of extra days at the cattery, it was my mum’s birthday and I went up to London for a big yarn and craft show with a knitty friend!
I ended the month with my best friend celebrating Samhain in our own little way with a fire, and soul cakes. Lovely.
Blog Wrap
A new section! I decided I wanted to keep more track of what I’m posting and general blog happenings. In October, I totally rehauled the design of the blog – I really hope you all like it! I think it looks much nicer. I’ve also made the switch to general image headers for most of my posts now. I might still tweak them, but I’ll probably stick to it since it saves me a lot of time which is necessary now I’m at university!
REVIEWS:
DISCUSSIONS:
- LTB: TBR Roulette
- LTB: Anticipated Reads Recap
- Non-Fiction November recommendations
- Non-Fiction November week 1
- LTB: Personal Reading Tastes
OTHER:
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