Hey readers! How’s it going out there? Hope your October / Halloween was lots of fun. Fright night was pretty chill at our house. We had quite a few Trick or Treaters but we didn’t do anything special. I’m sorry if this looks different from usual – I’ve been fighting with Word Press, trying to get my page to work and apparently it’s winning.
What I read in October
Audiobooks
- Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo, Grisha duology #2
- The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus series #1
Both were really good. I loved the characters and the action in the first book and the sly humor in the second book. Planning to continue with that series. I was hoping for more of the F/F romance with the Grisha, but it didn’t really get as much time as it deserved. But Zoya is still my queen!
Nonfiction
Only one here, The Winter World: The Ingenuity of of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich. TW: animal experiments. I did enjoy this and the little drawing were charming, but I felt like sometimes it got a little dry. And sometimes gross. But I wouldn’t mind giving this author another try.
Fiction
Lots here!
- Odds Against by Dick Francis*
- Dead Cert by Dick Francis*
- A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #2)*
- Mecca (Ms. Marvel #8)* by G. Willow Wilson
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia*
- The Last Judgement #4 by Iain Pears
- The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow #1 by Katherine Woodfine
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark*
- The Thursday Murder Club #1 by Richard Osmun*
- Tea and Sympathetic Magic #1 by Tansy Rayner Roberts*
- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger*
Lots of series there, I just noticed. The Dick Francis books were rereads but the rest were new. Loved Mexican Gothic and A Master of Djinn. ACACO was also very good. The Iain Pears book was just so-so.
Children’s Books
I read a bunch to boost my numbers on my Storygraph challenge. Kinda cheating, I guess, but I did read them, so maybe not.
- Spiky by Ilaria Guarducci
- Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
- Pirates Don’t Go to Kindergarten by Lisa Robinson
And that’s about a wrap for the month! Best of the month was Mexican Gothic, worst was The Last Judgement, starred books are recommended. See you soon and happy reading!
Speedy Reader 