Here we are once again at the end of the month already and Hallowe’en at that!
Time once again to share what I have been reading this past month. This past month the total read was 29, with the following breakdown:
Fantasy/scifi –1
Picture books – 8
Romance – 14
Women’s Fiction – 4
MG – 2
Magic Realism – 2
(Ebooks – 9)
(Diverse books – 1)
(TBR books -0)
For the Reading Challenges I participate in, I’ve read these books:
Beyond the Bookends.
The theme for October was to read a book about books or reading.
I read The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Monthly Key Word Challenge
The key word I chose this month was “witch”.
The book I read was The Scot, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Annette Blair
Monthly Motif
The theme this month was “New or old”.
I read several books published this year:
Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
Dark Sentinel by Christine Feehan
Dune Drive by Mariah Stewart
52 Books in 52 Weeks
I read from only 1 category this past month:
A book with Food on the cover:
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
Popsugar Ultimate Reading Challenge (Through Goodreads)
I read 3 more books for this challenge:
#10 – A book about grief: The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
#12- A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist – George by Alex Gino
#29 – A book about Hallowe’en – Hallowe’en at the Graff by Jayne Sinclair
Favourite Books Read This Month
This was another good month for reading – so many books I rated 5 at Goodreads.
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
Dark Sentinel by Christine Feehan
Dune Drive by Mariah Stewart
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
Whisper of Love by Melanie Shawn
Glitter on the Web by Ginger Voight
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (MG)
November Goals
My main goal for November is to catch up on 2 challenges so I will be reading more for “52 Books in 52 Weeks” and the Popsugar Goodreads Challenges. I also plan to continue to read more books on my TBR pile.
Two challenges for November are:
Nonfiction November and Read Margaret Atwood. I hope to read several for each.
I am linking with the following:
Monthly Review at Book Date
Monthly Round-Up at Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Beverley A Baird 
You had a really great reading month. I see a couple there I have read. I loved The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend on audio, it was well done in that medium. I am all for reading 5 star books!
Thanks Kathryn. So many of the books I end up reading have been recommended elsewhere. I just keep a running list – and then try to get them from the library.
Great job on reading 29 books! I always think about joining a reading challenge, but I already feel enough pressure to read the books I receive for review (which I didn’t do very well with in October). See what I read at Girl Who Reads
Thanks Donna. At times I am struggling to catch up on the challenges, but I find them fun to do – and I read genres & authors I might not have.
Without picture books, I’d never be able to read so many books. Great job! Also I love how you actively keep up on your challenges too.
Thanks Danielle. Those PBs help me with my writing, as mentor tests.
I’ve been meaning to read The Readers of Broken Wheel. One of these days…
It was sitting on my shelf for over a year – but I’m glad I finally did read it.