Always With a Book

Month in Review: October 2022

Hello November! Maybe it’s because I was away for a bit in October but boy did this past month fly by! I always feel like the last part of the year tends to do so and it clearly is living up to that.

My main goal for October was to read spooky reads and not get so bogged down in all the review books and I think I did a good job balancing that. For November, I am planning on reading a bunch of Nonfiction reads as well as a slew of NordicNoir books. Of course I do have some review books I need to fit in as well as my bookclub reads but I’m looking forward to a good month of reading.

I will be curating some lists for each of the above on my page on Bookshop.org. Again, by shopping here, you are supporting independent bookstores and books are shipping directly to you…it’s definitely a win-win.

Here is the link to my storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/alwayswithabook

Reading Stats:

  • Read this month: 20
  • Year to date: 270

 

  1. The Winter Orphans — Kristin Beck (audio book)
  2. Jackal — Erin E. Adams (e-book)
  3. Blackmail & Bibingka — Mia P. Manansala (audio book)
  4. Kisscut — Karin Slaughter (audio book)
  5. Hester — Laurie Lico Albanese (audio book)
  6. The Other Side of Night — Adam Hamdy (audio book)
  7. When Ghosts Come Home — Wiley Cash
  8. Cradles of the Reich — Jennifer Coburn (e-book)
  9. The Echo Man — Sam Holland
  10. Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn (audio book)
  11. The Ravenous Dead — Darcy Coates
  12. The Bird Tribunal — Agnes Ravatn
  13. The Inheritance Games — Jennifer Lynn Barnes (audio book)
  14. The Angel Maker — Alex North
  15. The Long Weekend — Gilly Macmillan
  16. Double Exposure — Jeannee Sacken (audio book)
  17. Book of Knives — Lise Haines (audio book)
  18. The Hawthorne Legacy — Jennifer Lynn Barnes (audio book)
  19. Little Eve — Catriona Ward (print/audio book)
  20. The Thirst — Jo Nesbo

 

Favorite books of October:

  • Jackal – Erin E. Adams
  • The Other Side of Night — Adam Hamdy
  • The Angel Maker — Alex North

 

 

And the stats: (I did this last year & am going to do it again.)

Books read that were published this year: 13 (214 YTD)

And of those, how many were review books:  11 (197 YTD)

Backlist review books read: 1 (16 YTD)

Books read off my own shelf (not review books): 4 (41 YTD)

Books bought/won in giveaways: 8 (103 YTD)

 

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