Well, it seems I have finally overcome my reading slump and had a truly fantastic month of reading! I honestly think it was giving myself permission to read all the spooky/horror/etc. books I wanted–and apparently that I was desiring the most!–that helped me speed through them (that, and horror/thrillers have a lot of short books and/or books that are hard to put down!). Whatever the reason, it felt great to get so excited about reading again and just read some great (and not so great) books. Some highlights from my October reading were: Taaqtumi, The Twisted Ones (which is a new favorite for sure; I still loved The Hollow Places more, but I think T. Kingfisher is an author I need to read everything from), The Quicksilver Court, Home Before Dark, and of course the latest Sandman Act II from Audible! I can't recommend the latter audiobook enough, it has the highest production quality of an audiobook that I've ever read, and it's just so good.
In personal news, not a lot to report! Which I guess is a good thing? We are finally getting settled in our new place and I think any major things we needed to get done (new curtains, closing gaps in windows/doors because we are tired of critters, etc.) are done, and now it's just adding things at a casual pace. I am so bummed that October is over, though, because I always love our Halloween decorations in and outside of the house, haha, and it will be so bare without them. We celebrated my husband's birthday a couple weeks ago, which was fun, and a week later he had a dental surgery, which was not fun for him. I am still doing transcription and grading admissions tests for the time being, which has been pretty busy, but I'm also still looking for and applying to jobs, though it hasn't been looking too promising. We'll get there eventually–hopefully!
How was your month? Have you read any new favorites books, or anything that just didn't work for you? Let me know in the comments how things are, I love hearing from you all!
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Have you read any of these? What books did you read this month? I hope you all had a great month-- comment below and let me know!
Hooray for a great reading month! Hope that continues into November. Good luck on the job search!
ReplyDeleteThanks, me too!
DeleteWow 18 books! Congrats😁 I'm so curious about the Eric LaRocca book because you didn't put a rating. I bought a copy but haven't read it yet and now I'm worried, lol.
ReplyDeleteI honestly just had no idea what to rate it, that's why there's no rating, haha! It was totally worth the read, just very weird and a few disturbing things (as expected). But I do think I liked it? :) I definitely want to read more Eric LaRocca!
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