Well, one of my favorite months has come and gone and I feel like I barely got any time to enjoy it! Life has been so crazy lately, but I think at this point I might need to just accept that, lol. Still, I had some great times in October and also some great reads, and I hope you all did too!
In personal news.. I did my second ever aerial performance in October! I performed on chains again with a group piece at one at a local studio's Halloween show and it was a blast. Maybe next year I'll embark on a solo endeavor for one of these shows? I'm still on the job hunt, and it's been... well, meh. It is brutal out there, guys, haha.
In reading news, I read some great books! I only got around to seven this month apparently, which was surprising to me since I thought I'd read more, but nonetheless I'll take it. We Used to Live Here and Bat Eater were some stand outs, and it was very exciting to finally finish Jay Kristoff's latest trilogy with Empire of the Dawn. Hopefully in November I can get through a few more books (and maybe catch up on some of my ARCs? Or so I can dream!). I didn't have time to share some brief thoughts on these books below, but I do have reviews for a lot of them already up (you can find the links for them below), and my review for EOTD will be up tomorrow!
# books read: 7
Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake
Bat Eater by Kyliee Lee Baker
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca
The Watchers by A.M. Shine
10/1: The Strength of the Few by James Islington & Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen
10/8: The Blackfire Blade by James Logan & The Merge by Grace Walker
10/15: Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher & Slow Gods by Claire North
10/22: The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo & The Breath of the Gods by Simon Winchester
10/29: The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry, Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson, & Outlaw Planet by M.R. Carey
I loved Bat Eater. Such a gruesome and haunting story.
ReplyDeleteOctober always seems to go by so fast! That's so cool about your performance!
ReplyDeleteI just bought a copy of Bat Eater after hearing so many good things. Now I just need to find time to read it, lol.
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