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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution | China Miville
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Acclaimed fantasy author China Miville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Miville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions? This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes. From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky; from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire; from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram; from grand sweep to forgotten detail. Historians have debated the revolution for a hundred years, its portents and possibilities: the mass of literature can be daunting. But here is a book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness. Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Miville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story.
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EadieB
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#October2024 #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024

I have read 5 books for October with 1 Bingo.

DieAReader 🤓👻❤️‍🔥 3w
TheSpineView Fantastic! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3w
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TheBookgeekFrau
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October Wrap-Up

Total read: 6
#BookSpin ✔️
#DoubleSpin ✔️
#MountTBR 5
DNF 1

#ReadAway2024

DieAReader 🤓❤️‍🔥👻 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 3w
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BarbaraBB
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#OctoberStats #OctoberWrapUp

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Prima Facie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Earth
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tell Me Everything
I Who Have Never Known Men
For Reasons Unknown
Annie Bot
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American Psycho
Rejection
Blood like mine
Someone at a distance
Keep it in the family
City of the Lost
The Book Censor‘s Library
⭐️⭐️✨
Beautyland
⭐️⭐️
The extinction of Irena Rey

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Victory City
Dead in Long Beach, California

sarahbarnes Looks like it was a great month! 😃 3w
Cathythoughts Nice month 👏🏻 I have Prima Facie , I must pick it up. 3w
BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts Please so, it‘s so good. 3w
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BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes The first half was, the latter I struggled with some of them. But overall I can‘t complain 😀 3w
Suet624 So many books!!! 3w
BarbaraBB @Suet624 Yes. You can see that I went to Gladstone‘s for a few days! 3w
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Hooked_on_books
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Here are my corresponding books for the numbers drawn for October. Two of the numbers are the same as September, so I get another crack at the ones I didn‘t read last month! #ReadYourEbooks

CBee Awesome! 2mo
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Hooked_on_books
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My list for October #ReadYourEbooks is the same as the one I never posted for September because, yup, I didn‘t read any from the list! I‘m ok with that. We‘ll see how I do this month!

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JackOBotts
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September was a slooooooow reading month for me…hoping my October #bookspin helps me get back in the swing.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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GinaKButler
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October‘s #bookspin list! I can‘t wait to see what you pick, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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candc320
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My spooky TBR is ready for #bookspinbingo!! This is my favorite time of year for reading (I love horror) so hopefully I can get through a lot of these!

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britt_brooke
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This month, I surpassed my 2023 GR goal of 125. 🎉In the past, I‘ve read significantly more than this but I‘m trying to make time for podcasts and such. Sitting now at 137 …. we‘ll see where I end up! #octoberreads

LeahBergen Nicely done! 👏 13mo
Librariana Lots of great titles here! And congrats on surpassing your goal! 🥳 13mo
britt_brooke @LeahBergen Thanks, friend! 🫶🏼 13mo
britt_brooke @Librariana Thank you! 🎉 It was a very good month. Lots of spooky-ish books with some solid nonfiction to break it up! 13mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023

I read 9 books during October.

I got two bingos.

TheSpineView Great job! 13mo
EadieB @TheSpineView Thanks! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!!! 13mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023 #Friday27OctoberthruTuesday31

Read Jack Ruby - 352 Pgs
Read Chasing the Boogyman - 336 Pgs
Read Out of Easy - 348 Pgs

Total Read - 1,036 Pages

TheSpineView Fantastic! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 13mo
Andrew65 Doing great 👏👏👏 13mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023 #Friday27OctoberthruTuesday31

Read Jack Ruby - 352 Pgs
Read Chasing the Boogyman - 336 Pgs

Total Read - 688 Pages

TheSpineView Great job! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 13mo
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EadieB
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Andrew65 Great start 👏👏👏 13mo
TheSpineView Great job! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
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EadieB
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Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 13mo
EadieB @Andrew65 Thanks! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Enjoy!!!! 13mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #Saturday14thruSunday22 #TheBookSpin #SeriesLove2023

Read Mrs Pargeter‘s Patio - 221 Pgs
Read What Darkness Brings - 444 Pgs
Read The Dilemma 368 Pgs
Read BlackWidow - 240 Pgs.

Total Pages Read - 1273 Pgs

TheSpineView Fantastic! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 13mo
EadieB @Andrew65 Thanks! 13mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #Saturday14thruSunsay22
#TheBookSpin #SeriesLove2023

Read Mrs Pargeter‘s Patio - 221 Pgs
Read What Darkness Brings - 444 Pgs
Read The Dilemma 368 Pgs

Total Read - 1033 Pgs

TheSpineView Great progress! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 13mo
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EadieB
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TheSpineView Looks good! Enjoy! 13mo
Andrew65 Excellent book choices, good luck. 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #SeriesLove2033 #BookSpinBingo

AfterDay3:
Read Black River Orchard - 601 Pgs
Read The Brewery Murders - 188 Pgs
Read Murderabilia - 288 Pgs

Read Total - 1,077 Pgs

TheSpineView Fabulous! 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 13mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #SeriesLove2033 #BookSpinBingo

AfterDay2
Read Black River Orchard - 601 Pgs
Read The Brewery Murders - 188 Pgs

Read Total - 789 Pgs

TheSpineView Great job! 14mo
Andrew65 Wonderful - I really enjoyed that book. 14mo
EadieB @Andrew65 I thought it was good too! 14mo
EadieB @TheSpineView Thanks! 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 14mo
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EadieB
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#OutstandingOctober #SeriesLove2023 #BookSpinBingo

These are the books I‘ll be reading during October 2023.

Andrew65 As usual some great books on there, enjoy. 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looks fantastic!! 14mo
TheSpineView Great selections!🧡📚📚 14mo
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GinaKButler
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Yay! October‘s #bookspin and #doublespin
Looking forward to a creepy, murdery month! Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!!! 14mo
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Melismatic
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Home from the Brooklyn Book Festival! 💪🏻

My haul: 📚11 books - 4 are signed & personalized by the authors! 1 was free! A few would fit for #Scarathlon but I doubt I‘ll get to them in time. Very productive day. Now my arms hurt from carrying this all back on the train. #BKBF

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Morr_Books
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Here is my October bucket list for #Scarathlon. It is hard for my list to not seem like a summer list since it is still 90 degrees outside 🙃. #SpookyGhostClub @Clwojick

Sresendez12 It‘s still 90 where I am too! Can‘t wait for cooler weather 14mo
Clwojick Looks great! 🖤 14mo
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LiseWorks
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BarkingMadRead I‘m totally in @Bookwormjillk (edited) 1y
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sarahbellum
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I read fewer books than average in Oct, but I‘ve also been making my way through Middlemarch, so that‘s naturally going to slow me down

✅read both #bookspin and #doublespin
✅read July‘s #doublespin
✅read #diversecozy buddy read
✅read 2 #roll100 picks, bailed on the 3rd
✅added 6 titles to #192025 challenge
✅read 2 #1001books
✅8/8 from my TBR
🚫bailed on #overbookedclub buddy read

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GinaKButler
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My October #bookspingbingo card. Only 1 bingo, but 11 books read including 2 classics and 2 non-fiction. Looking forward to November! Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

CoverToCoverGirl Great month! 👏🥳 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 2y
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candc320
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Excited to participate in the #outstandingoctober readathon to add even more points to my #scarathlon2022 totals! My goal is to finish the books I‘m currently reading (Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives) and listening to (The Exorcist) as well as start (maybe finish?) My Best Friend‘s Exorcism and whatever audiobook catches my fancy! #teamslaughter

Andrew65 Great to have you with us, good luck. 😁 2y
candc320 Thanks @Andrew65 !! 2y
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Chili
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Clwojick Your writing though! 😍😍😍😍😍😍🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
StayCurious great list! 2y
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

#Pointsathon

We‘ve decided to take the month long Readathon plunge once again!! So that means whatever team you‘re on & no matter what you‘re reading/watching/listening to, you will always have this one to guarantee points!

Good luck everyone & best of all, have a blast reading great books!!

DieAReader Thanks so much for the re-post @LitsyEvents ♥️♥️♥️ 2y
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GinaKButler
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My October #bookspin
TBR to be posted next. These are all books currently on my shelves that I‘ve been meaning to get to. Can‘t wait to see what you pick, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @TheAromaofBooks

Oh my gosh, not only is there less than one week until October, there is less than one week until OCTOBER SECOND! Ack!

So yes, #BookSpin day is coming, so if you want to play for October, it's time to start thinking about your lists!! Several of you are more organized than I am and have already posted them, so sorry if you're getting tagged when you've already posted!!

TheAromaofBooks Thanks for the repost!!! 2y
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DieAReader
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#Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter

Looking forward to watching the OGs especially (I‘ve never seen: The Shining, the original It [I read the books though] nor American Psycho)

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GHABI4ROSES Okay, so you just saved me a lot of trouble, that is our list hahahaa. I watched The Shining and American Psycho with Paul during that movie phase, remember that? I think the movie phase was a way of managing the aftermath of Team Teal and OMGWeDoNotRockPink. I love you. 2y
Clwojick Love this list! 2y
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Clwojick
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I couldn‘t wait to get started on my #Scarathlon2022 #bulletjournal. I‘m obsessed with my cover page! 🎃🖤👻🧡

AsYouWish Wow!!! It is getting close to that time again!!! Time is flying by!!🎃🎃🎃 2y
Clwojick @AsYouWish yes! Only a few short months away! 2y
PuddleJumper Your journal always looks gorgeous! 2y
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wisherwishinguponastar Your journal pages are awesome! I was in Michael‘s and I turned a corner to see autumn decorations. I was so happy!!!! 2y
Clwojick @booksellerofyourdiscontent thanks! I can‘t wait until the Halloween decorations start popping up in my city. I haven‘t seen anything yet. 🥺 2y
Clwojick @PuddleJumper thank you!!! 🎃🖤 2y
Bookwormjillk I can‘t wait. I‘ve already started setting books aside 🎃👻💀 2y
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Morr_Books
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Here's my weekly stats for #TeamHendrix. I enjoyed participating in all the different readathons in October and managed to finish 20 books, which I don't believe I have ever managed to do in one month.
#Scarathlon2021 @StayCurious
#spookoween @TheSpineView
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft
#LittenListen @aperfectmjk
#OutstandingOctober #20in4 @Andrew65
#readathon @DeweysReadathon

TheSpineView Fabulous 3y
Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 3y
StayCurious You did so well! 3y
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BarbaraJean
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Here are my results for October‘s #BookSpinBingo: I completed my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin (and also belatedly finished September‘s BookSpin and DoubleSpin!), but came up just short of a bingo. (I‘m so close—halfway through Clouds of Witness, which would have accomplished a bingo!)

Favorites:
🎓The Last Graduate
🚪The Door on Half-Bald Hill
🐉 Dragonsong

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 3y
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Nessavamusic
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Yay another Readathon! For #OutstandingOctoberReadathon my plans are:
An average of 3 hours reading a day
Get a #bookspinbingo and finish my #bookspin read
Earn lots of points for #teamhendrix

Thanks @Andrew65 for organizing!

Andrew65 Good luck, great to have you with us. 😊👍 3y
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PurpleyPumpkin
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I decided to go with a bit of a spooky theme for my #OctoberTBR. Looking forward to an eclectic month of reading!🎃

MemoirsForMe You‘re in for a scary month! 👻 3y
PurpleyPumpkin @UwannaPublishme I haven‘t made a dent so far, but here‘s hoping I will this weekend!🤞🏽📚 3y
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Lauram
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Giving this another go and make reading a priority in October. #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I posted the winning numbers yesterday so just let me know if you don't see the posts!! 3y
megnews All the Light We Cannot See was excellent. Book Ends looks good. I DNF‘d Book Girl. 3y
LiteraryinPA I loved The Overdue Life! 3y
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Lauram @megnews I don‘t know how Book Girl made it to my TBR list. It doesn‘t seem like something I‘d enjoy but I‘ll give it 50 pages to change my mind. 3y
Lauram @LiteraryinLawrence This is my second time I‘ve checked this book out from the library. I intend to get through it this time! 3y
megnews @Lauram I like reading memoirs but that one didn‘t appeal to me. 3y
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Chili
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My list for October #BookSpinBingo it also my TBR for #Scarathlon21 #Screamathon #SpookOWeen 👻🧟‍♀️

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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MatchlessMarie
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This will serve as my October #BookSpin list as well as my #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon #Spookoween #Screamathon TBRs and any other October “thons” I catch along the way 😂 plus some side quests I‘m sure 👻 +1 pt

Clwojick Yessss! The series of unfortunate events is one of my favourites (edited) 3y
MatchlessMarie @Clwojick this is actually my first time reading it 😅 I‘m finally going to finish it in October and then I‘m going to watch the series on Netflix 🤩 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
TheSpineView Looks good!🧡📖🖤🎃 3y
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Bookgoil
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I‘ve narrowed my TBR I‘m sure more will creep onto here for #bookspin and also my favorite month for #scarathalon2021 I‘m in #teamhendrix with @StayCurious

I‘m going to be a bit crazy with Bookfair the first week but hopefully I‘ll get a lot of points and catch onto some readathons too!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
StayCurious Some spooky choices there! +50 early bird points! 3y
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Nessavamusic
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Just signed up, this sounds like so much fun! Ready for some spooky reads.
#scarathlon2021
@Clwojick @StayCurious

Clwojick So glad you‘re joining us! Thanks for sharing! 🖤🧡🤍 3y
Andrew65 Is it that time again already! 3y
Nessavamusic @Andrew65 Well I‘m back at school so I‘m definitely getting the Fall feels 3y
Andrew65 @Nessavamusic We‘re not back till 1st September. Trying to hold onto Summer but the weather isn‘t playing along. 🤷😂 (edited) 3y
StayCurious Thanks so much for sharing! 3y
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Jari-chan
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All in all an interesting read, I've learned some new things. BUT I guess it was more written for students of history or people who live in Russia. The book goes very much into details, with names I've never heard of (and I've read a lot of books about the Russian Revolution), with discussions and meetings etc. etc. Therefore, I had a somewhat hard time with this book...

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

Buechersuechtling But you made your way through. Congratulations on that‼️👏🏼 4y
Jari-chan @Buechersuechtling Thank you 😄 4y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! I'm not any kind of Russian expert, but I really enjoyed this one. It's dense but somehow felt approachable, and there is a fantastic chapter about what a totalitarian government is and how they come into power. 4y
Jari-chan @TheAromaofBooks That really sounds like a readworthy book! Guess my TBR grows a little further ;) 4y
TheAromaofBooks A constant danger!! 😂 4y
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An immensely readable and impeccable researched account of one of the most consequential events of the 20th century. The inclusion of an index of names is much appreciated as is the thoughtful reflection on the events transpired provided in the epilogue. Some may be put off by what can be seen as a bias toward the Bolsheviks in the telling of the story, but hey, they won, what can ya do?

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britt_brooke
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October was a good month! 👻 Calypso, Frankenstein, and Lord of the Flies were rereads and all (still) 5 stars. Elton John‘s autobiography was also 5 stars!

#octoberreads #octoberwrapup

Megabooks I just ordered Sir Elton‘s book today! 5y
britt_brooke @Megabooks I think you‘ll love it, too! 5y
HeatherBookNerd I loved Calypso too 5y
britt_brooke @HeatherBookNerd I love Sedaris! 💚 5y
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bewareofwords
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My October reads (a few days late 😅). I read only two books in September, so the other twelve are from October. I‘ve officially read 110 books for the year! #monthlystats #monthlyreads #octoberstats

rwmg Some great books there 5y
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ShananigansReads
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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#OctoberWrapUp #OctoberStats #OctoberReads
#Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft

A great month of reading!
Total: 11
Female Authors: 3
POC: 1
Graphic Novel: 1
Short Stories: 2
Witches: 3
King: 2
Faves: Jaws, Witches Sluts Feminists, The Shining

alisiakae That‘s a great stack of reads for the month! 5y
AmyG Great books! 5y
suvata Spooky 5y
thebluestocking Looks like you had an eerie month! 💙 5y
britt_brooke Spooky month! 👏🏻 5y
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Sarahreadstoomuch
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Hope it‘s not too late for my #scarathlon wrap-up for #teamslaughter! 1: 21 books read. 2. Wayward Son was my favorite with The Flatshare a close second. 3. Hocus Pocus! 4. Favorite games were the ones to write scary book titles 5. I handed out candy and watched The Craft while my husband took the kids trick or treating.