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For the first time in a long time I had a good reading month! I whipped through Megan O‘Brien‘s Talon Security and Ride Series 2nd Generation- I couldn‘t get enough. But I think my favourite read of the month was The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches that I read with #LittensLoveRomance - Hoping to keep up the reading momentum this month.

16 books finished for October and very few were spooky season reads. Oops. In my defense, though, there was a surprise new Smiley, and that overrides just about all other considerations.

Great things this month!
#OctoberReCap

I‘ll do my official wrap up later, but I keep up with my #bookspin board all month. I bailed halfway through my bookspin, didn‘t get to the #doublespin, but still managed a #bookspinbingo by 7:30 last night.

I had 67 Netgalley books on my Oct TBR. I read 9 of them and then on Oct 25, my dog passed away and I decided to mood read for the rest of the month. There was no way I was going to read all 67 books on my Oct TBR and a lot of them were nonfiction books. Nonfiction requires more brain power and I‘m not in the mood for that anymore so I‘m going to mood read in Nov and probably in Dec too just so I can read whatever I want.

Here‘s what my October TBR looks like now at the end of the month. I implemented my color coding system again. After my dog Toppy passed away on 10/25, I added a new section called Not Right Now which means I‘ll read the books later but not right now. I‘m not in the right headspace for nonfiction anymore. This was too much. This is 67 books. There was no way I was going to read all of these books this month.

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I‘m so behind! I think I missed this totally the last month or two. Here‘s my list for October. I didn‘t look at which numbers were spun, so I‘m off to find out. Wish me luck, there are a couple I‘m hoping for.
#readyourkindle OCTOBER

Here‘s my list of Netgalley ARCs I have to read in October. A lot of them are Read Now books. This is more than I had to read last month. This is 67 books. Can I read them all this month? I don‘t know if I‘ll be able to read all of them this month but I‘ll try my best. This is more than what I read in a month. I downloaded all of them so I can still read them if they get archived. I definitely overcommitted to ARCs but I want to read them all.

I died when I saw the books you picked, so perfect for this season. Loooove the books. I saved the stickers because someone, daughter, wanted them but they will be part of my journal, so pretty. The candle smells so good😌and the tumbler was also saved, daughter again😆that means that we found it so pretty as well as the bookmark and card. Thank you so much @julieclair for this beautiful #FFF box. I love every single item🥰🍁🤎🍂🧡🍁💛

My beautiful wrapped #FFF box from @julieclair 😍

My daughter opened the box...of course😂and some of those pretty stickers were “recycled” on her water bottle🤣

The gifts were so beautiful wrapped that I thought they deserved a post🧡🧡🧡

I‘m drinking at this moment one of those delicious tea, pumpkin spice 👌😋

@Chrissyreadit @Avanderd

I am too impatient to wait for the #bookspin numbers to create my October TBR. This is mostly library books and buddy/bookclub reads, with space holders for #bookspin and #doublespin. I have my official list and I couldn‘t help myself - I created a second list of just spooky season reads and will have unofficial bookspin and doublespin books, too.
EDIT: updated with bookspin/doublespin selections

Looking forward to this month‘s tbr!! 🤓

September went by in a blink of an eye… here is to October and spooky season! #wickedwhispers @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Part of my October TBR. Will post my #ReadYourKindle list next. #BookSpin #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew 👻

Sharing in case anyone wants a fun October themed bingo game! #OctoberBookBingo

My list for October's #ReadYourKindle I only managed 1 read from September but it turned out to be a really good read.

@CBee

1. right now - reread of American Gods by Neil Gaiman
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2. Chai Latte, Pumpkin Spice everything - coffee, latte, muffins, pancakes...
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3. long walks, scattering nuts for animals, watching spooky movies, spooky reads, Litsy swaps and games
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4. Pumpkin Spice!
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#HauntedShelf #HexesandCrows #Halloween #autumn

#hauntedshelf TBR
#bookspinbingo
@PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #FrightClub
The spooky, the stabby and the supernatural. Can‘t wait!
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Here‘s my ambitious TBR for October! There are multiple readathons and bingos I‘m participating in, including #hauntedshelf -you can still sign up for that here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7g2cbAys_w6B9G5HHloV6kRr1yQvXVOptseGn...

Also, you can check out my blog post if interested to see the readathons I‘m participating in this fall.⬇️

The #birthdayfairies are excited to celebrate this lineup of awesome Littens on their special days next month!

Want a little extra #birthdaylove on YOUR special day?

Send your name, Litsy handle and birthdate to litsybirthdays@gmail.com , and add some extra celebration to your day. 🎉

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My October TBR list. I have no chance of reading them all as I'm a slow reader, but those are the ones I'm excited about and am going to be choosing from.
I made a list of 48, as that's 24x2 and therefore fits for the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge

The first 20 are my #Bookspin list for #October
I'm also participating in #Spookoween
#31by31 with the goal of reading at least 31 hours in October,
#GottaCatchEmAll and #PumpkabooHunt
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Working on October #LitsyLoveBirthdays. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude @julieclair

Repost for @LitsyBirthdays

“October! October!
There‘s magic in the name-
A clear sky, a blue sky,
And sunsets all aflame.” -D. Maitland Bushby

The #birthdayfairies are excited to celebrate this lineup of awesome Littens on their special days next month!

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2776594

“October! October!
There‘s magic in the name-
A clear sky, a blue sky,
And sunsets all aflame.” -D. Maitland Bushby

The #birthdayfairies are excited to celebrate this lineup of awesome Littens on their special days next month!
Want a little extra #birthdaylove on YOUR special day?

Send your name, Litsy handle and birthdate to litsybirthdays@gmail.com , and add some extra celebration to your day. 🎉

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Thanks to #Scarathlon I had a very productive reading month for October. Still working on my event totals to be posted tonight.

I finished 34 books which included 9 audiobooks, 3 children‘s books, 4 horror anthologies, a short story & 3 leadership books for work.

Standouts were The Change, Hemlock Island, Slewfoot, Weyward, The Ivy Tree & The Viper‘s Nest (the latest book in the Sam Quinn series).

I will be posting my November TBR soon.

October was a very up and down month for me. A great start, a poor ending and not much consistency.

I did finish 32 books for #Scarathlon and on a positive note read over a 1000 pages more than for #Scarathlon2022

Happy to reach November and get in to some different genre of books, once I finish the 1 book unfinished from October.

Thanks to my team #Magicalmonsters and everyone for the support, hope to post my totals tomorrow @Laughterhp

I‘m sharing the stuff I received in the mail in October.

Photo 1 - Preordered from Barnes & Noble
Photo 2 - Preordered from Barnes & Noble
Photo 3 - Book sent to me by Riverhead Books
Photo 4 - Preordered from Barnes & Noble
Photo 5 - Ordered this Evergreen Trail Journal from Taylor Bradshaw with creative exercises in it. I‘m looking forward to trying them out. I want to start writing again. I used to write and I enjoyed it.

Ugh what a Horrible reading month 😣 First a sick toddler, then a sick household, then me with a damn sinus infection all adds up to a LOT of time laying on the couch binging Cake Boss and almost no reading 😔

#OctoberStats

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The Young Man
All the Acorns on the Forest Floor

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Hotel Iris
I Have Some Questions for You
Do You Remember Being Born?
Monsieur Linh and his Child

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Walking the Americas
When we Fell Apart

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Diary of a Void
Binti

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We Were Liars

DNF
The Flame Throwers
Should we Stay or Should we Go
Land of Milk and Honey

Today, I‘m sharing the books I read and what I watched this month. I used Fable for my reading wrap-up and used the Likewise app for my movie wrap-up. I participated in #scarathlon for the first time this year and I had so much fun. I‘m looking forward to next year. I feel like it got me in the Halloween spirit.

Books I DNF‘d

🎃The Amish Matchmakers - Beth Wiseman

🎃Crimson Lake - Candice Fox

#HHC

One of my bucket list items for #scarathlon was getting new stationery in autumn colours and I worried these wouldn‘t arrive in time but here they are! #sleletoncrew

#Scarathlon photo challenge Day 16
#October
This is a way to express what this month represents to me....scary spooky read, Yes 👻

I received this print this month for my birthday from @Chrissyreadit loved it!!! 😍

Outstanding October Read-a-thon-28 hours. (Kid‘s books not pictured.) Considering the kind of month I have had, not so bad. #readathon #Scarathlon #spookybooks #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

This middle grade novel about a girl named October living in the woods with dad. When her dad is injured, she has to go live in London with her mom. I‘m definitely adding it to my Scarathlon 2024 TBR! #scarathlonphotochallenge #october #blackcatcrew

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge Day 16 🍂 #October
Love this song https://spotify.link/pfSZDikqXDb
#Scarathlon #TeamBOOkLovers @Bookwormjillk

A double photo for #scarathlon #photochallenge and painting a ghost canvas! I had so much fun doing this for my bullet journal! #creepinitreal #cir

October at a farm near us in Mass. Photo challenge: October. #Scarathlon #photoprompt #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

I hadn‘t heard of this book before looking for some #ScarathlonPhotoChallenge inspiration, but it sounds great! And not only is #October in the title, it is the MCs name!

Another one to add to my tbr 😂

#Scarathlon #MagicalMonsters

Today's prompt: #october

#HHC #Scarathlon #HalloweenHexesCoven
@dabbe
#photochallenge
@StayCurious @Clwojick

This month‘s page in my Christmas Countdown calendar. #scarathlonphotochallenge #october #teamcryptkeepers

#scarathlon A compilation for points: 2 items from my bucket list- Halloween clothes, Fall train ride with my mom and Owen- this was Oct 1st- leaves were still pretty green- and our train had a table for our picnic. Watched Rosemary‘s Baby- (i‘ve watched a few other movies but forget to take pictures) Also 433. words for week 2 game. #hhc

I‘ve been on vacation so I‘ve got lots of things to post, so definitely more to come. However, wanted to start with the fact that I have received both my #HauntedHollowSwap and #AllHallowsReadSwap. I will be shipping right now before the end of the week for both.

Stack for #OutstandingOctober this is definitely ambitious but I hope to get through as many of these as I can. The stack is so big because I‘m not sure what exactly I‘ll feel like picking up but these are all possibilities. Seems like I‘m forever trying to get through library books so I can read the books I actually own 😅 #magicalmonsters @Andrew65

@TheAromaofBooks October #BookspinBingo
I'll make the board some time tomorrow.
HAPPY OCTOBER 🧡🍁👻

#october #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo

#OctoberPhotoADay
October 1st Hello October
#Scarathlon #BlackCatCrew

My favourite month always leads to daydreams of ditching society and retiring to a woodland glade where I can fully embrace my wild side.