If there ever was a month to label as "mixed bag", it would have to be October.
This is just a smattering of the books I read either in print, digitally, or audio and they range from a true crime audiobook of two women murdered in the Shenandoah National Park to the GOAT of horror manga, Juji Ito's Uzumaki. Then there are middle grade fiction titles like Key Player by Kelly Yang and my continued obsession with Spy x Family. All told there were sixty-three books read for the month.
It was a result of several converging events, committees, and activities:
- With a conference presentation a few weeks ago, at the beginning of the month I was trying to squeeze in some anticipated titles of 2023 while also reading a few 2022 titles to be ready to talk books.
- Sitting on a "Best of" books selection committee for nonfiction so I had a few nonfiction titles that I didn't know about to read to better argue which were the best!
- A little countdown to Halloween on my Instagram, I read a spooky book a day for the last week that included the wacky spirals of Ito's imagination to reliving the dramatic 1990 movie The Witches based on Roald Dahl's The Witches which I had never read and decided to listen to the audiobook of today while traveling in the car. Plus I discovered the delightful Ghoulia.
- And of course, fitting in the general love of certain series or titles that sit on my endless TBR that I pick up based on length, topic, and format.
November is my birthday month, so I'm planning a few personal reading challenges and organizing my own readathon. Any suggestions?
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