Books I Read in October 2022

I read 10 books in October.

• Witchy, Volume 2 by Ariel Slamet Ries (Paperback, 184 pages, 2022, YA Fantasy, Purchased) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
  
• Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Audio, 10 hr 30 min, 2022, Adult Contemporary, Library) - 5 stars | My Review
• Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (Audio, 10 hr 13 min, 2021, Adult Fantasy/Romance, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• Learn My Lesson by Katee Roberts (Kindle, 268 pages, 2019, Adult Romance, Purchased) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge  
• My Imaginary Mary by The Lady Janies (Audio, 13 hr 15 min, 2022, YA Historical Fiction/Fantasy, Library) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Audio, 3 hr 35 min, 2006, MG Paranormal, Purchased) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Hauled It challenge
• Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai (Kindle, 400 pages, 2022, Adult Thriller/Romance, Netgalley) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Netgalley challenge
• The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (Audio, 7 hr 23 min, 2022, Adult Romance/Paranormal, Library) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Kindle, 368 pages, 2022, Adult Romance, Netgalley) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Netgalley challenge, Series challenge, Hauled It challenge
• Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon (Kindle, 188 pages, 20xx, Adult Romance, Purchased) - 3.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
  

Pages read: 1398  + 44 hr 56 min
Pages DNF: 0


READING STATS
BY FORMAT

• Kindle: 4 (2022 Total: 29)
  
• Physical: 1 (2022 Total: 5)
• Audio: 5 (2022 Total: 61)

BY PAGE COUNT

• Under 250 pages: 3 (2022 Total: 16)
• 250 to 400 pages: 6 (2022 Total: 56)
  
• 400 to 700 pages: 1 (2022 Total: 22)
• 700+ pages: 0 (2022 Total: 1)

BY RATING

• 1 star: 0 (2022 Total: 0)
• 2 stars: 0 (2022 Total: 14)
• 3 stars: 3 (2022 Total: 31)
• 4 stars: 5 (2022 Total: 34)
• 5 stars: 2 (2022 Total: 16)

BY AUDIENCE

• MG: 1 (2022 Total: 6)
• YA: 2 (2022 Total: 34)
• Adult: 7 (2022 Total: 55)

November 2022 TBR & Monthly Challenges

My favorite blurb, as always: In 2022, I'm continuing to participate in the Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge (new challenge each month - November is "Readers of the Lost ARC" theme). You sign up and are split into teams and finish books for points. They also have a mini game, photo challenge, and charity challenge to get points for your team as well.

October was a little nuts - 3 band competitions (this last weekend was so fun - kids took first place in their class and grand champion of the smaller classes - out of 16 bands!!), 3 football games, fall break, HOA meetings, board meetings, band booster meetings, after school rehearsals, doctor appts galore...I AM TIRED. The first few weeks of November are shaping up to be just as busy, but then it should quiet down some and I'm hoping to tackle some more ebooks and physical books rather than just audiobooks.

In October, I finished 10 books. 5 were on my TBR, so that's nice, but I am starting to stray from my TBR a bit and mood read a bit more. I may have to make shorter TBRs in the beginning of 2023 and allow myself to not feel guilty about the mood reading. I did make TBRs for November and December already so I'm hoping maybe I can stick to them. I think this month has a good mix of audio, ebook, and physical and that might work for me.

My TBR for November:

• Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston (Hardcover - Purchased)
• The Rains by Gregg Hurwitz (Kindle - Netgalley)
• Buzz Books 2022: Romance by Publishers Lunch (Kindle - Netgalley)
• Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Audio - Purchased)
• Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo (Audio - Purchased)
• Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo (Audio - Purchased)
• The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Audio - Library)
• Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte (Hardcover - Purchased)
  

2022 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 83% 
Goodreads Challenge: 97/52 books - 186% COMPLETED 6/8
Series Challenge: 21/20 series - 105% COMPLETED 9/16
Netgalley Challenge: 18/13 books - 138% COMPLETED 6/8
Haul It Challenge: 32/30 books - 106% COMPLETED 8/23

What are you planning on reading in November?

September 2022 Book Haul

Back down to a smaller haul for the month of September. I only hauled 8 books. 2 were "purchased" by way of them going on sale for free on Kindle. I also hauled 6 library books, all of which have been read. So that's only 2 that are not read. I'm still holding pretty steady at 60% books read of the books I've hauled. Total unread is 35 books.

KINDLE BOOKS

1. Engagement & Espionage by Penny Reid
2. My Cone & Only by Susannah Nix
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager - audiobook
2. The Rose Society by Marie Lu - audiobook
3. The Midnight Star by Marie Lu - audiobook
4. Run, Hide, Fight Back by April Henry - audiobook
5. Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley - audiobook
6. The Burning Shadow by Jennifer L. Armentrout - audiobook
   

Tally for 2022:
Total Books Hauled: 91 (Read: 56/Unread:35)
Total Physical Books: 4 (Read: 2/Unread: 2)
Total Kindle/Audible Books: 52 (Read: 21/Unread: 32)
Total Library Books: 36 (Read: 35/Unread: 1)

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in September?

Have you read any of my hauled books?

Books I Read in September 2022

I read 8 books in September.

• Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (Audio, 27 hr 10 min, 2021, Adult Paranormal, Purchased) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Hauled It challenge, Series challenge
• The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager (Audio, 11 hr 5 min, 2022, Adult Thriller/Mystery, Borrowed) - 5 stars | My Review
• The Rose Society by Marie Lu (Audio, 11 hr 7 min, 2015, YA Sci Fi, Borrowed) - 3.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• The Midnight Star by Marie Lu (Audio, 9 hr 7 min, 2016, YA Sci Fi, Borrowed) - 3.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Audio, 6 hr 50 min, 2022, Adult Nonfiction, Purchased) - 5 stars | My Review
• Run, Hide, Fight Back by April Henry (Audio, 5 hr 15 min, 2019, YA Thriller, Borrowed) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• Talk Bookish To Me by Kate Bromley (Audio, 9 hr, 2021, Adult Romance, Borrowed) - 5 stars | My Review 
• The Burning Shadow by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Audio, 16 hr 10 min, 2019 YA Sci Fi, Borrowed) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge 
  

Pages read: 95 hr 44 min
Pages DNF: 0

READING STATS
BY FORMAT

• Kindle: 0 (2022 Total: 25)
  
• Physical: 0 (2022 Total: 4)
• Audio: 8 (2022 Total: 56)

BY PAGE COUNT

• Under 250 pages: 1 (2022 Total: 13)
• 250 to 400 pages: 4 (2022 Total: 50)
  
• 400 to 700 pages: 2 (2022 Total: 21)
• 700+ pages: 1 (2022 Total: 1)

BY RATING

• 1 star: 0 (2022 Total: 0)
• 2 stars: 0 (2022 Total: 14)
• 3 stars: 4 (2022 Total: 28)
• 4 stars: 1 (2022 Total: 29)
• 5 stars: 3 (2022 Total: 14)

BY AUDIENCE

• MG: 0 (2022 Total: 5)
• YA: 4 (2022 Total: 32)
• Adult: 4 (2022 Total: 48)

October 2022 TBR & Monthly Challenges

My favorite blurb, as always: In 2022, I'm continuing to participate in the Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge (new challenge each month - October is "Worlds of Gaiman" theme). You sign up and are split into teams and finish books for points. They also have a mini game, photo challenge, and charity challenge to get points for your team as well.

I knew September would be insane and it was...so I knocked some audiobooks out and only finished 1 book on my actual TBR of 8. ((awkward smile)). I did read 8 books though, so win! I definitely will be carrying over some books I meant to read this year into 2023 and probably make TBRs of just those books until I can finish them.  I also ended up completing my Series challenge in September!

In October, I am going to try and get some Netgalley books out of the way and also read a few witchy books for spooky season. I'm also reallllly hoping to tackle The Final Empire, which is a behemoth. Wish me luck. I requested a random 3 days off of work in October and if approved, I can read to my heart's content!

My TBR for October:

• A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Kindle - Netgalley)
• Slip by David Estes (Kindle - Netgalley)
• Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks (Kindle - Netgalley)
• The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (Kindle - Library)
• Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (Audio - Library)
• The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Paperback - Purchased)
• Learn My Lesson by Katee Roberts (Kindle - Purchased)
• Horrid by Katrina Leno (Hardcover - Purchased)
  

2021 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 75% 
Goodreads Challenge: 87/52 books - 167% COMPLETED 6/8
Series Challenge: 21/20 series - 105% COMPLETED 9/16
Netgalley Challenge: 16/13 books - 123% COMPLETED 6/8
Haul It Challenge: 31/30 books - 103% COMPLETED 8/23

What are you planning on reading in October?