The past two months I read a total of 16 books! I am at 87 books read so far, so I am still on track to hit my goal of 100 books for the year. I am, once again, doing a ton of different reading challenges, so I will be including those in my monthly wrap-ups as well.

Let’s get into it!

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Books I Read:

The Dark Heart of Florence (Lady Emily, #15) by Tasha Alexander (3.5 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: none

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain (3 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: Genre Reading Challenge (Non-fiction)

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (5 Stars) ~ e-book

~Reading Challenges: On the Cover Challenge (Stars or planets)

Secrets of the Nile (Lady Emily, #16) by Tasha Alexander (4.5 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: none

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney (4 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: none (this was a book club pick)

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (5 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: Around the World Reading Challenge (North America); Monthly Reading Challenge (August – choose a book randomly)

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros (5 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: PopSugar Challenge (A book your friend recommended); Always Fully Booked Challenge (A book recommended by a friend)

How Far You Have Come by Morgan Harper Nichols (3.5 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: none

Icebreaker (Maple Hills, #1) by Hannah Grace (4 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: PopSugar Challenge (A book about an athlete/sport)

A Light in the Flame (Flesh and Fire, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: none

El Deafo by Cece Bell (4.5 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: PopSugar Challenge (A book with a rabbit on the cover); Monthly Reading Challenge (September – a book set at a school)

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) by Richelle Mead (2 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: A to Z Challenge (V)

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (4 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: none (this was a book club pick)

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker (4 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: none (this was another book club pick)

A Cold Highland Wind (Lady Emily, #17) by Tasha Alexander (4.5 Stars) (review coming soon) ~ digital

~Reading Challenges: none

Grace and Fury (Grace and Fury, #1) by Tracy Banghart (4 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: none

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Format:

Print: 6

E-Books: 2

Audiobooks: 8

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Reading Challenges:

PopSugar Challenge: 38/50

Always Fully Booked Challenge: 29/32

Read Through the Ages Challenge: 10/10 (Completed!)

Around the World Challenge: 7/10

On the Cover Challenge: 12/16

Reading Rainbow Challenge: 15/16

Genre Reading Challenge: 10/10 (Completed!)

A to Z Challenge: 21/26

Goodreads Challenge: 87/100

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Star Ratings:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Four (Girl Made of Stars; The Bodyguard; Fourth Wing; A Light in the Flame)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2: Three (Secrets of the Nile; El Deafo; A Cold Highland Wind)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Five (Sometimes I Lie; Icebreaker; Hello Stranger; Hidden Valley Road; Grace and Fury)

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2: Two (The Dark Heart of Florence; How Far You Have Come)

⭐️⭐️⭐️: One (Bittersweet)

⭐️⭐️1/2: Zero

⭐️⭐️: One (Vampire Academy)

⭐️: Zero

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Things I Posted:

The Book Adaptation Tag

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Getting Personal:

Here are a few things that happened in my life the past couple of months:

• We adopted a new puppy! Her name is Poppy and she is a chihuahua/terrier mix. She is so sweet, and so energetic. This is perfect, because my daughter really needs a playmate that matches her energy 😂🐶

• Eliana and I started back to school. She is in 1st grade this year, which boggles my mind (how did she get so big?!) I am enjoying being back at work again after the summer off. There was a lot of construction over the summer, so we are in a new space, and it is finally feeling like we are truly settled in.
• I finally had another tea party after several months of having to cancel them. It was so lovely to have so many of my favorite women around my table. 🥰
• I joined a new book club at my local bookstore. I’m excited to connect with more bookish people that live in my area!

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My October TBR Pile:

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie

Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. 🥰

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How many books did you read this month? Have you read any of the books I read? Are you participating in any reading challenges? What about the books on my TBR for October? Let me know down in the comments! 

Love and happy reading,

Whitney