Last month I read a total of 9 books! I am at 96 books read so far, so I am super close to hitting 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:

Queen of Ruin (Grace and Fury, #2) by Tracy Banghart (4 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: A to Z Challenge (Q)

Friends Don’t Fall in Love by Erin Hahn (4.5 Stars) (REVIEW) ~ digital

~Reading Challenges: none

Dracula by Bram Stoker (5 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: PopSugar Challenge (A book you should have read in high school); A to Z Challenge (D)

The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (5 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: PopSugar Challenge (A book you bought from an independent book store); Always Fully Booked Challenge (A genre-hybrid book); Reading Rainbow Challenge (Indigo)

Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2) by Justina Ireland (3.5 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: none

Hallowe’en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41) by Agatha Christie (3.5 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: PopSugar Challenge (A book about a holiday that’s not Christmas)

Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder (4 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: PopSugar Challenge (A book you read more than 10 years ago)

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (4 Stars) ~ print

~Reading Challenges: On the Cover Challenge (A window); Monthly Reading Challenge (October – a scary book)

Kingdom of the Cursed (Kingdom of the Wicked, #2) by Kerri Maniscalco (5 Stars) ~ audio

~Reading Challenges: On the Cover Challenge (A crown)

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Format:

Print: 3

E-Books: 1

Audiobooks: 5

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Reading Challenges:

PopSugar Challenge: 42/50

Always Fully Booked Challenge: 30/32

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

Around the World Challenge: 7/10

On the Cover Challenge: 14/16

Reading Rainbow Challenge: 16/16 (Completed!)

Genre Reading Challenge: 10/10 (Completed!)

A to Z Challenge: 23/26

Goodreads Challenge: 96/100

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Star Ratings:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Three (Dracula; The Square of Sevens; Kingdom of the Cursed)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2: One (Friends Don’t Fall in Love)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Three (Queen of Ruin; Little House in the Big Woods; The Book of Cold Cases)

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2: Two (Deathless Divide; Hallowe’en Party)

⭐️⭐️⭐️: Zero

⭐️⭐️1/2: Zero

⭐️⭐️: Zero

⭐️: Zero

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Things I Posted:

Book Review: A Cold Highland Wind ~ Book Review: Friends Don’t Fall in Love

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Getting Personal:

Here are a few things that happened in my life this month:

• I got to help lead worship at my church’s Women’s Event. It was such a lovely evening, and I was so honored to be asked to help lead these ladies in worship.
• We took a family trip to Colorado to visit two of my best friends from college! It was a fantastic trip, and we got to make some really beautiful memories there 🥰
• I got to go to a book signing for Cassandra Clare’s new book, Sword Catcher! It was exciting to get to finally meet her after so many years of reading and loving her work!

• I finally got to attend a meet up with some other local bookish Instagrammers! We met up at a book store to do some shopping and then had dinner together. I’m hoping I can go to the next one too!
• My daughter and I got to go to two different Trunk or Treat events together. It is so much fun getting to experience childhood again through her eyes 😍

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My November TBR Pile:

When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

XOXO by Axie Oh

You and Me Forever by Francis and Lisa Chan

The Carnelian Legacy by Cheryl Koevoet

A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova

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 November? Let me know down in the comments! 

Love and happy reading,

Whitney