October 2018 Wrap-up
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- monthly wrap-up
October’s TBR Pile (14/20):
- TBR Pile: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
- TBR Pile: An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin ✓
- Reading Assignment: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant ✓
- Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
- Series Pick: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by Jodi Taylor ✓
- Historical Fiction Pick: The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
- Historical Fiction Pick: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer ✓
- Nonfiction Pick: Spinning Straw into Gold by Joan Gould
- Spooky Pick: Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield
- Retelling Pick: Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
- Mystery Pick: A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen ✓
- Mystery Pick: A Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen ✓
- Mystery Pick: A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair ✓
- Mystery Pick: Larceny in Lace by Annette Blair ✓
- Short Stories: Florida by Lauren Groff ✓
- Added: Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings by Jodi Taylor ✓
- Added: The Dollhouse by Anya Allyn ✓
- Added: You’re the Rogue that I Want by Samantha Holt ✓
- Added: Extinct by Ike Hamill ✓
- Added: Dracula by Bram Stoker ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 4250 pages Pages Remaining: 648,672 pages
Current Read - Spinning Straw into Gold by Joan Gould; Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books bought/received (0)
November’s TBR Pile:
- TBR Pile: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
- Reading Assignment: The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
- Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
- Book of the Month Club: The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
- Book of the Month Club: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Book of the Month Club November: TBD
- Series Pick: Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
- Series Pick: The Great St. Mary’s Day Out by Jodi Taylor
- Series Pick: My Name is Markham by Jodi Taylor
- Historical Fiction Pick: The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
- Nonfiction Pick: Spinning Straw into Gold by Joan Gould
- Nonfiction Pick: Eruption by Steve Olson
- Retelling Pick: Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
- Horror Pick: Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn
- Short Story Pick: Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
Movies watched
- Incredibles 2 — Arthur and I went to see this at the theater while in Indiana. He was scared by the villain. I loved it!
- Ant Man and the Wasp — Paul Rudd is a treasure! The rest of the movie was pretty good. That mid-credit scene just about killed me.
- Peter Rabbit — Parts of this movie were really concerning…
- Tag — Funnier than the trailers and reviews made it seem.
TV Shows watched — I didn’t really want anything the first half of the month as I was visiting family and then moving with no tv. We played catch-up for the second half of the month focusing on shows currently airing.
- Food Truck Road Race S6 — Random watch while still at my mom’s house. I didn’t realize there were at least seven seasons out. I’ve only seen the first three.
- Last Week Tonight — Playing catchup
- The Good Place S3 — Playing catchup. Chidi’s breakdown was simply amazing!
- Doctor Who S11 — Only two episodes in, but I’m loving Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor.
- It’s Always Sunny S13 — Starting out strong with a fun episode featuring Mindy Kaling. I loved the “Time’s Up” episode.
- Superstore S4 — The side characters are the best parts of this show.
- Big Mouth S2 — This show surprises me with the serious topics and the big laughs.
Comments - We officially moved to Nebraska during the second week of the month. Everything has been thrown off due to the move, but I amazingly enough read a ton throughout. Looking to end the year strong.
Next up on the TBR pile:
