October 2019 Wrap-up

October TBR Pile (16/46):

1. Girly Book Club: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James ✓
2. Friend Book Club: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal ✓
3. Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
4. The Hunger by Alma Katsu
5. The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly ✓
6. Graveminder by Marisa Marr
7. Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn
8. Marionette by Anya Allyn
9. Music Box by Anya Allyn
10. The Witches by Stacy Schiff
11. Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte
12. Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
13. The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
14. Red Shirts by John Scalzi
15. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
16. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
17. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
18. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
19. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
20. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
21. The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
22. Feed by MT Anderson
23. Asylum by Madeleine Roux
24. A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
25. The Walking Dead Vol. 32 ✓
26. Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco ✓
27. How to Survive a Plague by David France
28. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness ✓
29. Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child ✓
30. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
31. Heathen Vol. 2 ✓
32. Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine ✓
33. The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller
34. Rat Queens Vol. 6 ✓
35. Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven ✓
36. The Hike by Drew Magary
37. The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
38. Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
39. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
40. Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
41. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
42. Blackbird by Anna Carey
43. Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton ✓
44. The Umbrella Academy Vol. 3 ✓
45. Paper Girls Vol. 6 ✓
46. The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 9 ✓
47. The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4505 pages Pages Remaining: 580,886pages

Current Read - Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (0)

November TBR Pile: I’m trying to focus on ebooks and owned books this month.

1. Carry-over: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
2. Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
3. Girly Book Club: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (I won’t be re-reading as I just read it, but I’m adding this here to remind me.)
4. Friend Book Club: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
5. The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss
6. Monstress Vol. 4
7. Feed by M.T. Anderson
8. Rabid by Bill Wasik
9. Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston
10. The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
11. The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
12. The Lager Queen on Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
13. In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
14. Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
15. The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane
16. My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
17. What’s a Rogue Got to Do With It by Samantha Holt
18. When a Rogue Loves a Woman by Samantha Holt
19. Waiting for a Rogue Like You by Samantha Holt
20. A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
21. Crocodile on the Sandback by Elizabeth Peters
22. Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams
23. A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams
24. A Christmas Bride by Hope Ramsay
25. Old West Christmas Brides
26. Songbook by Nick Hornby
27. The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection
28. A Very Special Christmas by Mary Balogh
29. The Highlander’s Christmas Bride by Vanessa Kelly
30. The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
31. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
32. Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
33. Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Movies watched - Spooky movie month! Those in bold are new-to-me movies.

• Idle Hands
• Dracula (1931)
• The Black Cat (1934) - Loved this one so much!
• The Mummy (1935)
• Stuber - Obviously not a spooky movie, but J wanted to watch it.
• Anna and the Apocalypse - The first and second sections were fun and then it got really serious. I think this movie suffers a bit from a confusing tone.
• Beetlejuice
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• A Cabin in the Woods
• The Mummy (1999)
• Labyrinth
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
• Hobbs & Shaw - So much ridiculous fun! I love these dumb movies.
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Never saw this one. Very very good!
• Scream - J had never actually seen the entire movie. I couldn’t believe it.
• The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
• Dark City
• The Invisible Man (1933)
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Meh. Couple of good monster scenes, but not great.
• Sleepaway Camp II - Wow that was ridiculously cheesy!
• The Fly (1958)
• The Fly (1986)
• The Witches of Eastwick
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
• The Relic
• Cockneys Vs. Zombies
• Shaun of the Dead

TV Shows watched

• The Great British Bake-Off S10 - I still need to watch the finale, but all so excited.
• The Good Place S4
• Letterkenny S7 - This isn’t the best season, but decent jokes.

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