Another month has past. And today Mat and I celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary! Time to bring on November, and the start of the holidays - my favorite time of year.
This month I finished 15 books. Eight of them were from my Read The World Challenge and the rest were extra reads I couldn't stay away from. I have got to stop looking at Instagram for book ideas because I need to work harder on this Read The World challenge to keep. There have been so many books that have been recommended to me or that I see in the pictures, and I found it hard to stay away.
I have read 134 books so far this year, and am well over half way in my Read The World Challenge. I have truly enjoyed this challenge. It is a monster of a thing, and of course it will not be completed by the end of this year, but I am so glad I did it. I am also enjoying buying the books I read to add to my permanent bookshelf, something I don't normally do. But I felt that having a book that took place in each country could be a great add to the shelf.
Here are my reads for this past month. If you click on the book title, it will take you to the review.
The Glass Palace - Illusions of Freedom and Democracy in Qatar (Read The World Challenge - Qatar)
The Art Of Racing In The Rain (Off Challenge Book)
Empty Mansions (Off Challenge Book)
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Off Challenge Book)
The Bolivian Diary (Read The World Challenge - Bolivia)
I Didn't Do It For You (Read The World Challenge - Eritrea)
Delirium (Read The World Challenge - Columbia)
The Testaments (Off Challenge Book)
The Blue Lagoon (Read The World - Fiji)
Please Look After Mom (Read The World - South Korea)
We Need New Names (Read The World Challenge - Zimbabwe)
The Only Plane In The Sky (Off Challenge Book)
The Silent Patient (Off Challenge Book)
Kintu (Read The World - Uganda) - review soon
My favorite reads for the month were:
Empty Mansions
Please Look After Mom
The Only Plane in The Sky
Bad Blood
My bottom of the pile were:
The Silent Patient
The Bolivian Diary
What did you read this month? What were your favorites?
This month I finished 15 books. Eight of them were from my Read The World Challenge and the rest were extra reads I couldn't stay away from. I have got to stop looking at Instagram for book ideas because I need to work harder on this Read The World challenge to keep. There have been so many books that have been recommended to me or that I see in the pictures, and I found it hard to stay away.
I have read 134 books so far this year, and am well over half way in my Read The World Challenge. I have truly enjoyed this challenge. It is a monster of a thing, and of course it will not be completed by the end of this year, but I am so glad I did it. I am also enjoying buying the books I read to add to my permanent bookshelf, something I don't normally do. But I felt that having a book that took place in each country could be a great add to the shelf.
Here are my reads for this past month. If you click on the book title, it will take you to the review.
The Glass Palace - Illusions of Freedom and Democracy in Qatar (Read The World Challenge - Qatar)
The Art Of Racing In The Rain (Off Challenge Book)
Empty Mansions (Off Challenge Book)
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Off Challenge Book)
The Bolivian Diary (Read The World Challenge - Bolivia)
I Didn't Do It For You (Read The World Challenge - Eritrea)
Delirium (Read The World Challenge - Columbia)
The Testaments (Off Challenge Book)
The Blue Lagoon (Read The World - Fiji)
Please Look After Mom (Read The World - South Korea)
We Need New Names (Read The World Challenge - Zimbabwe)
The Only Plane In The Sky (Off Challenge Book)
The Silent Patient (Off Challenge Book)
Kintu (Read The World - Uganda) - review soon
My favorite reads for the month were:
Empty Mansions
Please Look After Mom
The Only Plane in The Sky
Bad Blood
My bottom of the pile were:
The Silent Patient
The Bolivian Diary
What did you read this month? What were your favorites?
We have no books in common for this month. I read The Testaments back in September. October has been quite disappointing for me unfortunately, I don't know what's wrong with all the hypes of the year gone wrong. So, my favourites of this month were actually 2 novella's, Shadows and Reveal Me. Both young adult ones and part of a series.
ReplyDeleteThose both sound great. I get into slumps as well where I think anyone can write a book! And then a few good ones come along. I agree - a lot of hype around certain books and they turned out to be bleh.
DeleteHappy belated anniversary, I hope you and Mat had a lovely day together to celebrate! 15 books is quite fantastic, and you are doing great with your challenge as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I cannot believe we have been married so long
DeleteAwe happy anniversary! Wow, that's impressive. I'm such a slow reader I don't think I'd ever be able to read more than 100 books in a year. XD
ReplyDeleteThank you! And it doesn't matter how much you read. I have a lot of down time (tram travel - three teenagers that don't speak to us most of the time - ha ha).
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