October Reading Wrap Up 🎃

 

𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗨𝗽

October flew by for me! It’s not like we did any special this month, but the days went quickly. But tomorrow is a big day- my husband is having double knee replacement surgery tomorrow. It’s been a long time coming and I can hardly believe it’s finally happening. 

October was a pretty good reading month. No five stars books for me, but still solid, entertaining reads. 

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🎧Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances- a beautiful story about love, nature, and magic. Enjoyed this buddy read with @thereadingteapot and @rjs.readingnook 

🎧Moloka’i- follows the life of a Hawaiian girl who contracts leprosy and is sent away from her family to a quarantined leprosy settlement. My book club read this and it was better than I expected, but I would have preferred an own voices story. 

🎧The Night Ship - this historical fiction novel combines two different time lines. In one, an adventurous girl embarks on a treacherous sea journey from the Netherlands to the Spice Islands in 1629. In the other timeline, a grieving boy is sent to live with his gruff grandfather on a small island off the coast of Western Australia where he learns the story of a tragic Dutch shipwreck 300 years earlier. Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the complimentary book! 

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six - a locked room thriller with lots of twist and turns. Thank you Harlequin Publishing and NetGalley for the digital review copy. 

The Honeys- Mars, a gender-fluid teen, returns to a summer camp to in an attempt to understand their twin sister’s death. This is a slow burning YA horror story. 

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I’m wthe Girl- billed as the spiritual successor to author Courtney Summer’s hit Sadie. I thought it lacked Sadie’s emotional punch and just found this story sad and depressing. 

The Family Game- a writer meets her fiancé’s wealthy and secretive family. A swing and a miss for me. I thought the plot was kind of ridiculous. Thank you Random House and NetGalley for the digital review copy. 

No QOTD from me today. Just asking to please send my hubby some good vibes for his surgery tomorrow. 

🎃𝕳𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖞 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖓!🎃

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