Wait, there are only two months left of 2015?! Seriously, where did all that time go? When I saw the Christmas decoration being piled up already the other day, I almost couldn’t believe my eyes… On the positive side, it almost means the Summer months are right around the corner here in Argentina. 😀 October has been quite busy, but I still have been able to finish 20 books. Not bad at all! I also started my own food blog Easy Peasy Delicious Food, where I will be sharing some of my recipes. I have been trying to eat more healthy (and not just because of a diet 😉 ) and I’m currently experienting with a lot of vegetarian dishes (although I could never give up meat!). I made chickpea and lentil hamburgers the other day and they were delicious! 😀
- Number of books read in October: 20
- Total number of books read this year: 159
- Total number of pages read in October: 6.224
- Total number of pages read this year: 52.372
Thirteen out of twenty titles received above a 3 star rating so October wasn’t a bad reading month. A few were slightly disappointing, but in general I really enjoyed them! Below a list of the books I’ve read; four reviews haven’t been published yet and will be published soon. Here we go!
4.5 STARS: This one was almost perfect. Surely fantastic!
Firebolt – by Adrienne Woods // Anna Dressed In Blood – by Kendare Blake // The Murder Complex – by Lindsay Cummings // The Fear Trials – by Lindsay Cummings
4 STARS: Wow, this was really good. Close to amazing!
Asylum – by Madeleine Roux // Through The Woods – by Emily Carroll // The Time Keeper – by Mitch Albom // The Night She Disappeared – by April Henry // The Night Circus – by Erin Morgenstern // The Girl Of Fire And Thorns – by Rae Carson // Ochoco Reach – by Jim Stewart
3.5 STARS: Great read. Really entertaining!
On The Jellicoe Road – by Melina Marchetta
3 STARS: It was a nice read, but not fantastic.
An Abundance Of Katherines – by John Green // I Am Not A Serial Killer – by Dan Wells // And The Mountains Echoed – by Khaled Hosseini // Vanishing Girls – by Lauren Oliver
2.5 STARS: I give this one the benefit of the doubt. Nothing too exciting.
The Kill Order – by James Dashner // My Name Is Memory – by Ann Brashares // The Paper Magician – by Charlie N. Holmberg // The Infinite Sea – by Rick Yancey
This year I’m doing things slightly different and I’m including an update for the different challenges I’m participating in as well. That way I won’t be having a dozen update posts wandering around. This month I was able to make progress with my last two pending challenges after finally finishing my two TBR pile challenges! 😀
# CHALLENGES #
Goodreads Reading Challenge:
Updated Goodreads Reading Challenge: FINISHED!! (90/90)
Yet Again Updated Goodreads Reading Challenge: FINISHED!! (120/120)
The Official 2015 TBR Pile Challenge: FINISHED!!
Dusting Of The Shelf Reading Challenge: FINISHED!!
Bookish Bingo 2015: 42/45
2015 When Are You Reading? Challenge: 10/12
Reading Through The Centuries Challenge: FINISHED!!
Bookish Bingo Ready For Spring: FINISHED!!
As far as the other reading and blogging goals go: no changes whatsover since last month. I’m a disaster, I know haha. I am determined to finish Outlander in November, so that will help me finish at least one… And hopefully I will have some time to finish old reviews as well. Fingers crossed!
# OTHER READING/BLOGGING GOALS #
Read at least 5 classicsFinish rereading the Harry Potter seriesComplete at least 5 series- Bring my physical TBR pile below 150 books: 238/150
- Read at least one book over 800 pages: 0/1 (highest amount: 796 pages)
- Read at least 5 books in Spanish: 0/5
Join at least 5 challenges during the year- Finish older reviews that haven’t been posted yet: 0/10
- Update older reviews to new format: 18/32
Happy November and Happy Reading!
First of all…20 books! *falls from chair and gets tangled up in her own limbs from shock* Gosh. That’s only something I can dream of! 😀
There are a lot of books on your list that I haven’t heard of and then a few that I’ve read as well. I agree with An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. The book didn’t do it for me. Maybe my expectations were too high, I don’t know. James Dashner! Urgh. I’ve finished the second book in the series last month and I’m quickly becoming to dislike this series (and maybe his writing style too…).
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Haha I was quite surprised I was able to read this many books as well… But most were either short or fast-paced so that did make it easier to finish them. 😉
I think I suffer from a John Green overdose, because I’m starting to dislike his books more and more. They are not bad, but somehow they are too similar.
And James Dashner… I don’t think I will read something else by this author any time soon. I suffered through the three Maze Runner books and the prequel is not great either. (The only positive thing of the prequel is that it doesn’t have the annoying slang of the main series. 😉 )
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I just can’t figure out how you manage to read so much!
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I guess I just have been lucky to have a lot of spare time to read this year… And I have been reading a lot of Young Adult literature as well.
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Im having similar issues with writing up reviews but I don’t read nearly as many books as you do.Honestly I would be spending all day every day just writing if I had that many to review
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I always try to keep up with my reviews as I’m reading, but sometimes I don’t have enough time to write them right after finishing them. It does help that I try to keep my reviews short and simple…
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You read 20 books this past month? Wow! You’re my hero.
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Haha I guess I ended up having a lot of spare time to read this month… Although it did help most of them were either short or fast-paced. 😉
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So many challenges! How do you cope! And you read loads, tell me your secrets to reading fast hahahahaha. It’s good to see the Night Circus rated high!
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I mostly do only yearly challenges that are not too difficult to finish so I don’t have to freak out. 😉 I have been reading a lot of YA lately, which is a lot faster to finish (in general). The Night Circus was really good, although you do need a lot of free time to proper sit down for it.
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For me, I would start a yearly challenge then forget about it in the middle of the year and then quickly read books by the end😅 I should try on though in 2016. I
YA can be quick reads with the right reads.
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Yeah, I’m sort of doing that with the two I haven’t completed yet haha. Especially the when are you reading? challenge; I have left the two most difficult eras for the last two months xD
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Probably not the best idea, but hey your only human!
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