October 2013 – In Review
This month I read 22 books, you can see them all below.
The reading challenges I am participating this year were all updated as well.
Hope you all had a great month of reading!
I started the following series:
- The Stepsister Scheme (Princess, Book 1) by Jim C. Hines (4/5 stars)
- The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker and Holmes, Book 1) by Colleen Gleason (3.5/5 stars)
- Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic, Book 1) by Katheleen Duey (4/5 stars)
- Stormdancer (The Lotus War, Book 1) by Jay Kristoff (2.5/5 stars)
I finished the following series:
- Emerald Green (Ruby Red Trilogy, Book 3) by Kerstin Gier (4/5 stars)
- The Grimm Conclusion (A Tale Dark and Grimm, Book 3) by Adam Gidwitz (5/5 stars)
My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
- Hero (The Woodcutter Sisters, Book 2) by Alethea Kontis (4.5/5 stars)
- Chimes at Midnight (October Daye, Book 7) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
- I am Alice (The Last Apprentice, Book 12) by Joseph Delaney (4.5/5 stars)
- The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastards, Book 3) by Scott Lynch (5/5 stars)
- The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider (5/5 stars)
- A Study in Darkness (The Baskerville Affair, Book 2) by Emma Jane Holloway (5/5 stars)
- The Grimm Conclusion (A Tale Dark and Grimm, Book 3) by Adam Gidwitz (5/5 stars)
Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge (83/100 books)
– Get Steampunk’d Reading Challenge (16/15 books) complete!
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (28/24 books) complete!
– YA/MG Fantasy Reading Challenge (33/10 books) complete!
– Audio Book Challenge (30/25 books) complete!
– 150+ Reading Challenge (196/150 books) complete!
– Debut Author Reading Challenge (14/12 books) complete!
– Paranormal Reading Challenge (77/12 books) complete!
– Color Coded Reading Challenge (8/9 books)
– TBR Pile Reading Challenge (52/50 books) complete!
– Young Adult Reading Challenge (74/50 books) complete!
The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. The Stepsister Scheme (Princess, Book 1) by Jim C. Hines (4/5 stars)
2. The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker and Holmes, Book 1) by Colleen Gleason (3.5/5 stars)
3. Hero (The Woodcutter Sisters, Book 2) by Alethea Kontis (4.5/5 stars)
4. Never Fade (The Darkest Minds, Book 2) by Alexandra Bracken (3.5/5 stars)
5. Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: Fool Moon Volume 2 HC by Jim Butcher and Mark Powers(4/5 stars)
6. Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic, Book 1) by Katheleen Duey (4/5 stars)
7. Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, Vol 1 by David Petersen, et al (4/5 stars)
8. Chimes at Midnight (October Daye, Book 7) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
9. I am Alice (The Last Apprentice, Book 12) by Joseph Delaney (4.5/5 stars)
10. The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastards, Book 3) by Scott Lynch (5/5 stars)
11. The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider (5/5 stars)
12. Emerald Green (Ruby Red Trilogy, Book 3) by Kerstin Gier (4/5 stars)
13. A Study in Darkness (The Baskerville Affair, Book 2) by Emma Jane Holloway (5/5 stars)
14. The Grimm Conclusion (A Tale Dark and Grimm, Book 3) by Adam Gidwitz (5/5 stars)
15. Dust and Decay (Benny Imura, Book 2) by Jonathan Maberry (4/5 stars)
16. Will o’ the Wisp (Aurora Grimeon) Hardcover by Tom Hammock , Rebecca Taylor , Megan Hutchinson (4/5 stars)
17. Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz (4/5 stars)
18. I am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton (3/5 stars)
19. The Iron Traitor (Call of the Forgotten, Book 2) by Julie Kagawa (3/5 stars)
20. Stormdancer (The Lotus War, Book 1) by Jay Kristoff (2.5/5 stars)
21. Jim Butcher’s Dresden files: Ghoul Goblin by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, Joseph Cooper (4/5 stars)
22. Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff (4/5 stars)