Monthly Review – October 2026

In October I read 12 books. You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:

• The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, Book 1) by Micaiah Johnson (3/5 stars)
• Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, Book 1) by James A. Carey (3/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• The Last Star in the Void (The Echo Archives, Book 3) by Melissa Caruso (5/5 stars)
• Wicked Magic (Wicked Sisters, Book 3) by Lindsay Lovise (5/5 stars)
• In the Devil Wind (Sandman Slim, Book 13) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• The Last Star in the Void (The Echo Archives, Book 3) by Melissa Caruso (5/5 stars)
• Wicked Magic (Wicked Sisters, Book 3) by Lindsay Lovise (5/5 stars)
• In the Devil Wind (Sandman Slim, Book 13) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)

– Goodreads Reading Challenge (Progress: 137/150)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below:
1. Bread and Burglary (Tales of Rydding Village, Book 2) by Shanna Swendson, Narrated by Elizabeth Sastre (4/5 stars)
2. The Last Star in the Void (The Echo Archives, Book 3) by Melissa Caruso (5/5 stars)
3. Wicked Magic (Wicked Sisters, Book 3) by Lindsay Lovise (5/5 stars)
4. Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice by Garcie Marsden (3/5 stars)
5. In the Devil Wind (Sandman Slim, Book 13) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)
6. The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, Book 1) by Micaiah Johnson (3/5 stars)
7. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See, Narrated by Various (4/5 stars)
8. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, Book 1) by James A. Carey (3/5 stars)
9. Pinfeathers by Christina Henry (4/5 stars)
10. The Thrice-Bound Fool (The Blacktongue, Book 2) by Chistopher Buehlman (4/5 stars)
11. Monsters of Ohio by John Scalzi (4/5 stars)
12. Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong (3/5 stars)