Hey everyone! I hope you had a fun, spooky Halloween (I know I did) with lots of ghouls and candy!
It’s been a while since I’ve done a post other than a blog tour post/spotlight or quick review, but I’m back today with my October 2021 wrap up! With some extra free time, I managed to get through a good amount of books, though I fell into a bit of a slump at the end of the month. Thankfully, my November required reading is much shorter than October, so I’m sure I’ll be able to get to the books I need to and the books I want!
I’m not sure if this is the end of my semi-hiatus, but I wanted to share what I read in October. So here’s my wrap up for this month!
Luminous by Mara Rutherford
Dates read: 10/1
Genre: YA Fantasy
Rating: 
Crossbones by Kimberly Vale
Dates read: 10/1 – 10/3
Genre: YA Fantasy
Rating:
Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper
Dates read: 10/3 – 10/4
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Rating:
Briarheart by Mercedes Lackey
Dates read: 10/5 – 10/13
Genre: YA Fantasy Retelling
Rating: (DNF @ 29%)
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Dates read: 10/5 – 10/6
Genre: YA Fantasy Retelling
Rating:
Review link
I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin
Dates read: 10/7 – 10/13
Genre: YA Paranormal Thriller
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The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
Dates read: 10/9 – 10/12
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
Rating: .5
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Dates read: 10/13 – 10/15
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
Rating: .5
A Court of Honey and Ash by Shannon Mayer & Kelly St Clare
Dates read: 10/17 – 10/18
Genre: NA Paranormal Romance
Rating: .5
Review link
Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco
Dates read: 10/19 – 10/26
Genre: NA Fantasy Romance
Rating:
Review link
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
Dates read: 10/27
Genre: Fantasy Retelling (Novella)
Rating:
Review link
Eleven books read this month – that’s pretty average! I think I tend to read twelve usually, but I was only about 10% through my current read by the time the clock struck 12:00AM on November 1st, so I can’t count it towards October. Boo . . .
As you can probably tell, I definitely fell into a slump at the end of the month. It took me forever to read Kingdom of the Cursed, one: because it was so good I didn’t want to finish it and, two: my friend Alexa was raging about the ending and I was scared to finish it . . . Thanks Alexa! I am a little disappointed I ended up DNFing two books too, but honestly, Briarheart was really, really bad and I clearly don’t like Hannah Capin’s writing because I didn’t like Foul is Fair either. Though I feel like if I really pushed myself I could have finished I Am Margaret Moore – but I don’t really want to lol
Feel free to check out all the books with review links if you want to know more of my thoughts! I hope to post reviews for the other remaining four books soon, so keep an eye out for that!
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