I’m so sad that October is over, but one good thing about the end of every month is writing up the end-of-month posts like this one! I have so much fun tallying up my stats and showing off my new goodies. I swore my haul this month would be nothing compared to last month’s, and while I stuck to my rule of buying almost nothing in October, I learned that I have some very amazing friends (and a wonderful fiance!) who gifted me so many incredible books for my birthday. I am so, so blessed, and my heart is so full, and I love all of you too much for words.
Moving on from my sappy self, I’ll start with my wrap-up, as usual:
* = graphic novel
! = ARC/sent for review
★★★★★:
The Grownup
! Women in Sports
*! Phoebe & Her Unicorn, Vol 6
! Dear Martin
! Strange Weather
The Hearts We Sold
A Monstrous Love: Two Halloween Romances
! Now is Everything
★★★★☆:
! The Innocence Treatment
* The Walking Dead, Vol 2
There’s Someone Inside Your House
Vengeance Road
Mary: The Summoning
★★★☆☆:
! The Hanging Girl
*! Hero Cats of Stellar City: Year One
*! Northstars, Vol 1
*! Us
! The Goblins of Bellwater
One of Us is Lying
Night Shift
★★☆☆☆:
! The Ravenous
*! Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #1
* Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein, Vol 1
* Fables, Vol 3
★☆☆☆☆:
None!
DNF:
Sleepy Hollow and Other Short Stories
Average rating for the month: 3.7/5
Percentage of September TBR completed: 56% (ouch)
Onward, to the hauls!
As many of you know, October was my birthday month, and I received a lot of gifts from some amazing loved ones and blogging pals. My heart is seriously SO FULL, you guys.
Print Haul:
ARCs/review copies:
The Glass Spare
Women in Sports
Magnetic
What We See in the Stars
Haven (not pictured)
Giveaway prizes:
The Reader
Flame in the Mist
Odd & True
Zero Repeat Forever
Nevernight – UK paperback edition (not pictured)
Trades:
Furthermore
The Darkest Part of the Forest
Purchases:
Fangirl
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
Sleeping Beauties (technically free from BOTM)
One of Us is Lying
Wild Beauty
Strange Weather
A Darker Shade of Magic Collector’s Edition (not pictured)
Everything else was a gift, and I feel so blessed and loved!
eBook Haul (Purchased):
My eBook haul was also waaay more extensive than I intended for it to be, but HarperTeen randomly auto-approved me for a metric crapload of titles on Edelweiss this month, and who was I to say no? Anyways, because there were so many, I’m going to be compiling a separate blog post for my October eARC haul, which will go up later this week.
Dragons of Nova (Loom Saga, #2)
Graveminder
I Felt Their Teeth in My Bones
I Call Upon Thee
Vices and Virtues: A Horror Anthology
Letters to the Lost
A Monstrous Love
12 Comments
happy belated birthday destiny! so happy that you had such a great reading month! mine wasn’t the best, i’ve been in a really big slump lately :(.
Thank you so much, Theo! ❤ I’m sorry you’ve been in a slump. I hope you’re able to get out of it soon. ❤
what a moooooonth!!!! you queen. happy belated birthday i’m furious i missed it
Thank you my dear! ❤❤
What an awesome haul and Women In Sports sound amazing. I love reading sporty books so this one is definitely one I’m planning on picking up 😀
Oh, yes, then I HIGHLY recommend it for you! ❤ I hope you enjoy it if/when you pick it up!
Cant wait to see what you think of sleeping beauties! I’m a little bit in and I like it but man some of the characters suck (like they’re written really well but are sucky humans and I need them to be killed already). Awesome Haul and happy late Birthday <3
Thank you so much! And I will definitely be posting my thoughts on that one when I get to it (hopefully sooner rather than later!).
[…] Destiny, for having amazing hair – even though I always hated pink, I’m starting to hate it less lately, haha – and posts and taste in books! And also for having the most impossible TBR ever! Lu, for having amazingly fun and honest posts, for having pretty images which makes reading so much more fun. And because she keeps saying sorry for replying late even though she should know that I really don’t care! Last but not least, Mikaela! For having the best discussion posts ever. I love reading them and I lovelovelove commenting on them with way too much words. Like, literally, the longest comments ever! […]
Happy belated name day!
Thank you!
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