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Just 3 books last month. Didn‘t really have a favorite

October #WrapUp
This was my best reading month by far, with 34 books read!
21 books
4 novellas
5 graphic novels
2 short stories
2 kids picture books
#MonthInReview

Scarathalon total was 5,680. Read 2 adult books, 4 kids‘ books, & listened to 2 audiobooks for 31 by 31. Thanks to @Clwojick for all her work organizing our team and to @Catsandbooks for the extra motivation of her read-a-thon. Enjoy the rest of fall, #TeamSlaughter! #scarathalon22 #31by31 #grateful

My favs for the Month are Killing Code and Sign Here...Honorable Mention to Carrie Soto Is Back and Crossroads.

My favorite Cover goes to Crossroads with an honorable mention to Spells For Forgetting.

The Average Rating was 3.81 and I listened to just a little over 150 hours worth of Audio.

My DNFs were Horseman, The Watchers, Ghost Bird, & Just Like Home (not pictured).

This is my final tally for #Pointsathon

31 books finished in the 3 days of the readathon, 150 hours of reading and 9260 Pages Read.

Highest number of pages on any one day 458, and 3 minutes short of 8 hours in the day.

@Ghabi4roses @Dieareader

Thanks for the great hosting ♥️, and sorry I didn‘t do more posts, fell down on this in October 🙈🤷

Not too bad for a month that I felt mentally drained. Lots of 4 star books, best of the month was The Final Gambit.

Here‘s the books I read in October. I didn‘t read very much but I watched a lot of movies that are perfect to watch in October. They all have witches in them. I watched Hocus Pocus and Hocus Pocus 2. I also watched The Craft and The Craft: Legacy. I liked Hocus Pocus and The Craft better than Hocus Pocus 2 and The Craft: Legacy. I was disappointed with the sequels but I still enjoyed watching them and they were a lot of fun.

#BookspinBingo Board of October. No Bingo 🙄

Nevertheless I'm quite pleased because I managed to get my #October #Bookspin pick as well as my #September #Doublespin (24. Doghead) off the board. Plus a few additional hours for #Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter 😊

My #Bookspin list for November is ready, by the way, but I might not manage to post it before tonight...

@TheAromaOfBooks @Clwojick

It wasn‘t planned that way, but it looks like my October was particularly mystery heavy. My slight favorite of the month was the Snowdonia Killings. #wrapup

The final week of #Scarathlon and I got 5,756'points for #TeamSlaughter I had a great time with this Read-A-Thon and I can't wait for the next one thanks for hosting @Clwojick

My #Octoberreads
I finished 30 books
2 DNF‘s - not shown
15 books off my physical TBR
15 Audiobooks
Favorites of the month: Small Favors, Slewfoot, Battle Royale, Six Crimson Cranes & The Hollow Places

#OctoberStats #OctoberWrapUp

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gravel Heart
Scattered All Over the Earth
Radiance of Tomorrow
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Lean Fall Stand
Wie is die vrouw? (Dutch)
All This Could be Different

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Trust
The Mercies

⭐️⭐️⭐️
Booth
Tokyo Ueno Station

⭐️
The Horseman

DNF
The Marrow Thieves

I can‘t believe we‘ve got to the end of October already! I swear #scarathlon2022 just started a couple of days ago??

My final points for #teamslaughter are 136,215

Thank you SO much to the hosts as always I‘ve had a blast @Clwojick

#BookSpinBingo #BookNookBuddies2022 #ReadMyRoom #SeriesReads #20in4 #OutstandingOctober #Pointsathon

Didn‘t get close to anything this month. Total 🐿️🧠& neither my #BookSpin, #DoubleSpin were touched & definately no Bingo this month. Still a blast whether I do or don‘t.

FUN FACT: Both these books somehow ended up side by side in exact proper choice order. Odd ‘cause they‘re both new to me & wouldn‘t normally be put there🤔🤣

Joining this #October #20in4 #Readathon
@Andrew65
Wanna add me on the tag list for your #readathons, Andrew? I mostly come across them a tad late and it would be great to be notified of them early! 🧡
Which means additional points for #Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter , too! @Clwojick
🎃🎃🎃

I‘m glad to say #OutstandingOctober was a success! My goals were to read the above books, except for Go Hex Yourself, which I just wanted to start, and I even made decent progress on it!
🍂💀🍁👻🎃

Bees: deferred
Snowdonia: acquired/in progress (and more, not shown)
Hangman: completed

Plus the usual amount of “life” stuff, planned and otherwise. Meanwhile, I just checked the calendar and confirmed that there are ten weeks left in the year. WHAT?!?

#OutstandingOctober

I can‘t believe week three of Scarathlon is over! I feel like the challenge only started yesterday and now we‘re going into the last week 😱

36,707 points this week and 101,011 points overall 🎃🎃🎃

#scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter @Clwojick

The #OutstandingOctober #Readathon is over and I... completed 1 of my 2 goals 😁 Yay!! 😊🍂📚☕️🍁

Although I did not read for 1 hr every day (as I had originally hoped!), I *DID* finish 3 books. They were:

✅️ Dame Traveler
✅️ How to Keep House While Drowning
✅️ M is for Monster (October #doublespin selection)

In addition, hubby and I got to listen to a little over 3 hrs of Fairy Tale throughout the week while running errands. A win!

@Andrew65

For #fearfulfall and #scarathlon2022 - here‘s a quick screenshot of part of my October playlist for this year! I keep it pretty melancholy haha

Also fyi White Ivy is a rly young singer songwriter from london who I follow on tiktok and her songs are INCREDIBLE but she isn‘t getting loads of traction so it anyone wanted to stream her songs I always recommend supporting small artists 🥰

@BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Clwojick #teamslaughter

#OutstandingOctober #Readathon update 😊

• Failed to read for 1 hr on Sunday, but am quite proud of what I've accomplished in my other days, especially as hubby and I prepare to have the exterior of our home painted (which meant weekend outdoor projects!)

• On track to finish 2 books by Sunday (possibly 4 if I manage my time correctly!)

@Andrew65

I‘m a little behind finalizing my #outstandingoctober goals, but here is what I hope to get through this week!! #scarathlon is doing wonders for my reading time!!! 🎃

#scarathlon #teamslaughter week 2 total 12,451

@Clwojick @StayCurious

Received! @CloakNQuill 🧡 The box is a bit beat-up with a hole so hopefully all is safe and sound. One of the tags on it said it‘s gone from JFK to a few other airports so it‘s made the rounds!! 😉

@MaleficentBookDragon #allhallowsreadswap

🍂🎃🧡 My #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter week II final points @Clwojick 🧡🍂🎃

As said in my previous post, I went a bit crazy with the #wordsearchgame #chocolatechipcookiemurder . After my last post I went to bed and thought of tons of words mostly of geographical and mythological origin I forgot. But since it was technically still Sunday, those still count, right? 😊

Final point count week II: 16523 points 🖤

I‘m joining in on #OutstandingOctober a bit late because I‘ve been out of town. Ready to get back to reading! I want to finish my 2 current reads (top left and middle), get through The Kiss Curse and Angelika Frankenstein, and start on Go Hex Yourself. We‘ll see what happens! 🍁💀🍂👻🎃

My week 2 total for #scarathlon2022 and #teamslaughter!! I‘ve really stepped it up this week - lots of word search words, lots of bingo boards, lots of anagrams for the game 👻👻👻

Bring on week 3!

@Clwojick

Week 2 total of 6583 points! LOVED this week‘s game! Only had 10 hours reading time for the ‘thons but watched a lot of tv/movies since I had to work on a paper for the class I‘m taking this semester. It‘s done though so next week should have even more hours! #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon2022 #spookoween #31by31 #pointsathon

Am I the only one who felt like week two simply flew by? I can‘t believe we‘re already half way through October!

Anyways, if you haven‘t already, please comment down below with your weekly points, or tag me in a separate post. 🖤 Hope everyone is still having a blast!

Thank you very much for the tag, Mr. @Andrew65 😊

Keeping my goals simple for the #OutstandingOctober #Readathon :

◽️ Read for 1 hr. a day
◽️ Complete 2 books

I'm a notoriously slow, multi-title reader and I've got six books in various stages of completion right now: from Dame Traveler clockwise to This Time Tomorrow; Fairy Tale (reading this one with my husband!) and HTKHWD are both audiobooks.

Cont'd in comments ⬇️ 😁

#teammovie #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick @StayCurious

Aiming for a total of 36 hours read 😁

#outstandingoctober

🍂 #OutstandingOctober is the next #October #Readathon I'm joining - hosted by @Andrew65 🍂

Goals: Finishing my #DoubleSpin book - gothic eerie stories from the North Sea coast of the 19th century 🌊🌫️
and the thrilling horror story collection The Dangers of Smoking in Bed I started on impulse two days ago. 😊 @TheAromaofBooks

A bit of reading as well as accumulating a few additional points for #Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick 🧡💀

#outstandingoctober #readathon #october15tooctober23 #2022

Everyone join in the fun!

Saturday sees the start of October‘s nine day pick your own goals Readathon, #OutstandingOctober

Come and enjoy this fun and informal Readathon, and also ideal for collating those #Scarathlon2022 points. Perfect to be able to tailor this Readathon to your own personal circumstances.

Hope to see you there, just post your goals and reading stacks.

#AllHallowsRead swap is heading out the door.
@Texreader be on the look out!!!
Unfortunately no wine inside, only box I could find 😅
@MaleficentBookDragon

#Scarathlon
#TeamSlaughter
Week 1 Total
7,437 Points

@Clwojick @StayCurious

I‘m very busy at work today but taking time in my lunch hour to report that I‘m listening to red Taylor‘s version while I work and it‘s both very helpful for work motivation and something for my #scarathlon2022 bucket list!

#teamslaughter @Clwojick +11

Here‘s a screenshot of my points tracking spreadsheet for #scarathlon2022 and #teamslaughter! 21,479 this week. The week 1 game (which I tracked in a separate tag), readathons and bingos helped a lot, as well as a lot of reading! You‘d be surprised how many word search words come up in my masters readings lol. Helps with study motivation

@Clwojick

#scarathlon #bucketlist #teamslaughter @Clwojick @StayCurious

Visit Mom and Dad (and cat Callie) at the farm. Photo of Mom to come.

#scarathlon #bucketlist #teamslaughter @Clwojick @StayCurious

Go to family reunion

Friends this has been a few weeks of chaos, I had to go to CA for an unexpected emergency, came back four days before a wedding I was in, and spent yesterday in the ER with my mom. I‘m hoping to get all LMPBC, Birthday and cbbc packages in the mail by Saturday morning- and all swaps in mail by next Saturday. I think my life is a living example of Murphys Law. But I take it all seriously and hope no one thinks too badly of me.

Hello my fellow #TeamSlaughter currently working on my #PromptMaze I've currently accomplished 3 prompts and working on a 4th prompt right now!!! Got total of 60pts. from this challenge so far #Scarathlon #ReadingSpookySeason @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

#scarathlon #ominousoctober #ghost #teamslaughter @Clwojick @StayCurious @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

True crime #tvshow tonight for #scarathlon. Vengeance: Killer Millionaires. It‘s crazy; it‘s about a man I knew 20+ years ago from my old job in Austin, who was murdered in 1999 while I was in law school, and I had no idea. #teamslaughter @Clwojick @StayCurious

Sorry #TeamSlaughter! We thought we addressed the #TeamMovie points already, but we must have forgotten to include it in the previous posts.

Scream 1996 or 2022 is worth 20 pts.
Scream Tv show (Netflix) is worth 10pts/episode
All other movies/tv shows are with 5pts!

#scarathlon #bucketlist #teamslaughter @Clwojick @StayCurious

Visit a bookstore (Nowhere Bookstore)

#scarathlon #bucketlist #teamslaughter @Clwojick @StayCurious

Visit a Halloween store

#scarathlon #bucketlist #teamslaughter @Clwojick @StayCurious

Visit a farmer‘s market

Finally! Here‘s my #scarathlon #teamslaughter #bucketlist