October 2023 was a fun month with Thanksgiving and Halloween.
Here are the stats:
Total books read: 17
Number of 5-star reads: 3
Number of 4-star reads: 10
Number of 3-star reads: 3
Number of 2-star reads: 1
Number of books reviewed on the blog: 6
Clicking or tapping on the book cover will take you to either my review here or Goodreads.
FIVE STAR READS
FOUR STAR READS
Three STAR READS
two STAR READS
READING CHALLENGES UPDATE
I signed up for two reading challenges this year.
The first one is the What’s in a Name 2023 Challenge hosted by Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook. For this challenge I have to choose 6 books with titles that contain specific key words. This one is all done and it was fun.
Punctuation– Dark Alpha’s Fury by Donna GrantSeven Deadly Sins– King of Pride by Ana HuangYou or Me– You Can Die by Rebecca ZanettiChess Piece– The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. ArmentroutCelebration– The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan MalleryQ, X, Z– Hendrix by Sawyer Bennett
The second challenge is the 2023 Romance Book Reading Challenge hosted by She Reads Romance Books. For each month, there is a specific type of romance book to read. Let’s see how it’s going so far.
January: Romantic Comedy– Man Cuffed by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby.February: Steamy Romance– Take the Lead by Alexis Daria.March: New Adult Romance– Fall With Me by Jennifer L. Armentrout.April: Back list on your TBR– Savage Rising by Katie Reus.May: Historical Romance– Defying the Earl by Erica Ridley.June: LGBTQ+ Romance– Undressing the Duke by Erica Ridley.July: Contemporary Romance– Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay AdamsAugust:A new author (to you)– Float Plan by Trish DollerSeptember: Sports Romance– The New Guy by Sarina BowenOctober: Reread a favourite book– A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean- November: Award nominee
- December: Your favourite trope
And that was what my October 2023 looked like. What about yours?
**Image by Freepik
You had a great month and are doing well with your challenges! Have a great November Rolé.
Thanks, you too!
You read some of my favorite authors and progressed on your challenges well.
Yeah, it was filled with some of my favourite authors, for sure.
Looks like you are doing well on your challenges! Great job! I always think about separating my books out so I can show which are 5 stars, etc. Hope November is going well for you so far!
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