I’m trying to post a wrap up for the end of each month, mainly to help me to keep track of my reading and at the same time look at what I’m intending to read during the month ahead (inspired by Books Bones and Buffy’s What’s on My Plate.

In this post I shall be looking at the reading I completed during October and also setting out what I’m hoping to achieve during November.   I pretty much recognised when I posted at the conclusion of September that October was going to  be an impossible task.  I had a lot of review books, three SPFBO books to complete and also another couple of book requests that I’d accepted without realising just how fully loaded I was.  As it happens I still managed to read ten books this month.  I completed Phase One of SPFBO, we chose our finalist and I reviewed the other three semi finalists that I read.  In terms of review books I am behind but I think my November shelf is nowhere near as chaotic so I’m hoping that during November and December I can complete all my review books and have a fully finished list for the year.  Next week I will be focusing on catching up with reviews which I’m a little behind with.  Can I end 2024 with all my commitments uptodate?  Time will tell.  I think I can do it.

Here’s what I read during October:

1. The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
2. SPFBO – Through Blood and Dragons by RM Schultz
3. SPFBO – The Enchanter’s Counsel by Thalib Razi
4. SPFBO – By a Silver Thread by Rachel Aaron
5. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
6. Cold Snap by Lindy Ryan
7. Magic by Sarah Pinborough
8. Hear Him Calling by Carly Reagon
9. The Book of Witching by CJ Cooke
10. Run by Blake Crouch

For the month of October I actually had 16 review books (I know – *head/desk*), I also had three SPFBO books to read and two author requests.  So, a total (even with my bad maths) of 21 – not in my wildest dreams would that ever be achievable – and as I mentioned above I managed 10 books (a little less than is the norm atm).  For November I have five review books, plus another 9 carried over from October, plus my two author requests making a grand total of 16 – I think this is achievable by the end of the year as I have no review books in December in fact I’m hoping to squeeze in a couple of SPFBO finalists too if I stay on track and maybe complete a couple of books that I put down earlier in the year.  Lets take a look at my review books for November:

1. You All DIe Tonight by Simon Kernick
2. Ink Ribbon Read by Alex Pavesi
3. The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E Pearson
4. The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
5. Blood by Sarah Pinborough

Add to this the books I’m carrying over:

1. The Coven by Harper L. Woods
2. The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning
3. Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne
4. The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
5. Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
6. The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne
7. Here One Minute by Alex Lake
8. The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H. G. Parry
9. The Queen by Nick Cutter

And two books sent to me by authors:

Land from Bjørn Larssen; and

Drown Deep by Phil Williams

This month I yet again have read no Backlist Books -I started the year so well!

Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt book bingo

This month I’m not ticking off any books – oh dear, will I complete this challenge?