Eleni's reading for October 2018

A mixed bag this month. Lots of books seem to come through at the library at once for my series reads. Happy to have read 3 print TBR books this month.


Read: 20               (up 4)
Series: 12              (down 1)
TBR:   5                (down 4)
Audio: 3                (up 1)
AWW: 5               (down 1)
Graphic novels: 1  (no change)

Historical Romance

• The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons #2) by Julia Quinn | 5 stars | 2009

Anthologies

• Little Gems Short Story Anthology 2009: Turquoise by Romance Writers of Australia Inc. | 4.5 stars | 2009

Romantic Suspense / Crime

• Pros and Cons (Fox and O'Hare #0.5) by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg (audio narrated by Scott Brick) | short story | 4 stars | 2013
• The Shell Game (Fox and O'Hare #0.25) by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg (audio narrated by Scott Brick) | short story | 4 stars | 2014
• Full Scoop (Full #6) by Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes (audio narrated by Lorelei King) | 4.25 stars | 2006

YA

• Drama by Raina Telgemeier | 4 stars | graphic novel | middle grade | 2012
• The Girl with the Red Balloon (The Balloonmakers #1) by Katherine Locke | 4.5 stars | YA | 2017
• The Transfer (Divergent #0.1) by Veronica Roth | 5 stars | short story | YA | 2013

Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Sci-Fi with Romantic Elements

• Birthright (Beacon #1) by Valerie Parv | 4.25 stars | 2012
• Soul Stealer (The Anomaly #3) by Anna Hackett | 5 stars | 2013
• The Given (Celestial Blues #3) by Vicki Pettersson | 4.5 stars | 2014

Fantasy

• The Uncrowned King (King Rolen's Kin) by Rowena Cory Daniells | 4.5 stars | 2010

Children's

• Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! by Dr. Seuss | 5 stars | children's - picture book | 1971
• Matilda by Roald Dahl (audio narrated by Kate Winslett) | children's | 5 stars | 1988
• The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss | 5 stars | | children's - picture book | 1958
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill | 4.25 stars | children's | 2016
• Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Underland Chronicles #4) by Suzanne Collins (audio narrated by Paul Boehmer) | 4.75 stars | children's | 2008

Non-fiction

• No Plot? No Problem! Revised and Expanded Edition: A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty | 4.5 stars | non-fiction | 2014

Other

• What Matters Most by Dianne Maguire | 4.5 stars | 2015
• Very Good, Jeeves (Jeeves #4) by P.G. Wodehouse (audio narrated by Jonathan Cecil) | 4.25 stars | 2008 <1930>

~Happy Reading~

October 2017 reads

A quieter month in October for reading as it was very busy on the personal front.

A total of 5 works with none (!) of them being audio. As for series reading, there were 3 titles.



Urban fantasy/paranormal romance/fantasy

• Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson #2) by Patricia Briggs | 4.5 stars - what a rough world Mercy finds herself a part of.
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse, Volume 3: Executioner (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse #3 graphic novel) by Laurell K. Hamilton, Jessica Ruffner (text) and Ron Lim (Illustrations) | 4.5 stars - gruesome 
• Freaks of Greenfield High (Freaks #1) by Maree Anderson | YA | 5 stars - well written & enjoyable read.

Contemporary Romance / Erotic romance

• Mistletoe Not Required by Anne Oliver | 4.5 stars - emotional heart strings pulled as heroine talks of breast cancer.
• A Real Online Fantasy (Hot Down Under) by Cate Ellink | short story | 4.25 stars - one HAWWT read.

~~Happy Reading~~