Not much to say. Another month at home with family in Winnipeg. Enjoyed lots of outdoor activities, from mountain biking to walking through woods in the snow! I’m back to British Columbia on the 4th.
Books Finished
- Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
- Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and A.-M. McLemore
- Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin
- What if a Fish by Anika Fajardo
- Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
- Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
- Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon
- Hatch by Kenneth Oppel
Books Reviewed
- Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet by Tim Hwang (adult non-fiction)
- Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly (MG fantasy)
- Six itsy bitsy reviews:
- The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins (MG fantasy)
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (MG contemporary)
- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (YA fabulism)
- The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman (YA speculative fiction)
- Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (adult portal fantasy)
- Deeplight by Frances Hardinge (YA fantasy with upper MG crossover appeal)
- As part of Latinx Book Bingo:
- Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros (MG contemporary)
- Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and A.-M. McLemore (YA contemporary with touches of magical realism)
- What if a Fish by Anika Fajardo (MG contemporary with touches of magical realism)
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (adult horror)
- Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon (MG horror)
Posts Written
- Discussed Emily Tesh’s Silver in the Wood with my sister for Family Reads
- Shared everything you needed to know to participate in Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon
- Listed 10 books on my spooky season TBR
- Reviewed last month’s pick for “I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” (Small Spaces) and hosted a poll for next month’s read
- Tracked my Read-a-thon experience in a master post and hosted a mini-challenge
Goals Check-In
You can see the titles I’ve read for these challenges on my 2020 Reading Challenges page.
- 12/10 posts written
- 36/52 middle grade novels read (+6 since last update)
- 8/10 rereads (no change)
- 15/10+ books with queer MCs (+1 since last update)
- 6/10 graphic novels (+1 since last update)
- 7/10 works by Indigenous writers (+1 since last update)
- 2/7 books about/by Tolkien (no change since last update)
- 2/5 books with 500+ pages (no change since last update)
- 38/60 books on my TBR that I don’t own (+6 since last update)
Shared on Twitter
On My Radar in November
- Month long – Indigathon (readathon “to to uplift Native stories and experiences”)
- 17 Nov. – Release date of The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars by Shivaun Plozza (MG fantasy) and The Children of Red Peak by Craig Louie (adult horror)
- 26 Nov. @ 6:00PM CST – MGLit Online Book Club chats with Heather Fawcett about her book The Language of Ghosts
How was your October? What new books, or bookish events, are you looking forward to this month?
I’ve seen quite a few blogging events happening in November, i didn’t know about Indigithon, but there’s also Nonfiction November, SciFiMonth and Norse November. Should be a fun month, and I’m also reading The Children of Red Peak😀
Ah I always forget about Nonfiction November! One day I might participate, but usually at this time of year I’m trying to finish up all my (fiction) TBRs. Norse and Sci-fi I have heard of, but aren’t to my personal interest so they didn’t make the cut 😝 Are you reading The Children right now? If so how is it going?
How did you like Small Spaces?
Loved it! Met my expectations for a good scary MG book. 🙂
Looks like a great reading and reviewing month! Good luck back in BC! I’m hoping to head back at the end of the year
Thank-you! :O That would be cool, hope things work out for you. (I still don’t really have a job lol but there might be work for me at VPL soon.)
So many cool covers!!!! Happy November!
Such a busy month! I’ve also been thinking of Joining IndigAThon but not sure if I want to do a challenge whirlwind again this month. I think 90% of the fun challenges I’ve seen have been in sept-oct-nov, I need a clone or a long holiday
Right! I don’t think I’ll be officially participating in any events this month. November and December are months when I usually focus on ‘catching up’ on my own reading goals.
Wow, look at all the reviewing you did this month! It’s definitely one thing I wish I did better. Hope you have a great November!
Thank-you! By the end of the month, I thought I hadn’t done much reviewing, but when I compiled this post, I felt better about it, haha.
Thanks for sharing the survey! I’m stuck at 54 responses and hoping to get a bit more this month and then post the results in December.
I also did not know about this LotR poem quiz and now must take it…
You’re welcome! My reach is relatively small but I’ll give it another boost this month. I saw your result for the quiz on Twitter – sorry it wasn’t the greatest, haha. I hope you found the questions entertaining at least. 😛
Ah, the answer to the quiz just went on and on about how it was the Gollum answer and why would I get the Gollum answer and maybe I should examine my life to see why I have so much in common with Gollum!!! XD
Oh dear, I wouldn’t have been too happy about that either 😂
I loved The Marrow Thieves. How does the Empire of Wild compare?
I also like Kenneth Oppel… how was Hatch?
Soooo…I haven’t read The Marrow Thieves 😬 I’m not keen on YA so I kept putting it off. I finally decided I needed to read Dimaline, but by that point this book had dropped and it sounded more up my alley so I went for it. I will probably get to The Marrow Thieves one day still!
Hatch was great! Another entertaining work by Oppel. It kept me on edge – I think I read it in one or two sittings. I recently read the sequel. Not quite as appealing as Hatch but I’m still keen to see how it all ends in the third book.
I don’t read much YA either, but I figured there must be a reason it’s still a bestseller after all this time. I ended up loving it. Maybe you will too!