Welcome to November everyone! I hope you all had an amazing October... these are for sure my favorite months of the year. October through December is the time of magic, in my opinion, and I am definitely looking forward to the holidays with more enthusiasm than I probably should at this point, considering they are weeks away. But, let's take a moment before we start looking forward to look back at the month that has just passed (and rather quickly, may I add). I only read five books in October, which is a little disappointing, but! They were all really really good, and I posted reviews for four of five of them! I also got to do a couple of Halloween/Fall themed posts, which were super fun! I'm hoping that, with some time off school over the next two months, I can still hit my year goal of 110 books read, considering I have 92 under my belt right now. Wish me luck!
books read this month:
1. Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
☆☆☆☆☆
Revenge is worth its weight in gold.
When
her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden
gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy
and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers—and justice. What she
finds are untrustworthy strangers, endless dust and heat, and a
surprising band of allies, among them a young Apache girl and a pair of
stubborn brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Kate
gets closer to the secrets about her family, a startling truth becomes
clear: some men will stop at nothing to get their hands on gold, and
Kate’s quest for revenge may prove fatal.
2. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
☆☆☆☆☆
Ketterdam: a bustling
hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right
price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker.
Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich
beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...
A convict with a thirst for revenge.
A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.
A runaway with a privileged past.
A spy known as the Wraith.
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.
Six
dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing
that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill
each other first.
3. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
☆☆☆☆☆
Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.
That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.
Half
the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he
sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke
up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing
Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were
here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s
infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.
Carry On
is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just
as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell
story—but far, far more monsters.
4. Walk On Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
☆☆☆☆☆
Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.
Lee
Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a
loyal steed. She has a best friend—who might want to be something more.
She also has a secret.
Lee
can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small
nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She
has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the
harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that
kind of power? A person might murder for it.
When everything Lee
holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California—where gold has
just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl
can be herself. If she survives the journey.
The acclaimed Rae
Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about
a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.
5. Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall
☆☆☆1/2
The author of A Little Something Different brings you the most adorkable romance ever.
Jane,
a superstitious fangirl, takes an anonymous babysitting jovb to avoid an
unpaid internship with her college-obsessed mom. The only problem?
She’s babysitting the siblings of her childhood friend and new crush,
Teo.
Teo doesn’t dislike Jane, but his best friend Ravi hates
her, and is determined to keep them apart. So Teo’s pretty sure his
plans for a peaceful summer are shot. His only hope is that his
intermittent search for his birth father will finally pan out and he’ll
find a new, less awkward home. Meanwhile, at Jane’s house, her sister
Margo wants to come out as bisexual, but she’s terrified of how her
parents will react.
In a summer filled with secrets and questions, even Jane’s Magic 8 ball can’t give them clear answers, but Signs Point to Yes.
what did y'all love in October?
xx
Sunny
