It’s time to wrap up October.

I’ve stepped back a bit over the last couple of months to really focus on my mental health. I talk a lot about how bad it is, but I don’t always give myself the grace I need to deal with things. The last couple of years have been especially bad, so I feel like I have bounced in an out of the blog and social media. Removing the expectations of posting every day and trying to come up with a lot of content has helped.

Lately, I have simply been focusing on my reading and posting my wrap up, currently reading list, stats, reviews, and spotlights. I think that has really helped me, though it’s left a lot of “post-less” days. I think I’m at the point where I’m ready to start posting a little more again, but I don’t want to put myself on a schedule or calendar just yet.

Since we’re close to the end of the year, I’m starting to look at what I want 2025 to look like, I’ll talk about that a bit over the next two months, as well as putting together some year-end lists.

Books

I finished 22 books this month:

It’s a Whole Spiel edited by Katherine Locke ***
To Marry and to Meddle by Martha Waters ****
Hungry Like the Wolf by Paige Tyler ****
Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella ***
Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine *****

The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson ****
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller *****
We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding ****
From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn ****
Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall ****

A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins ****
Rules for Camouflage by Kirsten Cronn-Mills ****
The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey ****
Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid ****
Cash Delgado is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia ****

Hot Summer by Elle Everhart ****
You Should be so Lucky by Cat Sebastian *****
Director’s Cut by Carlyn Greenwald *****
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella ***
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper *****

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia ****
Exes & Foes by Amanda Woody ****

I completed 1 series, made progress in 4 others, plus started 4 new-to-me series.

I received 10 DRC through Net Galley

Pansies by Alexis Hall
Frenemies with Benefits by Synithia Williams
Build a Girlfriend by Elba Luz
All the Stars Align by Gretchen Schreiber
Illusions of Fire by Nisha Sharma

Eat Post Like by Emily Arden Wells
Lady Knight by Amalie Howard
The Rival by Emma Lord
Pride or Die by CL Montblanc
The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn

Blog

11 reviews posted

This is a Whole Spiel
Surprise Me
The Bookshop of Yesterdays
We Used to Be Friends
Waiting for the Flood
Rules for Camouflage
The Library of Lost Things
Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak
Cash Delgado is Living the Dream
Hot Summer
You Should be so Lucky

All covers link to Goodreads