Sunday Salon: October Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews

Happy Sunday all!

Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been around a lot recently – either here or at other people’s blogs. The truth of the matter is, real life events and responsibilities have been a little overwhelming recently, and sadly “visit other people’s book blogs” had to be dropped off my to-do list for a while. But November’s looking like it’ll be a little bit easier (fingers crossed!), and I hope to be back up to full blogging strength soon enough – I appreciate everyone bearing with me!

Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update

I started October with 246 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* … 249! Not too terribly shabby, I think. Those extra three books were bought at the library booksale as a pick-me-up at the end of a really rough day, so they don’t even count, right? Right?

…anyways, let’s take a look at the breakdown:

Neutral books – Read, but don’t affect the TBR pile

Audiobooks – The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Read but not owned – An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon – The Cave and the Cathedral by Amir D. Aczel – Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales, Volume 1: Sanctuary by Melissa Marr – And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer – The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson – Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon
Re-reads – The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Changes to the TBR pile

Cleared from my TBR pile (huzzah!) – Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick – In the Woods by Tana French – Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris – Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris – Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris – Ship Fever: Stories by Andrea Barrett
Added to, then promptly cleared from my TBR pile (um… huzzah?) – Where the Hell is Matt?: Dancing Badly Around the World by Matt Harding
Added to my TBR pile (shame!) – From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks – Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri – Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie – Mathematicians in Love by Rudy Rucker – The Naming by Alison Croggon (Darla’s fault!) – The Likeness by Tana French – Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen – The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Other Non-TBR Book Acquisitions
– Moosewood Restaurant Celebrates: Festive Meals for Holidays and Special Occasions

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