October 2015 Monthly Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews

Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update

I started October with 253 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …253! Not too shabby. I didn’t manage to get as much reviewed as I wanted, but I did get to read quite a bit, considering that I spent two long weekends travelling – some reading got done on planes, but not much in between. And I’ve ALSO identified a bunch of books to cull from my TBR pile, and even put them in boxes… but I haven’t gotten the boxes out of the house yet, so technically I still have 253.

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

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

Audiobooks – Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth – The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett – The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
Read But Not Owned (Graphic Novels) – Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples – The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua
E-Books – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen – Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Re-Reads – Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

Changes to the TBR pile

Read from my TBR pile (huzzah!) – The Tide Watchers by Lisa Chaplin
Added and then read (um… huzzah?) – Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton
Other removals from the TBR pile (um… huzzah?) – Gatsby’s Girl by Caroline Preston – Celtic Lore: The History of the Druids and Their Timeless Traditions by Ward Rutherford (both given to friends who will hopefuly enjoy them!)

Added to my TBR pile (all-around shame!)
– Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey	– The Wicked and the Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillan
– Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
Non-TBR acquisitions (storage-space-related shame!)
– Specials by Scott Westerfeld	– River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Added to my eTBR pile (non-storage-space-related shame!)
– Timebound by Rysa Walker	– Newt’s Emerald: Magic, Maids, and Masquerades by Garth Nix
– Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch	* Pursuant to the discussion on this post, I’ve decided to create an eTBR pile for e-books and audiobooks that I accept for review or for which I actually pay money. I’m not adding them into my total TBR numbers, but I have to fess up about them somewhere. Keeps me honest.

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