october reading wrap*up
all five episodes of october 2023’s weekly reading book reviews!
all links take you to the book’s bookshop.org page where you can conveniently shop for books online while supporting independent bookstores and the communities they serve. nifty, huh? :D
please be sure to let me know in the comments what books and stories YOU loved this month! :)
✨weekly reading book review october 2023: episode one!!✨
here’s what i read this week:
✏️ THE LOST LIBRARY by rebecca stead & wendy mass
✏️ TO: NIGHT OWL, FROM: DOGFISH by holly goldberg sloan & meg wolitzer
✏️ SHADY HOLLOW by juneau black
currently reading:
☠️ THE UNDERTAKING OF HART & MERCY by megan bannen
hope to read next:
✏️ THE DREAMATICS by michelle cuevas
✏️ A NOVEL OBSESSION by caitlin barasch
✨weekly reading book review october 2023: episode two!!✨
here’s what i read this week:
☠️ THE UNDERTAKING OF HART & MERCY by megan bannen (paranormal enemies*to*more adult romcom with a you’ve got mail fantasy western twist!!)
☕️ THE DREAMATICS by michelle cuevas (surreal middle grade love & loss & grieving & hope)
✈️ YOU ARE HERE edited by ellen oh (interconnected middle grade short stories by 13 AAPI authors)
☕️ THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD & EVIL COLLECTOR’S EDITION— the bonus material— by soman chainani
☕️ THE ONLY ONE LEFT by riley sager (a book of the month add*on: american gothic adult thriller/mystery!)
currently reading :
❤️ HER RADIANT CURSE by elizabeth lim (ya fantasy villain origin story prequel to the SIX CRIMSON CRANES duology!)
might read next:
☕️ FINDING GENE KELLY by laurie jean
✨weekly reading book review october 2023: episode three!!✨
this week i read:
❤️ HER RADIANT CURSE by elizabeth lim
☕️ SHANNNON IN THE SPOTLIGHT by kalena miller
❤️ TRANSFORMING SPACE OVER TIME by beowulf boritt
☕️ BETTER NATE THAN EVER by tim federle (the actor-author-dancer-director reads the audio book and it’s TERRIFIC. available through libro.fm right here to keep supporting indies!) :D
❤️ WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by john green & david levithan
☕️ THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW by adrienne young (an october book of the month pick!)
currently reading :
☕️ METROPOLIS by b.a. shapiro
might read next:
❤️ THE MAGIC FISH by trung le nguyen
☕️ DOWN COMES THE NIGHT by allison saft
✨weekly reading book review october 2023: episode four!!✨
here’s what i read this week:
❤️ METROPOLIS by b.a. shapiro
✏️ THE NAME DROP by susan lee
✏️ THE HUNDRED LOVES OF JULIET by evelyn skye (see my early fan art HERE on my instagram; log in/join the crayon box to see the full time*lapse painting process right HERE!)
❤️ (a middle grade series book i won’t name )
✏️ A NOVEL OBSESSION by caitlin barasch (not for me, either)
currently reading :
✏️ THE BIG FOUR by agatha christie
currently watching :
☕️ FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)
might read next:
☕️ CRIME & CARPETBAGS by julie berry
☕️ THE DISASTER ARTIST by greg sestero & tom bissell (written in 2013, it’s the 20th anniversary of movie THE ROOM)
☕️ NIGHT OF THE WITCH by sara raasch & beth revis
✨weekly reading book review october 2023: episode five!!✨
this week i read:
☕️ I AM SHAKESPEARE by mark rylance (first performed in 2007; printed in 2012)
☕️ THE DISASTER ARTIST by greg sestero & tom bissell (somehow hilarious & depressing at the same time; 2013)
☕️ THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) by adam long, daniel singer, & jess winfield (i read the 2011 revision; new 2023 revision available HERE!)
☕️ NIGHT OF THE WITCH by sara raasch & beth revis (2023)
might read next:
☕️ THE GHOST IN APARTMENT 2R by denis markell
☕️ THE STARLING HOUSE by alix e. harrow (loooooved her THE 10K DOORS OF JANUARY!!!)
☕️ THE ENIGMA OF ROOM 622 by joël dicker (transl. by robert bononno; maybe a bit like THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL? but more serious??)
☕️ THE CREATIVE ACT by rick rubin
next month is gonna be another BIG one! i’ll be attending the scbwi carolinas conference, ya’ll fest in charleston, sorta-NaNoWriMo-ing my way through draft zero of my next middle grade novel, and MORE!
if you want in on ALL the fun (& happy mail to boot!), check out the crayon box. :D
thank you for your support of this booknerd artist author illustrator introvert reader barbie with big coffee dreams!
xo,
*hallie :)