October Wrap-Up

October Snapshots

Homemade Halloween cookies! Derpily delicious.

1. An irrefutably logical and highly scientific explanation for why my mom is always lost. October started with a snowstorm. The next morning, my mom opened her blinds and saw this oily body print on the window glass.

She insists that it was left by her Spirit Guide, which makes complete sense. My mom gets lost every time she leaves the house. No one else’s “Guide” would full-on splatter into a window.

Also, there were no dead Spirit Guides in the backyard, so whatever made this mark survived! Hallelujah!

2. I’m spreading like the plague. My own blog can no longer contain me. *Insert maniacal laughter here.* Two brave bloggers allowed me to guest post on their blogs in October. I had a discussion about the novel Dreamland Burning with Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction. And Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight kindly let me talk about my . . . um . . . unfortunate . . . mental health misdiagnosis on her blog.

3. Stuff happened on the Internet. In October, my blog reached 500 Bloglovin’ followers (thank you!), and my mom helped me set realistic goals for my future:

4. Happy 11^th birthday to the monster under my desk! On Halloween, the little monster who lives under my computer desk turned 11. I can’t believe it’s been 11 years since I used a computer with my feet on the floor. She hogs all the foot space.

Books I Read

In October, I read 13 books. Don’t be too proud of me. Most of them were short books that I read during Dewey’s and Autumn Readathon. (Random tangent: Why do nonfiction books have such long subtitles? How am I supposed to remember these things? I can barely remember what day it is.)

The Stranger beside Me: Ted Bundy the Shocking Inside Story – Ann Rule

State of Wonder – Ann Patchett

Touching the Void: The Harrowing First-Person Account of One Man’s Miraculous Survival – Joe Simpson

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit – Michael Finkel

Dreamland Burning – Jennifer Latham

The Edible Woman – Margaret Atwood

Turtles All the Way Down – John Green

Escape from Eden – Elisa Nader

The Girl Who Drank the Moon – Kelly Barnhill

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town – Kimberly Willis Holt (reread)

The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson

Fatty Legs: A True Story – Christy Jordan-Fenton, et al.

All the Birds, Singing – Evie Wyld

My 2017 reading challenges have been updated, and I’ve conquered Goodreads!

Best Books Of October

1. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town – Kimberly Willis Holt (reread)

2. Dreamland Burning – Jennifer Latham

3. Fatty Legs: A True Story – Christy Jordan-Fenton, et al.

Most-Viewed October Reviews

1. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry – Fredrik Backman

2. Dreamland Burning – Jennifer Latham

3. Fantastic Mr. Fox – Roald Dahl

Most-Viewed October Non-Reviews

1. Rant: Can We Please Not Make Assumptions?

2. Top Ten Tuesday: Foods I’d Eat If I Was Fictional

3. Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That Made Me Cringe

All The Things!

All The Things! (AKA number of unread books on my TBR shelf) = 6 books.

I’m currently reading Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson.

What did you do in October?