In the Philippines, Halloween isn’t celebrated as grand as it is in the West. Fair enough there had been, themed shows, parks (the scare houses), here locally that features such events. And I loved them all. Well, it is quite* enough for me. I am a couch potato after all.
I have curated a mini Halloween readathon for myself. So, that I won’t disappoint others in the process of not succeeding haha!*
Fortunately, that isn’t the case this month. It seems like I went overboard than my monthly usual reading. I had marathoned some Throne of Glass novels, and the aforementioned mini themed readathon, plus other books.
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Read Books
Law of Inertia – S. Gonzales
I Do Not Trust You – Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz
Peas, Carrots and an Aston Martin – Hannah Lynn
Carols and Chaos – Cindy Antsey
Dare to Love – C.P. Santi
Bucket List to Love – C.P. Santi
I also did a Throne of Glass Readathon too!
Queen of Shadows – Sarah J. Maas
Empire of Storms – Sarah J. Maas
Tower of Dawn – Sarah J. Maas
Supposedly, Kingdom of Ash is included here too but I decided to wait up for the physical copy’s availability, so I get to clutch on every page and that would feel a bit more intimate. Hahaha
For My Mini Halloween Readathon
Cemetery Tours (Cemetery Tours # 1) – Jacqueline E. Smith
Broken Things – Lauren Oliver
Hidden Pieces – Paula Stokes
Rot and Ruin (Rot and Ruin # 1) – Jonathan Maberry
Dust and Decay (Rot and Ruin # 2) – Jonathan Maberry
Flesh and Bone (Rot and Ruin # 3) – Jonathan Maberry
Fire and Ash (Rot and Ruin # 4) – Jonathan Maberry
A total of 15 books! YASS! I was lowkey trying had my mind into reading 15 books since I failed last August, finally my brain got that itch off.
I may even finish 16 in total, I was to start Empress of All Season – Emiko Jean by the 1st of November but I really can’t help myself. AND GODS, THE PROLOGUE ALONE BLEW ME AWAY!
Around the Blog
Reviews
- Blinding Night – Chantal Gadoury from Jon @ Wonder with Jon
- Melmoth – Sarah Perry @ Opinionated Reader
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The Last Wish of Sascha Cade – Cheyanne Young @ These Paper Words
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Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz @ Muse of Nyxmares
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Mirage – Somaiya Daud @ Pages Unbound Reviews
- Peril at End Hous – Agatha Christie @ The Bibliofile Book Reviews
- The Poet X – Elizabeth Avecedo from Nichole.
- The Girl They Left Behind by Roxanne Veletzos from Jennifer.
- Start Here a Romance Anthology from Cara @ The Little Miss Bookworm
- Imagine Us Happy by Jennifer Lu from Elise @ The Bookish Actress
Discussion Post / Lists
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Writing Slump or Writing Insecurity? @ Vienna Noreen
- A guide into acquiring ARCs from Mandy @ Devouring Books
- It’s never too late to get this Halloween Recommendation List from Bea @ Confession of a Pinay Bookaholic!
- Discover more magical worlds with Acqua @ Acquadimore Books with her T5W – Favourite Magical Systems.
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Combat Biphobia with These Awesome Book Recs! from Vicky.
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Kristyn from The Bibliophile Empress tackles about Authors/Readers Expectations and Etiquette.
- This has to be one of my favourite thing written out there today from Aria @ Snow White Hates Apples – Aria wrote Supernatural Beings in Asian Folklore I Grew Up With.
- Spooky podcasts to listen to, well even if it’s days away to November… you might want to check out this list made by Breanna @ Paws and Paperbacks.
- Laura @ The Book Corps talks about tropes…
- Kaleena wrote yet another helpful post for us book bloggers! – Ultimate Social Media Guide for Book Bloggers.
- From Pooled Ink a discussion about reading indie books.
Book Tags I Did
Blog Tour Joined
One Very Odd Teacher – Robbie Yates
Death by the River – Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Castor
Seven Tortures of Amy and Craig – Don Zolidis
Pease, Carrots, and an Aston Martin – Hannah Lynn
Goals
Achieved:
From last month, I wanted to have a total of 10,000 visits here. And WE DID IT! Thank you so much, for paying my blog a visit (and comments too!) I really appreciate it, I feel appreciated too. You all know how it is to be a book blogger, not that I am complaining!
Please, continue to keep on visiting me and interacting with me.
November Goals?
- Reading Goals: 8 books fingers crossed!
- I would love to get my drafts cleared (this month, generally, before the year ends!) I think that’s it for now.
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How has October been to you? How many books are you planning next month? Any books similar to my read list that you would recommend?
October 30, 2018 at 9:37 PM
Amazing wrap up
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October 31, 2018 at 2:44 PM
Thanks! I hope you had a great month too.
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October 31, 2018 at 8:55 PM
So far I have! Hoping to finish one more book today to fit it in ☺️
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October 31, 2018 at 9:49 PM
YAY! Music to my ears. Happy readings then ❤.
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October 30, 2018 at 9:40 PM
Thank you very much, Justine, for yet another feature.
This post is so cool. I may have listed a number of books to add in my TBR pile. ;P
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October 31, 2018 at 2:42 PM
Of course!
Thank you Jon, that warms my heart! Ohhh, music to my ears.
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October 30, 2018 at 9:46 PM
Did you like hidden pieces? I love the book cover for that.
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October 31, 2018 at 2:43 PM
I did like it, I just finished writing my thoughts over the book, it’ll be up soon. Yes, the cover looks amazing!
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October 30, 2018 at 9:59 PM
Thank you so much, for including my review! I really appreciate it! 🤗
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October 31, 2018 at 2:46 PM
You’re welcome. It was lovely to read your thoughts about it. Have a great day!
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October 30, 2018 at 10:20 PM
I think your wrap up is great. If interested here was my choice for All Hallows’ Eve
https://books6259.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/the-sentinel-by-jeffrey-konvitz/
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October 31, 2018 at 2:47 PM
Thanks. Ohhh, great will check it out.
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October 31, 2018 at 12:39 AM
WOW!! Congrats on the great reading month. That’s insane! haha.
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October 31, 2018 at 2:49 PM
I am soaking this comment in, I feel like, after all those reading, I am in a bit of a slump. Haha. thank you for stopping by.
And I hope you had a great month for reading and personal goals too!
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October 31, 2018 at 8:55 PM
Oh no! Hopefully it won’t last long 🤞🏻
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October 31, 2018 at 9:44 PM
Looking out for possible remedies right now. Planning on rereading something I loved maybe it’ll spark… Thank you!
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October 31, 2018 at 2:06 AM
Aaaaaa thank you so much for including me on the list, Justine!! I really appreciate it and aaaaaaa I miss reading :(( I hope i can get back to reading and reading and reading and reading too ahahaha CONGRATS ON THE VIEWS TOO OMG!!!!
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October 31, 2018 at 2:54 PM
I just had to share it, you’re very welcome! How about this November you’d get back to reading? I hope you do. Thank YOU! After saying it that goal out loud made me anxious, but we did it, thanks to all of you!!!! Wishing you a great month ahead Vienna!
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October 31, 2018 at 4:10 AM
ahhh omg thank you so much for linking up my post! and OMG EMPRESS OF ALL SEASONS BLEW ME AWAY TOO!!! the prologue itself is a work of art, and it only gets better from there!
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October 31, 2018 at 2:57 PM
You’re welcome Vicky! Gosh, I’d been reading it slowly, the description of each creature, weapons, and the ACTION is making me breathless.
Hope you’re having a great day!
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October 31, 2018 at 4:49 AM
Thank you so much for the mention!
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October 31, 2018 at 2:57 PM
You’re welcome!
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October 31, 2018 at 6:51 AM
Thanks for sharing my enemies to lovers post!! Congrats on reaching 10,000 visits! thats amazing 💕 And I feel you on wanting to clear your drafts! I have like 37 drafts, some still from last year 😂
Happy reading !
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October 31, 2018 at 2:59 PM
I HAVE TO. IT’S THE ULTIMATE TROPE! HAHAHAHA! Thank you so much, you support meant so so so so so much to me!!!!!
Gods, that draft just won’t clear up… but we have to try it’ll just pile up til we’re buried under.
Wishing you a wonderful month ahead!
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October 31, 2018 at 6:53 AM
Thank you, Justine, for linking to my review! ♥️ It looks like you’ve had a wonderful month, and I enjoyed hearing about Halloween in the Philippines!
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October 31, 2018 at 3:01 PM
You’re welcome, Jennifer! I bet you had an amazing month too! Thank you so much, wishing you yet another amazing month ahead!
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October 31, 2018 at 9:16 AM
Thank you Justine for sharing my Halloween Book Recommendations list! Congratulations on the 10k views!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Cheers to more and 15 books for October? YAAASSS You’re on a roll 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
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October 31, 2018 at 3:03 PM
You’re welcome.
Okay, soaking it that comment it… I may have been suffering a bit of a slump now. Huhu. I hope you had an amazing month too! Thank you so much I couldn’t have done it without you visiting the place. It means so so so much.
Wishing you a great month ahead Ate Bea!
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October 31, 2018 at 5:04 PM
Take it easy and don’t burn yourself out. Slumps are the worst! You’re welcome, Justine 🙂 Have a fab month ahead 😉
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October 31, 2018 at 9:45 PM
*hugs* ❤❤
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October 31, 2018 at 8:41 PM
Thank you so much for the shoutout ❤❤❤ And OMG I’m so ENVIOUS of your month! I’ve been so busy with work lately that I’ve no time to read at all so yeah, definitely going green with envy (and feeling super motivated by you to find squirrel some time away to read and blog) right here looking at the amount you’ve read! Also, I hope you have another fabulous month ahead ❤
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October 31, 2018 at 9:48 PM
It was wonderfully written! I am a huge sucker for things horror!!! Gah. I am still haunted by it. Don’t be, it probably just this month. Hahaha. It could be so tiring, hope you get a break and relax over then read some books. Thank you, Aria. Back at you, have a fabulous month ahead! ❤❤❤
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October 31, 2018 at 10:31 PM
Amazing post, some of those books are in my tbr list.
Australia never used to celebrate Halloween but it starting to be a thing now, only bad thing is it’s spring season over here during October 🙄. Kinda sad I didn’t get to trick or treat as a little kid though.
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November 1, 2018 at 9:27 AM
Yay! I hope you get through with them soon!
Ohhh, I didn’t know that. Woah, that is interesting! Hey, you’re not alone I have never trick or treat even today. 😂😢😂.
Thank you! Have a great month ahead!
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November 3, 2018 at 2:22 AM
Thank you so much for linking my Social Media Guide, Justine!
Looks like you had a good reading month, and wishing you happy reading this November!
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November 3, 2018 at 4:31 AM
Great reading month for you! 💜
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November 6, 2018 at 4:01 AM
I can’t wait to hear what you think of Broken Things 🙂
Daniella x
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