October is Octover, folks! Time to have a staring match with the end of the year. The past month was a month of milestones for me: not only did I complete my Goodreads challenge of 300 books, I am on track to complete my stretch goal of 365 books this year!
I read a total of 40 books this month – 14 full-length novels and 26 manga volumes!
Ah-mazing!
Pretty good
Try it out, maybe?
Reread
Also, all you lovely followers and visitors have flocked and showered your attention on me throughout the year, so this year, for the first time, I crossed 10,000 (11,000+ actually) views in a year (last year, I had read 8.5k), and the year isn’t even over yet!
And now, onto the yearly challenges:
Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge
Progress: 96/100 books
Been catching up on manga series
Status: so close
Contemporary Romance reading challenge
Progress: 50/21+ books (Grand Slam)
The romance keeps on going…
Status: challenge complete!
AtoZ reading challenge
Progress: 22/26 books
V 
X Y Z
Nothing this month either
Status: gotta get serious now i guess
Cloak and Dagger challenge
Progress: 31/35 books
Status: ahead
New Release challenge
Progress: 157/200 books
Status: a bit behind
Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading challenge
Progress: 202/100 galleys
Status: Challenge complete!
2019 Debut author challenge
Progress: 21/24 debuts
Status: slightly ahead
Audiobook challenge
Progress: 32/50 audiobooks
Status: quite behind
Monthly Keyword Challenge
Progress: 6/12 keywords
– Lake – Hope
Dystopia Reading Challenge
Progress: 24/16 books
Sword & Pen is set in an alternate universe where the Great Library is the most powerful nation in the world.
Status: Challenge complete!
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
Progress: 33/25 books (Ancient History)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol 10 is set in Taisho era Japan, and Leviathan is an alternate history WWI.
Status: challenge complete!
Retellings Reading Challenge
Progress: 24/25 retellings (Fairest of them All)
nothing this month
Space Time Reading Challenge
Progress: 12/20 books
Series to Finish Challenge
Progress: 14/24 series (3/12 new + 11/12 old)
nothing this month
Status: quite behind!
Year of the Asian Reading Challenge
Progress: 32/51 books
Song of the Crimson is written by a Vietnamese-American author, I hope You Get This Message is written by a Pakistani-American author
Status: quite behind
Besides these year-long challenges, I also had three reading challenges.
OwnTober (Oct 1-31)
I was supposed to read 3 books off my physical shelves and managed to read only 1, and was in the middle of another when the month ended
Off the Grid readathon (Oct 11-13)
I had planned to read at least 6 books, and I did!
Dewey’s 24 Hr Readathon (Oct 26-27)
I had planned to read at least 3 books and I somehow managed. Whew!
ICYMI
TTT: Books titles with numbers in them
TTT: Things that make me love a character
TTT: Extraordinary book titles
TTT: Alternative Book Titles
TTT: Dark fantasy recs for you spooky needs
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #66: Queer rep in SFF
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #67: Asian rep
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #68: Black rep
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #69: Disability rep
Book Blogger Hop: Oct 4-10
book bloggerBook Blogger Hop: Oct 11-17
Book Blogger Hop: Oct 18-24
Book Blogger Hop: Oct 25-31
Shouting from the Shelftops #15
Shouting from the Shelftops #16
Other news
- As always – please help support my blog and my art with contributions through Ko-Fi (every small donation helps!), and by buying my designs on Society6 or TeePublic. You could also help out for free, too – by using my affiliate links (see sidebar) when you are about to purcahse a book, or by using my Scribd share code to get a free 60-day trial of the service (come on guys, free books for 2 months is a no-brainer!)
- Watch out for the blog tour of Song of the Crimson Flower coming this month – it may or may not include my artwork!
- I finished my first commission y’all!
How was your October?
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