October 2021 Wrap-Up

The end of October and to be honest most of November has completely escaped me. I was planning on posting my October Wrap-Up at the beginning of November. However, at the very end of October I went down with the worst head cold that eventually turned into a fall blown cold and whilst I was dealing with this we had a death in the family. So things have been pretty full-on. But I finally feel myself again and ready to start posting once again. Spoiler Alert: there will also be announcement happening on here on the 2nd December so stay tuned for that. Now back to today post without further ado here is my October Wrap-Up.

– Books –

In October I read a total of 20 books.

• The Ghost Prison – Joseph Delaney
• Mary Barton – Elizabeth Gaskell
• Shadow Service, Vol.1 – Cavan Scott (Reread)
• Shadow Service, Vol.2 – Cavan Scott
• Spy Family, Vol.3 – Tatsuma Endo
• The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
• Dracula – Bram Stoker
• Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
• Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
• Dracula’s Guest – Bram Stoker
• The Cat Who Saved Books – Sosuke Natsukawa
• Horseman – Christina Henry
• Earthlings – Sayaka Murata
• The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot
• Agnes Grey – Anne Bronte (Reread)
• Hallowe’en Party – Agatha Christie
• Crocked House – Agatha Christie
• The Mystery of the Blue Train – Agatha Christie
• Peril at End House – Agatha Christie
• A Single Rose – Muriel Barbery (Reread)

– Favourites –

• One of my favourite readathon’s of the year happened this month: #Victober.
• Afternoon reading sessions with my mum.
• Buddy reads with Matt. We read a total of 3 books together this month: Mary Barton, The Mill on the Floss and Agnes Grey. Agnes Grey was a reread for me and its still one of my all time favourite classics and also favourite Bronte book.
• Adele’s new single release…was everything!!!
• My first ever zoom event – hosted by Golden Hare Bookshop – The event was with the lovely Muriel Barbery, author of A Single Rose. Thank you so much once again to David @GoldenHareBookshop for inviting me to the event.

– Blog –

Here are some notable posts from my blog this month:

• Monkey Man Review
• To the Warm Horizon Review
• A Single Rose Review
• Heroes of Hastovia #3: In Memory of… Review
• Mary Barton Review
• The Cat Who Saved Books Review
• Horseman Review

Here are some blog posts that I have enjoyed/loved this month:

• Matt’s Post: Victober TBR
• Elaine’s Post: The Pride and Prejudice Book Tag
• Amy’s Post: 20 Haunting Recommendations for Halloween
• Aliya’s Post: A Reader’s Guide to Self-Care

– Bookish Videos –

Here are some of the bookish videos that I enjoyed/loved this month:

• Gavin’s Video: The Final Believathon is Coming | Readathon Announcement 2021
• Joel’s Video: Semester Book Haul | What’s on my Masters Reading List?
• Meg’s Video: Booktuber Battle Ep 2
• Kayla’s Video: Reading my 5-star Predictions | Ep 5
• Emma’s Video: Trying to get Scared by Books – An Autumnal Reading Vlog

How was your month? Did you have any favourites of the month? If so, please do leave me a comment below.

(Photo is from Unsplash and text was added by me).