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Total books read this month: 17 plus 2 novellas
Ebooks Read
After You Jojo Moyes
All I Want Jill Shalvis
Home For Christmas Lily Everett
Hot Toy Jennifer Crusie (Novella)
The Whispers Lisa Unger (Novella)
The Good Neighbor Amy Sue Nathan
Heartsong Cottage Emily March
Smoke Catherine McKenzie
Along the Infinite Sea Beatriz Williams
Incapable Ainslie Paton
After You Jojo Moyes
All I Want Jill Shalvis
Home For Christmas Lily Everett
Hot Toy Jennifer Crusie (Novella)
The Whispers Lisa Unger (Novella)
The Good Neighbor Amy Sue Nathan
Heartsong Cottage Emily March
Smoke Catherine McKenzie
Along the Infinite Sea Beatriz Williams
Incapable Ainslie Paton
Paperbacks Read
Diary of an Accidental Wallflower Jennifer McQuiston
Every Crooked Nanny Mary Kay Andrews aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck
An Absolute Scandal Penny Vincenzi
Cleopatra's Shadows Emily Holleman
Catching Fireflies Sherryl Woods. #9 Sweet Magnolias
Where'd You Go Bernadette Maria Semple
Stars of Fortune Nora Roberts
Genres Read
Women's Fiction (5) Contemporary Romance (5) Historical Romance (1) Cozy Mystery (1) Romantic Suspense (3) Historical Fiction (2)
Settings Where I Read.
London,(2) England. Idaho, Virginia, Georgia, USA. Australia. Egypt.
Some of settings lost track of. Busy month!
New to me authors.
Marisa de los Santos
Lisa Unger
Amy Sue Nathan
Catherine McKenzie
Jennifer McQuiston
Emily Holleman
Maria Semple
So that's almost 40% of my reading this month new to me authors!
Reading Challenges Completed this month.
Some challenges are not going to be finished by end of year, but never mind. These two yes!
Full House Reading Challenge 2015
Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge 2015
Diary of an Accidental Wallflower Jennifer McQuiston
Every Crooked Nanny Mary Kay Andrews aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck
An Absolute Scandal Penny Vincenzi
Cleopatra's Shadows Emily Holleman
Catching Fireflies Sherryl Woods. #9 Sweet Magnolias
Where'd You Go Bernadette Maria Semple
Stars of Fortune Nora Roberts
Genres Read
Women's Fiction (5) Contemporary Romance (5) Historical Romance (1) Cozy Mystery (1) Romantic Suspense (3) Historical Fiction (2)
Settings Where I Read.
London,(2) England. Idaho, Virginia, Georgia, USA. Australia. Egypt.
Some of settings lost track of. Busy month!
New to me authors.
Marisa de los Santos
Lisa Unger
Amy Sue Nathan
Catherine McKenzie
Jennifer McQuiston
Emily Holleman
Maria Semple
So that's almost 40% of my reading this month new to me authors!
Reading Challenges Completed this month.
Some challenges are not going to be finished by end of year, but never mind. These two yes!
Full House Reading Challenge 2015
Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge 2015
Top Books for October
Just about every book was a great read but if I had to choose, I think these two would squeak in.
Incoming Books.
Paperback Books Purchased:
Bed and Breakfast Quilts (2nd hand) Mimi Dietrich $25. 89 U.S. and $25 of that was shipping!!
The Lake House Kate Morton $25 NZ
E Books Purchased:
Switchback Catherine Anderson $4.84 U.S.
The Whispers. Lisa Unger. $1.33 U.S.
The Man I Love Suanne Laqueur $2.99 U.S.
Bed and Breakfast Quilts (2nd hand) Mimi Dietrich $25. 89 U.S. and $25 of that was shipping!!
The Lake House Kate Morton $25 NZ
E Books Purchased:
Switchback Catherine Anderson $4.84 U.S.
The Whispers. Lisa Unger. $1.33 U.S.
The Man I Love Suanne Laqueur $2.99 U.S.
Library Books:
Catching Fireflies Sherryl Woods
Where'd You Go Bernadette Maria Semple
Clean Katherine Ashenburg
The Christimas Feeling Debbie Macomber/Sherryl Woods/Robyn Carr
Where'd You Go Bernadette Maria Semple
Clean Katherine Ashenburg
The Christimas Feeling Debbie Macomber/Sherryl Woods/Robyn Carr
Books coming from NetGalley
Anything For You Kristan Higgins
Some Kind of Wonderful Sarah Morgan
The Things We Keep Sally Hepworth
Smoke Catherine McKenzie
The Two Family House Cohen Loigman
The Friends We Keep Susan Mallery
Hidden Away Jenny Marts
Rustler's Moon Jodi Thomas
From Hachette NZ
Cleopatra's Shadows Emily Holleman
Stars of Fortune Nora Roberts
Anything For You Kristan Higgins
Some Kind of Wonderful Sarah Morgan
The Things We Keep Sally Hepworth
Smoke Catherine McKenzie
The Two Family House Cohen Loigman
The Friends We Keep Susan Mallery
Hidden Away Jenny Marts
Rustler's Moon Jodi Thomas
From Hachette NZ
Cleopatra's Shadows Emily Holleman
Stars of Fortune Nora Roberts
Audio Books Bought
Secret of Everything Barbara O'Neal
Secret of Everything Barbara O'Neal
Pre-Ordered
The Spinster's Guide to Scandalous Behaviour. Jennifer McQuiston - out November 24th
The Spinster's Guide to Scandalous Behaviour. Jennifer McQuiston - out November 24th
Book Spending
$52 U.S. which is $77 NZ. I also spent about $70 NZ at the fund raising Book Fair but not really counting that as I see it as contribution to the great causes!!
$52 U.S. which is $77 NZ. I also spent about $70 NZ at the fund raising Book Fair but not really counting that as I see it as contribution to the great causes!!
So how did your reading month pan out?
You did awesome! I really enjoyed Smoke and Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Happy November!
ReplyDeleteSo did I Freda. So many good books for us to read.
DeleteWell done on your reading this month. That is cool that 40% of your books were new authors. Hopefully they are authors you will want to read again!
ReplyDeleteI know surprising as I am a bit of a tried and true reader but since started blogging I have branched out quite a bit. All these are authors I'd read again which is great.
DeleteWhat a great month of reading! I really enjoyed your review of Cleopatra's Shadow, I'm going through a ancient Egypt phase in my reading right now and will have to keep that one in mind.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great pile of books read and waiting. Not sure where I would start in November.
ReplyDeleteNice month :)
ReplyDeleteYou had a great month! Both in reading and buying and working out! Yeah!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great month of reading for you! I'm in the middle of moving this weekend. I just popped in to link up! I won't have the internet after tomorrow for a few days, so won't be commenting much. Have a great month!
ReplyDeleteYou did great this month in reading. This is a fun and interesting way to look back on books read.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, $25 is a hefty shipping charge! There have been a few times (okay, several times) that I've bought books from the UK because I couldn't wait for the US edition to come out. They were totally worth it!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween! ♥♥
Thanks Diana. I know $25 disgusting. Should really have checked it out more and would probably have found book with better postage somewhere else. Next time I will!
DeleteAwesome reading month! I read Smoke... and want to read Every Crooked Nanny. Enjoy November!
ReplyDeleteI'm currently reading Along the Infinite Sea and am really enjoying it. I'm going to see her this Wednesday night and I can't wait!!! Lisa Unger is a favorite of mine...I just love of books - she's a must-read for me!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on meeting your challenges. I'm glad you enjoyed Along The Infinite Sea. It looks like you had a great month!
ReplyDeleteGreat job this month! I'm jealous of your reading stats!! And I'm determined to read more than 4 measly books this month. I have Heartsong Cottage on deck for one of my holiday reads. I hope it puts me in the holiday spirit - I'm not ready for all the holiday stuff yet!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you enjoyed so many of your reads this month. And it's always great to discover new authors. Hope you have a great November!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a really good month of reading. It's awesome to check out new authors, so good job with that too. I've had a book by Catherine McKenzie for a long time now but STILL need to read it. Sometimes I read books I buy much later than other books. hah All her titles look great though.
ReplyDelete-Lauren
www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com
Wow, I was right! You DO read a lot of books! 19 in one month - that's amazing! I usually manage 5-8 each month and that includes audios.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great reading month - it's always fun to discover new authors. Looks like you also juggle a lot of reading challenges! So much fun!
Hope November is just as good a reading month for you!
Sue
Book By Book
Wow! Congrats on meeting the Full House RC & Alphabet RC, these two have proven to be a challenge for me. I've had the opportunity to read a lot of books from new authors too, some I've fallen in love with, others I've recommended to close friends.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a wonderful November Kathryn!
Yay for the new to yous! I've read a couple from McQuiston and really enjoyed them :)
ReplyDeleteWow, 17 books in one month! That's about double my best month ever! You're lucky to have so much reading time - looks like you enjoyed some good ones last month. I only read 5 last month...but they were all very good, so I'm happy!
ReplyDeleteHope you're enjoying your November books now -
Sue
Book By Book