October wrap-up

Ah, it’s about time! Here is finally a rather decent month of reading. With really nice titles as well!

Here is what I read in October:

9 books:
7 in print 
=  with 2,373 pages, an average of 76.5 pages/day
2 in audio
= with 27H27, an average of 53 mn/day

4 in fiction:

1. Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver – ebook, for review
2. Killing Commendatore, by Murakami
3. Being There, by Jerzy Kosinski
4. While Beauty Slept, by Elizabeth Blackwell – audio

2 in mystery:

1. On la trouvait plutôt jolie, de Michel Bussi- audio
2. Newcomer, by Keigo Higashino – for review. My book review is supposed to be soon published on Criminal Element. 

1 in historical fiction:

1. The Song Peddler of the Pont Neuf, by Laura Lebow – ebook, for review

1 in Nonfiction:

1. The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor: The Long Search for the Legendary Kad’yak, by Bardley G. Stevens – ebook, for review, review coming soon

1 in graphic novel:

1. 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style, by Matt Madden

MY FAVORITES IN OCTOBER

  

READING CHALLENGES RECAP

Classics Club: 24/50 (until end of 2020) or 36/62!
The 2018 TBR Pile Challenge: 3/12, but none reviewed yet !!
Where Are You Reading?: 21/50 – to be finished in ??

Total of books read in 2018= 55/100

Number of books added to my TBR this past month= 35

MOST POPULAR BOOK REVIEW THIS PAST MONTH

click on the cover to access my review

MOST POPULAR POST THIS PAST MONTH
– NON BOOK REVIEW –

Born a Crime chapter 9-14:
read along at Book Bloggers International

BOOK BLOG THAT BROUGHT ME MOST TRAFFIC THIS PAST MONTH

Sophisticated Dorkiness
please go visit

TOP COMMENTERS OF THE MONTH

Kristyn at Reading to Unwind

Karen at Booker Talk

Judy at Keep the Wisdom

BLOG MILESTONES

I finally changed the theme of my blog on October 24!!
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PLANS FOR NOVEMBER

• Go on posting for Nonfiction November
• Count the daily number of words I translate, as part of #Nanowrimo

Come back tomorrow
to see the books I plan to read in November!

How was YOUR month of October?

Kathryn at The Book Date
has created a Month In Review meme
I’ll now be linking my monthly recap posts
Thanks Kathryn, great idea!