Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2023

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃 I hope you had a great Spooky Season! Mine could've been better tbh. I had all these plans and all these spooky books I wanted to read, but then the dreaded slump decided it wanted to make an appearance during my favorite time of year 😭 I only ended up reading 3 books... and they were all sci-fi 😂 Although to be fair, 2 of them were horror sci-fi, so... 😆 And with only 800 pages read this month, this is the least amount I have read so far this year by like 200 pages 😩 Anyway, here are some more stats:

• 2 were novels and 1 novella
• 1 was part of a series and 2 were standalones
• All 3 were ebooks
• 2 were 4-star reads and 1 was 3 stars
• 1 book was by a new-to-me author, and 2 I've previously read
• 1 was indie-published, and 2 traditionally published
• All 3 were adult books
• All 3 were sci-fi, though 2 of them were horror sci-fi

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #340: It was Nice While it Lasted

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Sunday Post #373: Spaghetti Babies and Spooky Tales

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Review: Neutral Mask (I Hunt Killers #0.4) by Barry Lyga

Title: Neutral Mask

Series: I Hunt Killers #0.4

Other novellas/books in this series: Down Time (#0.1) | Lucky Day (#0.2) | Career Day (#0.3) | I Hunt Killers (#1)

Author: Barry Lyga

Genre: YA, mystery thriller

Publication date: August 2013

Published by: B & Z Books

Source: Purchased ebook with Amazon gift card

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Synopsis: Connie is the new girl in town, but she already has friends...and maybe even a boyfriend. Her father isn't happy that Connie is dating a white boy like Jasper Dent, and things get even worse when she realizes that Jasper is the son of Billy Dent, one of the world's most notorious serial killers! This is the story of how Connie and Jazz overcame their early troubles and fell in love.

My rating: ★★★★☆

This novella is told in Connie’s POV, Jasper’s girlfriend, and it was very interesting. This takes place before the first book in the series, back when they first start dating, and when Connie first discovered who Jasper’s father is: an infamous serial killer.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #339: My Mood, I Swear...

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