In October I finished up three books I had started at the end of September. I ended up reading fifteen complete books, two novellas, and three short stories as well. Since it was October I decided to read a some ghost stories and a gothic mystery. I also added a suspense thriller to the list too, although those are a pretty common staple of my monthly reads anyway. One of the books I had planned to read this month, The Icarus Changeling (The Icarus Saga #4) by Timothy Zahn, with the mystery book club got pushed to November. There were quite a few disappointments this month. Five books were either 2 or 2.5 star reads for me, but there were also some really good ones.
Below are the three books I started in September and finished this month-
Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer
2 of 5 stars
Disappointing. Review to come.
Explorer (Foreigner #6) by C.J.Cherryh
4 of 5 stars
I think this is my favorite book of the whole series so far.
Blood and Coin (The Ranger Chronicles #2) by Philip C. Quaintrell
4 of 5 stars
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Below is everything I read from start to finish in October-
A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock #8) by Sherry Thomas
3.5 of 5 stars
This was a good installment in the series. I got a little bored a few times in the middle of it, but there was some good progression with certain aspects of the series that made it well worth the read.
Arrowood by Laura McHugh
4 of 5 stars
Review to come.
The Ghost Line by Andrew Neil-Gray and J.S. Herbison
3 of 5 stars
Review to come.
A Dance of Fang and Clay (The Ranger Archives #3) by Philip C. Quaintrell
4 of 5 stars
This was an excellent end to the trilogy. I enjoyed that there were werewolves and vampires mixed into the traditional fantasy world.
The Lonely Dead by April Henry
3 of 5 stars
A pretty good YA mystery. It kept me entertained, but nothing really surprised me.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
2 of 5 stars
I've been trying to read more classics and I picked this one because my husband said a book we recently read and liked, reminded him of this story. Unfortunately, despite some similarities, this one was not for me. The genre has a lot to do with it. I'm not really into historical fiction or books heavy in symbolism. The other book's plot had some similarities, but it was a space opera, which I enjoy. Also, it was written in a modern voice with modern sentiments which made that story more pleasant for me as well. Maybe I'll have better luck with the next classic I pick up.
Girl Number One by Jane Holland
2.5 of 5 stars
Review to come.
The Locked Door by Freida McFadden
4 of 5 stars
Review to come.
The Season by Sophia Holloway
3 of 5 stars
Review to come.
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1) by Ilona Andrews
4 of 5 stars
The was a reread with my husband. After trying to find another series to read together and striking out a couple of times, I pulled out this favorite and we listened to it on our weekend road trip for our anniversary. He liked it, so this will be the next series we read together. I'm happy to get to revisit it. It's been 14 years since I read this book the first time and I kept my rating the same. I read the print version the first time around, and this time we're listening to it on Graphic Audio.
Two of the Curran Point of View stories were included in the Graphic Audio version of Magic Bites, Unicorn Lane and Fernando's. And also A Questionable Client, so we listened to those three short stories. All three of them get 4 stars from me.
Darkside (Planetside #4) by Michael Mammay
4 of 5 stars
It was nice to be back in this world. I also really liked that there was a brief recap of the three previous books at the beginning to refresh my memory.
Grave Beginnings (The Grave Report #1) by R.R. Virdi
2 of 5 stars
So disappointing. Review to come.
Wide Awake (Wide Awake #1) by Shelly Crane
3 of 5 stars
This was not exactly what I was expecting. I added this to my reading list probably 10 years ago and I neglected to read the description before I started reading it. For some reason I thought this was a mystery or suspense thriller, but it was in fact, a romance. That was my fault, not the book's fault. I did end up liking it.
The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy Webb
2 of 5 stars
Another disappointment. Review to come.
Test of the Twins (Dragonlance Legends #3) by Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman
4 of 5 stars
This was the conclusion of the second Dragonlance trilogy, Dragonlance Legends and I enjoy it more than the second book. I think book 1 and 3 are both good, but book 2 was my least favorite. I especially enjoyed the ending of this book when Caramon returns home.
The Lighthouse (Five Island Cove #1) by Jessie Newton
2.5 of 5 stars
It seems I had a fair number of disappointments this month.
Review to come.
Echo North (Echo North #1) by Joanna Ruth Meyer
4 of 5 stars
This was a very enjoyable version to East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
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