October Monthly Wrap Up (2018)

Off the Blog:

Hey everyone! I can't believe it's November already!  Not much really happened in October, other than me and my family just watching Halloween movies throughout the month.  Some of the Halloween themed movies I watched during October was the "Halloweentown" movie series, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Beetlejuice" and "Hocus Pocus!"  I have always made it a tradition for myself to watch mostly horror themed films in October and I managed to watch a lot of awesome horror movies!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

On the Blog:

I actually managed to read more books this month than I did for September, which is awesome!  I also got a ton of book copies from various publishers, which was quite impressive for me since I don't get too many books from publishers.  I also got this awesome box set of "Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children" that had photos inside of it and I just loved the creepy photos inside the box set!

Books Read this Month:

1.  Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: The Crucible Volume 1 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

2.  A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager (NETGALLEY)

3.  This is a Whoopsie! by Andrew Cangelose (NETGALLEY)

Other Reviews and Activities Completed this Month: 

MISCELLANEOUS

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GUEST POSTS

1. [Guest Post]  Guest Post: Literary Book Gifts

BLOG TOURS

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BOOK MEMES

1. [Sunday Post]  The Sunday Post Meme (153)

2. [Book Photo Sundays]  Book Photo Sundays #93: October 7, 2018

3. [Cover Spotlight]  Cover Spotlight #26: October 7th, 2018 - October 14th, 2018

4. [New Releases on the Horizon]   New Releases on the Horizon #50: October 21, 2018 - October 27, 2018

5. [Waiting on Wednesday]  Waiting on Wednesday #108: The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout

6. [Waiting on Wednesday]  Waiting on Wednesday #109: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

7. [Waiting on Wednesday]  Waiting on Wednesday #110: Finding Baba Yaga by Jane Yolen

8. [Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays]  Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays #32: The Little Red Hen

9. [Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays]  Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays #33: The Five Chinese Brothers

10. [Stacking the Shelves]  Stacking the Shelves #63: October 6, 2018

11. [Stacking the Shelves]  Stacking the Shelves #64: October 27, 2018

DISCUSSIONS

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OLD BOOK REVIEWS

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READING CHALLENGE UPDATES

2018 Comic Book Bingo Challenge: 4 

2018 Discussion Challenge: 8

Monthly Key Word Challenge 2018

2018 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge: 4

2018 European Reading Challenge: 1

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2018 : 3
Full House Reading Challenge 2018: 4

Humor Reading Challenge 2018: 8

2018 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge:
2018 Picture Book Reading Challenge: 18

2018 Beat the Backlist: 3

2018 Library Love: 4

Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge 2018: 11
2018 11th Annual Graphic Novel / Manga Challenge: 7

Book Bingo 2018: 4

Bookish's 2018 Reading Challenge: 2

2018 Color Coded Reading Challenge : 2

2018 Blogger Shame Challenge: 1

2018 Dystopia Reading Challenge: 1

2018 Reading Bingo Challenge: 3

2018 Reading Challenge Addict

2018 Read It Again, Sam: 6

2018 Try Something New Challenge: 4
2018 Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge: 2

Newbery Medal Challenge:

 Book Stats for October:

Total Number of Books Read: 3

Children's Books: 2

Graphic Novels: 1

5 Star Reads: 3

Average Rating: 5.0
Male Authors: 2

Female Authors: 1

Unknown Authors: 0
Series: 2

Stand Alone: 1

Re-Reads: 0

Total NetGalley Books for the Year: 7

Total ARC Books for the Year: 2
Total Edelweiss Books for the Year: 4
Total Reading Alley Books for the Year: 1

Total OnlineBookClub.org Books for the Year: 2
Total Re-Reads for the Year: 6

Total Number of Books Read for the Year: 33

Genre Stats:

Humor: 2

Science Fiction: 0

Horror: 1

Fantasy: 0

Drama: 0

Romance: 0
Paranormal: 0
Contemporary: 0
Historical: 0

Total Science Fiction Books for the Year: 4

Total Humor Books for the Year: 18

Total Horror Books for the Year: 2

Total Fantasy Books for the Year: 6

Total Drama Books for the Year: 1
Total Romance Books for the Year: 2

Blog Stats for October: 

Most Viewed Post: Waiting on Wednesday #108: The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 79 views

Most Commented Post: Waiting on Wednesday #108: The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 24 comments

POST SPOTLIGHT:

Guest Post: Literary Book Gifts

BEST OF THE MONTH: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: The Crucible Volume 1 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Books Bought in October:

* I have decided to start a new section in my monthly wrap ups by letting everyone know about what books I bought for each month so that way you guys would know what books I've been buying!  So, here are the books I've bought in October:

November TBR:

* I have decided to add "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda to the list, so hopefully this TBR will change up by December!

Favorite Blog Posts from Around the Blogosphere: 

☀  Cait @ Paper Fury discusses about DO YOU LIKE TO FOLLOW BOOK BLOGGER TRENDS? (OR DO YOU FLEE?)

☀  AJ @ Read All the Things!  discusses about I Review A Thousand Perfect Notes Cake
☀  Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction discusses about Things I Didn’t Know About Publishing (And Things I Know I Still Don’t Know) Let’s Discuss

☀  Jessica @ a GREAT read discusses about Halloween!
☀  Greg @ Book Haven discusses about Cover Love- Scary Comics  

☀  Sam @ We Live and Breathe Books discusses about Why I Read OwnVoices Books

☀  Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight has a list of Some Spooky Junk!  

☀  Elley @ Elley the Book Otter discusses about Discussion: Top 5 Non-Horror Halloween Movies (#blogoween)
☀  Jeann @ Happy Indulgences discusses about THE GUILT OF NOT RESPONDING TO COMMENTS

This will be linked to The Book Date's Month in Review and A Cocoon of Books Best of the Bunch!