Happy Halloween! It’s been a super busy month but I’m so happy to say that work has calmed down a bit and our boil water notice was finally lifted on Sunday evening. It definitely makes you grateful for having access to water and how lucky we are that we only “suffered” for a week whereas so many people around the world struggle with this every single day.
So this month I didn’t get a lot of reading but the books I did read, I liked a lot. I read: Still Waters by Viveca Sten, The Temptation of Forgiveness by Donna Leon and Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay.
I’m sad to report that I did not complete my R.I.P. reading challenge. I had set out to read four spooky books but only read two and those were The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons and Disappearance at Devil’s Rock. Wow, both were really good and just that right amount of creepy for the season.
Next month I’m looking forward to participating in Nonfiction November and Margaret Atwood reading month (a post on this next). I’ve slacked off on nonfiction reading after a good start earlier in the year and it’s been years since I’ve read anything by Atwood.
Hope you get lots of treats this Halloween! Let me know how your month was and what you are looking forward to in November.
So happy that the ‘boil water’ thing is finished. We weren’t in the area (ours comes from Lake Georgetown), but our daughter and son-in-law were. Have fun with your non-fiction and Atwood reading, Iliana! I’ve decided to join the ‘Canadian Book’ challenge and will talk about that next week.
It does make you appreciate that simplest and most vital of things. We had an incident concerning “brain-eating bacteria” in a water system in the south of the Parish earlier this month. Too scary. Looking forward to your nonfiction books.
Happy Halloween! 🙂
Happy Halloween and happy reading, Iliana! 😊
Glad the boil water ordeal is over! I’m looking forward to Nonfiction November, too.
I am glad your boiled water restriction was lifted. That must be a relief. I haven’t been reading much. This has not been a good year for me and books, I’m afraid. I started out strong at least. It’ll only be worse with the holidays and show coming up. I need better time management or something. LOL
Oh, I didn’t know about your water situation! I’m glad that has been lifted. I know it’s not the end of the world for one week, but still a nuisance. Not much reading in October for me, but I’m participating in Nonfiction November (unofficially) and enjoying my reading so far, although I’ve been distracted this past week with my dad in the hospital. Not easy to see a parent failing and my reading has really suffered. I’m just going with the flow and reading a few essays every night, trying to turn my brain off of the day’s events.
Loved The House Next Door. I had no idea Siddons could write such a creepy novel!