Happy November to you! I’m sitting here typing at 7:00 and it’s so dark outside. I really like Fall but do not like it when Daylight Savings Time ends. I just feel like my whole day is already gone. Anyway, let’s talk about books read, challenges and what’s ahead.

October was a good reading month although I have kind of felt like I’ve been reading the same books. I finished four books: Midwinter Blood, Not Always A Saint, Tricks and No One Gets Out Alive. Hopefully some reviews on those to come.

Of those, one was a book in translation and two were for challenges. I’m in the middle of a couple of other books now but I’ll get to those in another post.

In November I’m really looking forward to participating in the German Literature reading challenge and Nonfiction November! I went to the library yesterday to pick up several holds I had and some of them are perfect for this reading adventure. I will do a post just on Nonfiction November soon to tell you about those books.

Of course I also checked out some other books that just sounded good to me and here are those: Half of the World In Light by Juan Felipe Herrera, Medicus by Ruth Downie and The Caretaker by A.X. Ahmad.

I’ve already started The Caretaker and I’m intrigued.

I’m looking forward to hopefully a lot of good and different types of reads in this month. Overall I’m happy with where my reading has taken me so far this year but I was hoping to have read more books and it looks like I’m around 44 books read this year so far. It’s not about the number right? How about you, how do you see the rest of your reading year?

I hope you are ready for the trick-or-treaters. We are not so more than likely we will have the lights out and instead watch some scary movies. I do love to see little ones in costume and get in the spirit but I think this year I’m going to take it easy.

So I wanted to drop in and wrap up my R.I.P. Reading challenge. My goal was two read two books and I did. Yay. The first one was Tricks by Ed Mccain and just last night I finished No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Neville.

Still haven’t gotten around to doing quick reviews but both were perfect for the season. Thanks again to the Estella Society and Carl V. for bringing us this great reading challenge.

I’m actually still in the mood for more spooky reads so I’ll see what if I can squeeze in another book or at least a short story. But speaking of spooky reads, I thought I’d mention a few of my favorites in case you are still looking for some suggestions:

The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs. You can read the entire short story here.
Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
The Woman In Black by Susan Hill
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!