Dani and Jessie's October Wrap Up

October is over! Long live November! November is my (Jessie's) favorite month. It has my favorite holiday -- Thanksgiving. Also, back home, this is when the snow really starts to fall. It feels like winter to me. And oh yeah, it's also my birthday month.

But before we rush headlong into my favorite month, I have to say October was a pretty good month bookwise. We got to host Great Imaginations Blogger Trick or Treat for the second year in a row! Dani posted my new favorite review by her -- psst it's Cam Girl by Leah Raeder.

Jessie's Books Read: 26
notable favorites:
The Widdershins books by Ari Marmell
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Rook by Sharon Cameron
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed

Jessie's Books Reviewed:
Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough
Discussion: Madapple by Christina Meldrum (with Lyn of Great Imaginations)
Book Tour: The Sisters of Versailles by Sally Christie
The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
Two Minute Review: Thief's Covenant by Ari Marmell
Two Minute Review: False Covenant by Ari Marmell
Book Tour: The Lake House by Kate Morton
Discussion: The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett (with Lyn of Great Imaginations)
Backlist Discussion: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey (with Pixie and Lyn of Great Imaginations)

Challenge Reads:

 The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz (The Ring and the Crown #1) 10/7/15
 Darkborn by Alison Sinclair (Darkborn Trilogy #1) 10/8/15
 Lightborn by Alison Sinclair (Darkborn Trilogy #2) 10/10/15 - 10/11/15
 Shadowborn by Alison Sinclair (Darkborn Trilogy #3) 10/12/15 - 10/13/15 

Challenge Completed! 75 fantasy books in one year!

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #1 - reread) 10/13/15 -10/15/15 
Thief's Covenant by Ari Marmell (Widdershins Adventures #1) 10/15/15
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #2 - reread) 10/15/15 - 10/16/15
False Covenant by Ari Marmell (Widdershins Adventures #2) 10/15/15 - 10/17/15
Lost Covenant by Ari Marmell (Widdershins Adventures #3) 10/17/15 - 10/19/15
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #3 - reread) 10/24/15 -
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows #1) 10/24/15 -
Covenant's End by Ari Marmell (Widdershins Adventures #4) 10/28/15 -10/29/15
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shadows of the Apt #1) 10/28/15 - 10/3015
Dragonfly Falling by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shadows of the Apt #2) 10/30/15 -


Favorite bookish instagram:

"Be dangerous." #todaysread is #sixofcrows by #leighbardugo. I loved the first Grisha series but this new one might be even better. 😍 Kaz, Inej, and Jesper are already some of my favorite characters from 2015 • •#bookstagram #books #reader #bookish #instabook #igreads #igbooks #currentlyreading #tbrpile #pagesfordays #epicfantasy #bookworm #bibliophile #bookcovers #whatimreading #grishaverse

A photo posted by Jessie Hall (@jypsyhowl) on Oct 25, 2015 at 4:23pm PDT

And Dani's Wrap Up for October!

100 books - complete!

Ha ha September, suck on this: two more books and a thousand more pages. And one of those books was Pirate by Fabio. Which I finished and no one died, the greatest Halloween miracle since the Great Pumpkin.

Danielle's Books Read: 10
Favorites: Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Cam Girl by Leah Raeder
Deadline by Mira Grant

Danielle's Books Reviewed: 

Anne & Henry by Dawn Ius
Two Minute Review: Misbehaving by Abbi Glines
Cam Girl by Leah Raeder

Blog Discussions: 

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Wishes From the Book Genie
Blogger Trick or Treat: Halloween Favorites (with Jessie)

Favorite Quote: 

“Jesper knocking his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. "Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, I'm going to get Wylan's ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost."

Brekker's lips quirked. "I'll just hire Matthias' ghost to kick your ghost's ass."

"My ghost won't associate with your ghost," Matthias said primly, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain.” 

― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows