#october 2024 reads

[gcantread]

October 2024 reads

[loved liked ok nope dnf bookclub*]

A Dark and Drowning Tide • The City in Glass • We'll Prescribe You a Cat • Five Broken Blades • The Professor • The Wood at Midwinter • Murder on the Orient Express*

October was a slooooooow reading month for me! I traveled, I hosted, I did irl stuff generally, but I didn't make much of a dent in my TBR. Oh well! One thing about living in this frozen mountain wasteland is that as soon as the weather turns, it's Reading Season. Fingers crossed I'll have more time to read in November.

A Dark and Drowning Tide ★★★☆☆ - Eh. It was fine. Nothing special, but fine. I can now definitively say that I've given Allison Saft's work a fair chance and it's not quiiiiiite my thing.

The City in Glass ★★★★1/2 - Nghi Vo never flops!! I was stoked about this new release and I was right to be. I didn't looooove the ending, but I loved the prose and really enjoyed the angel/demon "fucked up Good Omens" dynamic at the story's core.

We'll Prescribe You a Cat ★★★★☆ - This one is just fun. If you like cats even a little bit, it's a silly sweet time. I love reading works translated from Japanese/set in Japan in general for the way the cultural differences translate.

Five Broken Blades ★★★★☆ - Listen, I am Not Immune to books hyped by booktok/booktube. I 100% get the criticism of this one, but I still had a blast reading it. There are so many characters and they're all soooooo delightfully dumb in such fun ways. Also Aeri and Royo are like 80% jalice-coded and we all know I'm EXTRA not immune to that

The Professor ★★1/2☆☆ - Read this because I'm slowly making my way through the entire Brontë canon, and oof. Boy does this read like a shitty first draft of Villette (where's the beef??) I will not be inflicting this one on Bella's Book Club. That said, I had a great time laughing at the virulent Victorian xenophobia as usual (we get it, Charlotte, you hated your French boss.)

The Wood at Midwinter ★★★☆☆ - Susanna Clarke is another of those authors whose grocery lists I would treasure. This little snippet was fun in both a "picture book for adults" way and in a "Please elaborate on that" "No" way. ily Bear Jesus

Murder on the Orient Express ★★★☆☆ - A reread for Bella's Book Club's Detectober! It was fun to reread while already knowing the twist this time around.

DNFs: None, but I'm starting to stall out on The Wise Man's Fear because I suspect I'm gonna dislike the second half. Go back to the universityyyyyy I'm booooored 😞

October superlatives

Next up:

I'm currently reading my ARC of Sundown in San Ojuela, and so far it's truly the perfect "October into November" book. I'm also gonna keep on trucking through The Wise Man's Fear. In more exciting news, I get closer every SECOND to cracking open my beautiful shiny copy of Absolution—I can't wait!! I've been informed that November is The Scorpio Races month, and that one's been on my tbr since @catja recced it for BBC summer reading, so I'd love to pick that one up. Other than that, I'd just like to get to everything I didn't get to this month! (In addition to my reread of Wuthering Heights for @bellasbookclub Brontë November, of course. I'd never miss Wutherin' Time.)

previous months:

july august september

[browneyesandhair]

Hey! It's ya girl! October Edition

I got no chill and a large obsession with a lot of things. So this year, I'm tracking it! Okay, so this year, is the year of recs! (you may have seen some of my posts, but I also have an extensive queue, so maybe not (check out the #recs on my page)). Today's the 1st and I'm on top of it this month, so let's run it!

Anyways, I've created a collection for this year overall and then also for each month! Let's check out October's stats -

Works read (&finished): 103

Fandoms (top 8):

Harry Potter: 46

陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)/ 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù: 40

Bridgerton: 6

Teen Wolf: 2

Avatar: 2

Supergirl: 1

Scholomance: 1

Knives Out: 1

The rest didn't make the first drop down section of AO3, so oh well! Let's check in on relationships (top 8):

Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian: 43

Tomione: 18

Harmony: 10

Polin: 6

Dramione: 5

Theomione: 3

Drarry: 1

Romione: 1

There was 3 fics reread/added to my recs list this month:

Harry Potter:

Between the Lines by A_LoveUnlaced, emmy_award

Summary:

When Hermione received her Hogwarts letter, she wanted to cry, but didn’t.

Orange-Violet Blooms by Graziana

Summary:

It's slower in coming certainly, but then all the best things are.

陈情令 | The Untamed (TV):

The One-Body Problem by metisket

Summary:

The good news is that Lan Jingyi has found a mentor, friend, and constant companion through the difficulties in life. The bad news is that that’s because he’s been accidentally possessed by the Yiling Patriarch.

Alright, that's all folks (mostly), for fun, here are the top 8 additional tags from the stories that I read in October:

Smut: 12

Time Travel: 12

AU: 11

Explicit Sexual Content: 11

AU - Canon Divergence: 11

Angst with a Happy Ending: 10

Oral Sex: 10

Fluff: 9

And, that's all folks (for real this time)!

[joshuamj]

Linktober Day 1: Mirror

Prompt list I'll be trying a few days from!

[why-the-heck-not]

it’s october so the desired aesthetic is once again ”disgraced small town ex-detective chainsmoking in their basement/garage (that's been turned into a messy office with the wall of papers, articles & pics connected with red yarn) driven mad trying to crack the (paranormal?) cold case everyone else has already given up on years ago”

[pin-yao]

[vanillaverses]

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

(technically an hour early in my timezone but I’m impatient…)

ALSO‼️‼️ this is technically a redraw of this ?from last year. why is his arm like that…

[mbbookblr]

"Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours."

[sugargrinds]

galladay gift exchange piece for @ozrockbitway ! !! 🧛‍♂️🕊

[4allthebears]

* throwing everything away with my telekinesis*.

[yourfavouritebookseller]

Another photo set of this book cause it's just so pretty

[marclef]

4 more Artfight drawings i've done, sorry but Artfight is like what i'm focusing 99% of my artistic time to rn (i will get back to asks afterwards i promise 💧)

(featuring Fakey boi interacting with 3/4 of people's OC's lmao 😅)

but from top left, to bottom right:

Em + Fakey for @woobab

Tranquillo + Fakey for @oddpizza

Moltius + Fakey for @alphapopstars

Burce for @snakeinabag

[gcantread]

october was a slow reading month, but I wouldn't call it a flop since I enjoyed most of what I read. I have once again not even a little bit bothered to keep track of daily page counts; oh well. november goals?

[azalea-art]

Day 20- Cane and Hat

it’s my favorite Tv headed “monster” made by @modmad RGB! And Hero holding onto his cane ^_^

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (October 29th, 2024)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

For She is Wrath by Emily Varga

The Ancient's Game by Loni Crittenden

They Watch From Below by Katya de Becerra

Lonely Places by Kate Anderson

Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody

New Sequels:

The Witch of Wol Sin Lake (Sacred Bone #2) by Lena Jeong

The Fate of Magic (Witch and Hunter #2) by Sara Raasch & Beth Revis

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Happy reading!

[floofypan]

Cassie (Becky) from the Word Girl AU "Space Age Love Song"!

Been a while since I last drew her, wanted to give her a go with my current render skills ^^

I love her eyes....

[pin-yao]