October 2022 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

I finished 25 titles last month, for 7,641+ pages (or the equivalent)—the number of titles is down a few from September, but the page count went up. So, I can’t complain about that too much. I gave those titles an average of 3.68, which is another good sign. I have been struggling with my energy levels some, so I haven’t produced as much as I’d intended (I think it’s some tweaking going on with medication that’s messing with me, but I’m not sure). I did like what I did manage to eke out—and the stuff that’s in-progress is making me very happy. Hopefully, you get to see that in the next couple of weeks.

But enough of the summarizing, here’s what happened here in October.
Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

Still deciding

Still Reading

Ratings

	4		0
	1		1
	6		0
	5		0
	8
		Average =	3.68

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 21
Self-/Independent Published: 4

Review-ish Things Posted

• Santa’s Little Yelpers by David Rosenfelt: A Little Yuletide Cheer and Two Dangerous Cases Andy Didn’t Ask Santa For
• Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty: One Giant Leap for Homicide
• A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan: A Nice Kick-Off to a Promising Series
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 3: The Bad Stuff by R. T. Slaywood: We Get a Little Backstory
• Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob: Explaining Race in the U.S. to a Child
• The Great Lie by Pierce Taylor Hibbs: He Is Here, and He Is Not Silent
• The Iron Gate by Harry Connolly: The Twenty Palaces—Back and Better than Ever
• Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston: Can Amari Rise to These New Challenges?
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 4: The Five by R. T. Slaywood: In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
• 6 Ripley Avenue by Noelle Holten: One House. Eight Killers. No Witnesses.
• Athanasius of Alexandria: His Life and Impact by Peter Barnes: Tumultuous History and a Stalwart Bishop
• The Ophelia Network (Audiobook) by Mur Lafferty, Khristine Hvam: A Cute (?) Dystopian Thriller
• The Stories Behind the Stories by Danielle Higley, David Miles (Illustrator): Behind the Scenes of Some Childhood Favorites
• Racing the Light by Robert Crais: Spooks Spooking. Detectives Detecting. Killers Killing.
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 5: Hair of the Dog by R. T. Slaywood: Waking Up…
• Flight Risk by Cherie Priest: Two Missing Persons Bring the Team Back Together for this Winning Sequel
• The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman: Chickens (Start to?) Come Home to Roost
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 6: Rat in a Maze by R. T. Slaywood: I Feel Like I’m Lost in a Maze with This, but I Like It
• Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye: Reader, She Murdered Him. Er, Them.

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th), I also wrote:

• Book Blogger Hop: Skipping Ahead to Read the Ending
• Book Blogger Hop: Lost Without Books?
• I’m Curious: What Was the First Book That . . .
• Third Quarter Check-In: 2022 Plans and Challenges
• Spelling the Month in Books: October
• Book Blogger Hop: Suggesting New Authors
• A Few Quick Questions with…Danielle Higley
• Highlights from September: Lines Worth Repeating
• OTD: Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout First Published in 1934
• Book Blogger Hop: Bookshelves Bow
• WWW Wednesday for October 5, October 12, October 19, and October 26, 2022
• The Friday 56 for 10/7/22 (6 Ripley Avenue by Noelle Holten), 10/14/22 (Dead Man’s Hand by James J. Butcher), 10/21/22 (The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman), and 10/28/22 (The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes).

Enough about me—how Was Your Month?