October 2023 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

In October, I finished 25 titles (3 down from last month, the same number as last October), with 6,657+ pages or the equivalent (1,000-ish down from last month), and gave them an average of 3.5 stars (.3 down from last month). Nothing to write home about—but still pretty good. I enjoyed almost everything I read, which is good enough for me.

I really didn’t write enough posts about particular titles—my To Write pile is getting even more daunting all the time. But I did get a lot of other things posted, which makes me very happy.

All in all, it was a good month, a busy month, and one that had a lot of fun things here to look at and read. I’m calling it a win. Here’s a more detailed look at what happened here in October.

Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

		Still deciding

Still Reading

Ratings

	2		2
	2		0
	6		0
	3		0
	10
		Average =	3.54

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 15
Self-/Independent Published: 10

Review-ish Things Posted

• Who Chose the Gospels?: Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy by C. E. Hill: Robert Langdon Might Have Been on the Wrong Track (shocking, I know)
• An Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka: I Cannot Recall the Last Time I was This Excited about a New UF Series
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 37: Last Leg by R. T. Slaywood: Some Aftermath, and a Glimpse of What’s to Come
• Healed by Carrie Alani: She Can’t Do This All on Her Own
• Partial Function by JCM Berne: A Mom With A Particular Set of Skills
• Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena by Philomena Cunk: The Only Reference Book You Need This Year

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (7th, 14th (DIY Edition), 21st, and 28th), I also wrote:

• MUSIC MONDAY: Comfortable by Fleming & John
• COVER REVEAL: Traitor’s Tome by Emma L. Adams
• COVER REVEAL: Midsummer Night’s Curse by Anca Antoci
• COVER REVEAL: Mist Gallows by Meri Benson, Marie Sinadjan
• COVER REVEAL: Arvia: Wings of the Wild by D.H. Willison
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books (or, what will be going on here while I’m vacationing).
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Daniel Meyer
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Lilly and Sara from Fiction Fans Podcast
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Mark Pepper
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Raven
• COVER REVEAL: Serpentus by A.J. Calvin
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Vesper Aeon
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Shazzi
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Matthew Samuels
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Donna Morfett
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Ricardo Victoria
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Chris Monceaux
• COVER REVEAL: Partial Function by JCM Berne
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with E.N. Crane/Noelle Rider/Noelle Neal-Crane
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Jodie Crump
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with K.R.R. Lockhaven
• Top 5 All-Time Desert Island Books with Me, The Irresponsible Reader
• LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About IdaHope Christian Writers
• Happy Birthday, Archie!
• Opening Lines: Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David
• Hey, Authors! I Have Some Questions about Interviews for You!!
• Hey, Bloggers/Podcasters/Vloggers! I Have Some Questions about Interviews for You!!
• Turning the Odometer
• WWW Wednesday for October 4, October 18, and October 25, 2023.

Enough about me—how Was Your Month?