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TELL ME TUESDAY

NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE

LAST. NOW. NEXT.

OCTOBER READING WRAP-UP

*tidbits*

TELL ME TUESDAY is a floating feature where I tell you what I read last, what I'm reading now, and what I will be reading next.

MY PREVIOUS TMT

THEMES • BUDDY READS • SLOW READ

My Octoberber theme was spooky season.

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My November theme is Sci-Fi Month.

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A Year of Brontë

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Little House Series Buddy Re-Read

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Dickens Year-Long Slow Read

Martin Chuzzlewit

MY GOODREADS THOUGHTS

★★★★

ADULT FICTION

SERIES BOOK ONE

COMEDY FANTASY

Published - Own Ebook

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I loved this once the author got done trying too hard in the beginning; with his overload of witty puns. It's like light Discworld.

This is the original Ebook cover. I like it better.

GOODREADS

★★★

MIDDLE GRADE

STANDALONE

GHOST STORY

FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Published 2024 - Libby Borrow

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My three star ratings mean the book was okay and I'm not sorry I read it. Now that we have .25 and .50 stars on Goodreads I might boost my rating a little.

GOODREADS

★

YOUNG ADULT

STANDALONE

PARANORMAL

SENTIENT HOUSE

GHOSTS

Published 2014 - Libby Borrow

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This was my Read for Grace book from her to-read shelf on Goodreads. It was typical paranormal YA from twelve years ago, so I was prepared for the romance overload, but there were graphic sex scenes not appropriate for teens. There were also a lot of plot holes and I was asked to suspend my disbelief too many times.

GOODREADS

★★★½

LITERARY FICTION

STANDALONE

HISTORICAL

THE HUMAN CONDITION

Published 2011 - Libby Borrow

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If I hadn't read a similar book, Stoner by John Williams, I might have rated it higher, but the comparison really dulled this book for me. It was for my Booker Prize personal reading challenge.

GOODREADS
★★★★½

MIDDLE GRADE

LITTLE HOUSE SERIES FIVE

HISTORICAL

AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE

FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Published 1939 - Hoopla Borrow

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This was my Little House buddy re-read with Jolene last month.

GOODREADS

★★★★

ADULT FICTION

SERIES BOOK ONE

POST- APOCALYPTIC

ZOMBIES

Published 2021- Own Ebook

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I loved most of this book, but there were a couple of stretches of boring repetitive scenes. I am looking forward to reading the next one.

MY GOODREADS THOUGHTS

★★★½

NONFICTION

HAITIAN HISTORY

VOODOO PRACTICES

Published 1938 - Own ebook

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This was my Nonfiction for my October theme.

MY GOODREADS THOUGHTS

★★★½

ADULT FICTION

MURDERBOT SERIES EIGHT

SCIENCE FICTION

ROBOTS

Published May 5th 2026  - Libby Borrow

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 This was my first book for Sci-Fi Month. It was pretty good, but not great. Ha ha. I have a love/hate relationship with this series.

GOODREADS

LITERARY FICTION

STANDALONE

MUSIC

HISTORICAL

Published October 22nd 2026 - Libby Borrow

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I am enjoying this story. It's for my music yearly personal challenge.

GOODREADS

ADULT FICTION

SILO SERIES TWO

SCIENCE FICTION

POST-APOCALYPTIC

Published 2013 - Own Ebook

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This is my second title for Sci-Fi Month. I loved the first book in the series, Wool, but this backstory is falling short of that for me, so far.

GOODREADS

LITERARY FICTION

STANDALONE

SCIENCE FICTION

Published 2023 - Libby Borrow

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This will be my third Sci-Fi month title, and will also count towards my Booker Prize winner yearly personal challenge.

OCTOBERBER READING WRAP-UP

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BOOKS READ

SEVEN

ARCS

NONE

PHYSICAL BOOKS

NONE

EBOOKS

SIX

AUDIOBOOKS

ONE

MANGA - GRAPHIC NOVELS - COMICS

NONE

MIDDLE GRADE

TWO

YOUNG ADULT

ONE

ADULT FICTION

THREE

NONFICTION

ONE

RE-READS

NONE

DID NOT FINISH

NONE

BOOKS READ FOR MONTHLY THEME

FIVE

MY FAVORITE BOOK IN OCTOBER

GOODREADS
★★★★

2026

YEAR TO WRAP-UP DATE

TOTALS

66

PERSONAL CHALLENGES

NONFICTION 11/12

MIDDLE GRADE 14/12

NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST NATIONS AUTHORS 0/3

MUSIC 0/1

PLAYS 0/1

BACKLIST ARCS 1/3

CLASSICS/VINTAGE 18/12

RE-READS 8/12

FREEBIES/99¢ KINDLE BOOKS 13/12

NYT 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 1/3

BOOKER PRIZE FIRST PLACE WINNERS 0/3

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MIDDLE GRADE • 14

YOUNG ADULT • 6

ADULT FICTION • 35

NONFICTION • 11

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GRAPHIC NOVELS/MANGA • 2

AUDIOBOOKS • 10

EBOOKS • 48

PHYSICAL COPIES • 11

BORROWED • 34

Massachusetts Center for the Book 2026 Reading Challenge

Prompt for OCTOBER, A GHOST STORY, completed!

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I read two ghost stories: The House and The Wrong Way Home.

*tidbits*

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If you live in New York State you can get a digital NYPL library card! I really wanted to read Music Against the Night after Liis from Cover to Cover showed it to me, but my library didn't have it. I have known about the NYPL digital card, where you can borow books through Libby, for four or five years now, but had been too lazy to apply for one. Unfortunately they don't have Hoopla, but I guess anyone in NYS can apply for the Queens library card and access their Hoopla. My local library has gone from seven too only three Hoopla borrows a month, over the last few years, but I guess Queens allots ten borrows a month. 

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