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It’s back! I said I was gonna do this post again, and I’m keeping my word! Second Weekly Wrap-Up in a long time let’s goooo!

I’m happy with the way my posting went last week, even though I didn’t manage to get a book review out. (That is definitely not gonna be the case this week, btw!) I did a bunch of other posts I wanted to get out, though.

Anyway, on with the post!!

Monday 11/4: The Return!

I don’t normally highlight this in these posts because I find it extremely redundant. Because it is. But since last week was The Return of the Weekly Wrap-Up, I decided that it’s special.

I’m feeling very happy that I’m still doing it – it just feels so good to be doing this post again for whatever reason.

Weekly Wrap-Up: 10/28 – 11/3

Wednesday 11/6: Can’t-Wait Wednesday

Last Wednesday, I did another Can’t-Wait Wednesday. It was the second week in a row – but it’s ’cause there’s a book I’m so looking forward to hate reading coming out very soon.

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme currently hosted by Tressa @ Wishful Endings. It focuses on books you’re looking forward to reading, usually new releases.

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Skyshade

Thursday 11/7: October Reading 2024

On Thursday, I finally posted my monthly reading wrap-up for October. For those who don’t know, monthly wrap-ups are when I go over the books I read over the past month, as well as my stats over on The StoryGraph.

Monthly Wrap-Up: October Reading 2024

Friday 11/8: First Line Friday

Last Friday, I participated in First Line Fridays for the first time in several weeks. First Line Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers (formerly) hosted by Wandering Words.

First Line Friday: 11/8

Books I Read Last Week

💖🎁 Wrapping It All Up 💖🎁

So yeah, I’m relatively happy with the posts I did last week, even though I didn’t manage to get a book review out. But, that won’t be the case with this week – heck, I might even get two reviews out. We’ll see.

Regarding other posts I’m planning on: definitely a book review (like I said above), possibly a Bewitching Book Covers, probably WWW Wednesday and maybe a monthly post. But we’ll see what ultimately ends up happening.

As always, thank you to everyone for reading, and I hope you all have a great day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Ugh. I’m later in the month again. I hate it when I post my monthly wrap-ups later than like, the 5th of the month. ‘Cause then it just feels super late to me. But yeah, I’m finally posting my October reading for 2024.

I’m very pleased with the amount of reading I got done last month. It’s been some time since I’ve read nine books in a month, and it’s something that I wish I would do more often. And I enjoyed almost all of the books I read in October, which was a huge bonus.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s get into my StoryGraph statistics from last month!

October Reading 2024

I read 9 books and 3,995 pages

😐 MOODS: I had more reading Moods in October that I’ve had in a long while – possibly the most ever. Adventurous was of course the biggest chunk of the pie chart. The second biggest slice is Emotional, then Lighthearted and Hopeful. The other four Moods were Reflective, Mysterious, Inspiring and Funny.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were mostly medium paced, but around a third of them were fast or slow paced.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: Everything I read was between 152 and 640 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction in October. As is my usual.

🎭 GENRES: There were more Genres in October than there have been in months. Fantasy was the Genre I read there most of, which is always the case. Though, interestingly it’s actually tied with Young Adult this time. The other five genres were Manga, Graphic Novel, Romance, LGBT+ and Romance. (BTW, in case you were wondering, the genre vs. demographic thing still bugs me.)

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. (As it always is.) About half of the books I read were physical copies, but some novels were digital.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 4.11. The ratings I gave were between 2.5 stars and 5.0 stars, so yeah.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I did most of my reading during the last third of October. My biggest reading spike of the month was the 23rd, though my reading was decently high on the 14th, 29th and 31st. I also read books on the 3rd and 4th, and between the 21st and the 27th.

The Books I Read in October

★★★★✯ • my review

★★★✯☆ • my review

★★✯☆☆ • my review

★★★★☆ • my series review

★★★✯☆

★★★★✯

★★★★✯

★★★★★

★★★★★ • my review part one

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, I liked how much stuff I ended up reading in October. Did it feel a bit like cheating because the majority of what I read were graphic novels or manga? Yes, but I’m actually okay with that this time. Especially because the One Piece super volumes are so thick. Plus, I enjoyed most – almost all – of the novels I read last month, which is always fantastic.

I’m not sure how my reading is going to be for November. This is usually one of my best months of the year for it, but I’ve been so indecisive about which book I’m gonna read next that I haven’t started reading a new novel yet. Which, ugh, I hate it when that happens. Hopefully I’ll finally make a decision and get something started tomorrow.

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my October reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an awesome day/night!

See ya ~Mar