October Wrap-Up

Goodbye October, Welcome November - one of my least favorite and most stressful months of the year. It's time for a month of pushing myself to write more words in a month than I usually write in 2-3 months and cooking more for one day than I do for three or four days. Meanwhile, October was a surreal yet busy month. Here's what I got up to last month...

READING

Books I Reviewed In October:

- The Evolution of Us by D. Kelly

- The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

- Maybe This Time by Jennifer Cruise (Reread)

- Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Reread)

- Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

- Haven by Mary Lindsey

Books I Read In October: 

- The Evolution of Us by D. Kelly

- The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

- Begin Again by Mona Kasten

- Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie

- Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

- Six Little Secrets by Katlyn Duncan

- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

- Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

- Haven by Mary Lindsey

Books to-be-read in November:

November is going to be a strange reading month for me with NaNoWriMo going on, but I have the following library books due that I have to get through:

- Glitter by Aprilynne Pike (Reread)

- Legacy by Cayla Kluver

- Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff

- The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett

- Recreated by Colleen Houck

- The Ravenous by Amy Lukavics

eBooks I Want To Squeeze In:

- Unearthed After Sunset by Lauryn April

- Legacy by Jesikah Sundin

WRITING

In October, I finished writing Night of Terror and began posting it one chapter at a time weekly on Wattpad. I also compiled it with five other stories into a paperback novel which can be found here. 

I also did major plotting for Monsters and Mist which is my NaNoWriMo 2017 project. I did leave a few things up in the air so we'll see where this story goes! 

BLOGGING

In October, I participated in the Fall 2017 YASH which was amazing! I loved interacting with new readers and being able to share some exclusive material for CurseBreaker with a huge new audience! I also participated in my usual cover reveals and release day blitzes and read one book for a blog tour for November.

PUBLISHING

In October, I was able to send out two paperback ARCs to lucky winners from the YASH. I also published my collection of stories, NIGHT OF TERROR on October 31st! Find it in paperback on Amazon and other book retailers!

MISC.NEWS:

October was a difficult month personally but I'm happy to report that things appear to be getting back to normal and I'll be able to seamlessly transition into my next novel and continue with my blogging without missing a beat. So far this month I'm just over 5100 into my new WIP... only 44900 to successfully finish NaNoWriMo!

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo? If not, do you have anything special planned for November?