Bookmark Lit Bulletin | October 2017

The Bookmark Lit Bulletin was created to wrap up each month and prepare for the next. I share my book haul, books I read and reviewed, posts I shared, challenge updates, and more from the previous month. I also let you know what may be coming up on the blog in the coming month. You can read past bulletins here. I recently split out my personal posts into the Lauren Lately feature, so this is a bit shorter!

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Weeee finally! I had an odd reading month but it definitely worked out in the end. I would do a lot of binge reading (seriously, there are at least 3-5 books that I sat down and read from cover to cover in one day), and then not pick anything up for a couple of days. I had 2 books from last month hanging around that I finished quickly at the beginning of this month. It was nice to get ahead on my challenge again. I’m 2 books ahead on Goodreads, I believe. It’s hard to read when I’m home in CT because I get so booked up, but I’m finding the time right now to get through one library book before I leave.

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Average rating for books read in Octber: 3.92 stars

Highlights & Lowlights

This month’s books:

Year-Long

Contemporary Romance Challenge

3 this month | 55 read total | 550% complete

Flights of Fantasy Challenge

4 this month | 26 read total | 87% complete

 

Rock My TBR Challenge

0 this month | 15 read total | 100% complete

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Series Enders Challenge

2 this month | 15 read total | 150% complete

 

Fall Bingo Challenge

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Book Reviews

• [2 Oct] The Dirty Book Club by Lisi Harrison ★★★★★
• [5 Oct] 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant ★★
• [5 Oct] The Knowing by Sharon Cameron ★★★★
• [9 Oct] The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed ★★★★★
• [19 Oct] Ringer by Lauren Oliver ★★★
• [19 Oct] The Broken World by Lindsey Klingele ★★★½
• [19 Oct] Turtles All the Way Down by John Green ★★★★½
• [25 Oct] The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin ★★★★½
• [25 Oct] The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin ★★★★
• [25 Oct] The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin ★★★★

Discussions, Memes, and More

• [1 Oct] Bookmark Lit Bulletin | September 2017
• [3 Oct] Top Ten Tuesdays #152: Book Boyfriends
• [6 Oct] What I’ve Been Watching
• [7 Oct] Less than 3 Months to Go…
• [10 Oct] Top Ten Tuesdays #153: Autumn Books
• [11 Oct] Finally Fall Book Tag
• [13 Oct] Flights of Fantasy Challenge
• [16 Oct] Lauren Lately | October 2017
• [17 Oct] Top Ten Tuesdays #154: Food
• [18 Oct] Capsule Library
• [20 Oct] Updates on Scribd
• [23 Oct] More Podcast Recommendations: True Crime
• [24 Oct] Top Ten Tuesdays #155: Unique Titles
• [26 Oct] Fall-Themed Q&A
• [27 Oct] Giving Authors Another Chance
• [30 Oct] November TBR | Netgalley November!
• [31 Oct] Top Ten Tuesdays #156: Halloween

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Breakdown:  2 bought  |  0 borrowed  |  0 gifted  |  3 for review 

  

From Netgalley (thank you!): The Elizas by Sara Shepard, We’ll Always Have Christmas
by Jenny Hale, The Best Little Christmas Shop by Maxine Morrey

 

Kindle books: The Broken World by Lindsey Klingele, Rose & Thorn by Sarah Prineas

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✨ Check out my most recent personal life wrap-up HERE ✨

Life Happenings | Media Addictions | Goals | Favorites | Life Ahead

 

T: Sandwiches at a local store | View from Chris’s surgery room | Coffee break | Apple picking
B: More apple picking | Pumpkin ice cream | Wedding fun, 1 and 2

 

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Top Blog Posts Coming Up

Issues with Challenges/Readathons/TBRs | Discussing why I still sign up for challenges and other readathons even though I’m terrible about them most of the time. Same goes for my TBR posts. (This was supposed to be up in October but it’s now happening on Friday.)

Gimme the Books! and On My List | I started these two features a while back and haven’t gotten around to them as much as I hoped. I’m putting together one of each for November, since I’ve recently added all kinds of movies and books to my lists! GTB features recently announced books I can’t wait for. OML includes random media items I’ve added to my watch, read, and listen lists.

Favorite Documentaries | I’ve been trying to feature posts about movies and TV, since those are big parts of my daily life. I compiled a short recommendation list for people who enjoy the occasional documentary.

Whose Books am I Reading? | Inspired by a chat with Cristina, I made this post to analyze exactly where I’m getting the books I’m reading. I honestly don’t buy books anymore so she was asking me where I get the books I read. Of course this sparked a huge analysis because I wanted to find out the answer. It was a fun post to put together, so many thanks to her for asking the question!

Top Books on the TBR

Check out my November TBR post! ?

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How was your October?
Anything good planned for November?

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