October 9-15th Wrap- Up

Current TBR List: 17
Currently Reading: 10
Books Finished in October: 8

I have severe book commitment issues. My goal in October is to get my currently reading books down to 4. We will see…

I am in a bit of a reading slump. So much so that I am running out of time on borrowed items and having to return them before I am done reading. So a couple of my currently readings are on hold until I can borrow a copy again.

I was able to finish three books this past week though!

First I finished The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black. I listened to the audio and really enjoyed it. I am not sure if reading it would have been a different experience but I thought the audio went by quickly and it kept me entertained. I did get confused in the world a bit. Cold Town I thought was a bad place and people didn’t want to end up there but I guess with any town some people want to leave and some people want to enter. I thought it was interesting how the current state of the world occurred and I can see this scenario playing out in today’s world as so many people are not aware or do not fully appreciate the extent of consequences that come from their actions. Worth the read (or listen)!

I then read/listened to The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. I LOVED this book. I can’t fully explain why but I do. I borrowed this from a friend so I have added it to my growing list of “books already read that must be purchased”. I loved how the author humanized these characters. I was very uncomfortable with the relationship at the start but you grow to appreciate the characters and what they went through in their various life stages. I used this for my Romance category for Battle Boards

I also read/listed to Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. This was a book I selected back for one on my July categories and it also fits Pennsylvania for the Road Trip Challenge! I enjoyed this story. It is about the Yellow Fever epidemic that hit Pennsylvania and killed thousands of people. The city became isolated as the death toll rose and neighboring towns didn’t want potentially people to spread the disease. The story follows a young girl on the brink of being a woman and shows the crisis that came from the town being cut off from their resources. I used this for my Literature and Fiction category on Battle Boards

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