“Jessica, it’s December,” I hear you saying, and yes, I know. NaNoWriMo started around the time I should have made my October wrap-up, and I just completely forgot everything I was supposed to be doing with this blog. Better late than never, I guess?
October was not the greatest reading month for me, since about midway through I realized I needed to start prepping for NaNo. I was churning out chapter outlines every day (some of which were 1000+ words) and reading kind of fell by the wayside. HOWEVER, I still managed to read five books in October and two more (technically three) at the tail-end of November.
Key
LGBT+ rep: 🌈
POC rep: 🔥
Neurodivergence / Mental Health rep: 🧠
Disability / Chronic Illness rep: 💪
October
Juliet Takes a Breath
Author: Gabby Rivera
Form: novel
Genre: NA contemporary fiction
Representation: 🔥 🌈
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
You can read my review here.
The Ballad of Black Tom
Author: Victor LaValle
Form: novella
Genre: adult cosmic horror + historical fantasy
Representation: 🔥
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
You can read my review here.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Form: novel
Genre: YA historical fantasy
Representation: 🔥
Rating: I have yet to rate this book
Into the Drowning Deep
Author: Mira Grant
Form: novel
Genre: adult thriller + science fiction
Representation: 💪🧠🌈
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
You can read my review here.
A Dead Djinn in Cairo
Author: P. Djeli Clark
Form: novella
Genre: adult historical fantasy
Representation: 🔥
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
You can read my review here.
November
The Raven and the Reindeer
Author: T. Kingfisher
Form: novel
Genre: YA fantasy
Representation: 🌈🔥
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
You can read my review here.
Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians
Author: Laurel Beckley
Form: novella
Genre: all ages fantasy
Representation: 🔥🌈
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
You can read my review here.
And there we have it! I’m glad I managed to squeeze in a few books towards the end of November; it would have been sad to go an entire thirty days without reading anything.
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