October Wrap-Up

What a boring month here! All review posts, and one lonely top 5 list. Once my exams are over (aren't you reading that promise everywhere lately?) I'll work to make everything much more interesting.

But anyway, here's this month's wrap-up:

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Challenges:

2011 Debut Author Challenge:
This month for the Debut Author Challenge, I read and reviewed Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez. It was released on the 18th, and my review is linked below.

100+ Challenge: completed.
This month I read and reviewed 16 novels that go towards the challenge's goal of reading 100 books this year, bringing my running total up to 157. You can see my completed list of the 100 books I read for this challenge here.

Aussie YA Reading Challenge: completed.
This month I read and reviewed 3 novels that goes towards the challenge's goal of reading 12 YA books by Australian authors (I'm on 32 at the moment. My new personal goal is 35). Their reviews are linked below, marked by asterisks.


Features:

     - Top 5 List: proofs that good covers don't equate to good books

Reviews:

This month I've reviewed the following books:

    - The Name Of The Star by Maureen Johnson
    - Angel Arias by Marianne De Pierres*
    - Daughter Of Smoke And Bone by Laini Taylor
    - Past Perfect by Leila Sales
    - The Bridge by Jane Higgins*
    - Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendrare Blake
    - Tris & Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison
    - Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
    - Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
    - Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
    - Only Ever Always by Penni Russon*
    - A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
    - Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
    - The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

    - The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
    - Undercurrent by Tricia Rayburn

You can find a list of all the books (alphabetized) that I've ever reviewed on this blog here.

Book Of The Month:

A feature inspired by Audrey at holes In My brain, at the end of each month I'll pick the favorite book I read, and feature it as my Book Of The (next) Month.

November's Book Of The Month is Daughter Of Smoke And Bone by Laini Taylor. My review can be found here.

Stay tuned for a Daughter Of Smoke And Bone giveaway tomorrow! (Tomorrow conveniently happens to be one minute away!) The winner of last month's giveaway of Imaginary Girls was Rosetta.

So that was October in review. How was your month?