Monthly Reading Wrap Up: October 2023
Hello there!
It's my first blog post, and I want to start with my monthly reading wrap-up for October 2023. Before that, a little bit about my reading journey: I have loved reading since I was a teenager. I remember the first book I read was Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. The book was just launched, and I pretend to be sick, so I can stay at home to read it, and read it in one sitting. Then I started reading books in English (it wasn't my first language), in preparation for my studying abroad. Then life happens with full-time study and jobs don’t have much time for reading. I did pick up some odd books here and there (Twilight series anyone?), and dive into fanfictions.
This year, I watched Bridgerton on Netflix and I was hooked! I binge the show back and forth at least 4 times on each season. When it wasn’t enough, I moved to read the books, and it still didn’t quench my thirst for more Bridgerton goodness, so I dived into the rabbit hole of fan fiction in AO3. And it was bad, I think I almost read all Polin fan fiction on that site. Then somehow I was opened up to a whole new world of contemporary romance because of YouTube. I was watching Jen from instagram.com/thebookrefuge18, she was reviewing the Bridgerton series and I watched her other videos. She had tons of videos of book recommendations and I devour them all.
The first book I picked up (apart from Bridgerton by Julia Quinn) was Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas. https://pendouglas.com/books/stand-alones/birthday-girl/
The premise of a forbidden age-gap relationship between a girl with her ex’s father intrigues me so much, even at that time, I knew my demented brain would love the smutty goodness. And it was one of my favorite books so far, even after reading so many books for the past 6 months. I was reading on my iPad at the beginning, then I got into the madness of booktok, and learned that people are reading from Kindle. Now, I never heard of Kindle before and didn’t know what made them superior to my good old iPad, and boy I couldn’t be more wrong. So I went ahead a bought a new Kindle, the 11th generation which is the smallest one they got. BEST purchase I ever made, now my Kindle is my emotional support Kindle and it holds an equal place as my phone.
With me starting my reading journey with such a book, you know my TBR would be as forbidden, filthy, and smutty if not more. Now according to my GoodReads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/167147622-elyvia, I have read 167 books give or take, and you bet they are all romance book that contains smut and NSFW material, and that’s how I roll. I love leaving elaborate reviews for my favorite books, and I was hoping to find friends with whom I can share my love for reading with this blog.
This month I managed to read 35 books, which are not too bad. These consist of:
- 14 ARC from https://booksprout.co
- 6 audiobooks, and
- 15 full-length books
I sneak audiobooks when I am working during the day, I always have either Netflix or an audiobook running on my headphones while I’m working every day. But the audiobook must be something that I have read previously, so even if I missed a bit because I need to concentrate on my work, it's fine, as I have read it before. I have also recently signed up as a reviewer on Booksprout, and I’m trying to review at least 30 books so I can be a top reviewer, and get more exclusive launches. I would love to get an ARC for a more well-known author, but their PR company usually prefers a well-known influencer.
My Goal is to read 200 books by the end of the year, it looks like not gonna be a problem for me at all.
October 2023 Reads
- Taming Violet ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Second Best
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Sense of Duty
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- The Mistake
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Vicious Heir
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Brutal Enforcer ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- The Broken Vows
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Mile High
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- The Right Move
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- King of Wrath Audio
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Smoky Darling Audio
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Latte Darling Audio
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Second Bite Novella
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Kingdom Dark Novella ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Happy Halloween Novella ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Vivid Dream of My Best Friend's Sister ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Caught Up
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️🌶️🌶️.5
- No One Has To Know
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- The Devil’s Bargain
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Grumpy Boss in Love ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Possessed By The Mountain Man ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Say You'll Stay ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Buck Me Wild Cowboy ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Reckless Temptation ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Silent Lies
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Don't Kiss The Bride Audio
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️🌶️🌶️
- Flawless
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- King of Greed
⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️
- Heartless
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 🌶️
- My Bosshole Ex's Brother ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️
- Buck Me Good Cowboy ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Painted Scars Audio
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Secret Baby with My Frenemy ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
- Buck It ARC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Grumpy Santa Bad Boy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️
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