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October Wrap Up and November TBR

Happy November everyone! I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Halloween and are stuffing yourselves with chocolate and candy!
October was a slow month for me because I had all of my assignments and my exam study to do and November is going to be slow (especially the first two weeks) because I have some stuff happening that is going to take up a lot of time!

Last month I managed to read two books. I’m going to do full reviews for both of these books, don’t worry but for now, just a quick rating and quickly state how I feel about each book.

Wrap Up

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The first book I read last month was Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas, the hotly anticipated 6th book in the Throne of Glass series (yes I’m including the novellas). I gave this book a 5 on Goodreads but honestly, it was more of a 4.5 for me. There were bits I loved to death and bits I could have done without. Unpopular opinion, but I’m not a huge Aelin/Rowan fan. I do ship them, but I’m not as big of a fan as I am another ship in the book (which I won’t mention due to spoilers) but overall this book had some lovely twists and answered a few questions I had. We also learnt there was a character called Rhiannon so, that was cool! I loved this book, but it’s probably not my favourite in the series.

The second book I read last month was On the Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher and it was incredible. I loved every second of it, I spent most of those seconds crying like a baby but it was worth it for that last line! Carrie has written such an amazing book and I am so glad I read it last month. If you like to cry while reading and like a good romance, then I would highly recommend this book. 5 stars from me. I was drawn in from chapter one, I thought the idea of a personal Heaven was interesting and I couldn’t wait to see if she got to go through the door.

TBR

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As you can see, my November TBR is quite small. I want to finish Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare and then move on to Clockwork Princess. If I get both of those done, I want to read The Rose and the Dagger by Renée Ahdieh. If I feel like more of the world I might even read City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, book four in the Mortal Instruments series. I kind of want to have them all read by the end of the year but right now, those three books pictured above are the ones I really want to get done this month and due to time restrictions, I might not even get those three done and it’s killing me.

And that’s it for the month of October and November. What’s on your TBR for this month? Let me know in the comments!



45 responses to “October Wrap Up and November TBR”

  1. I hope you enjoy the rest of TID!!! They are wonderful, truly! City of FallenAngels is an amazing book, the feels are out of this world, and you can never expect what happens!!
    Personally, I hope to read quite a bit this month: Crooked Kingdom, 12 Days Of Dash And Lily, Throne Of Glass, A Court Of Thorns And Roses, and finish Dracula!

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    1. Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses are so good. Throne of Glass is probably (in my opinion) better than ACOTAR (I’m too lazy to type it all out xD) but the sequel to ACOTAR is so much better haha
      I’m loving TID! It’s so amazing! I actually know nothing about the rest of the Mortal Instruments series so I’m really looking forward to finishing it!
      I get to read Dracula for one of my classes next year! I’m really looking forward to it!!

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      1. AHHHH, you’re making me want to read the next one even more!!!!!!
        Have you read TMI?? That’s a fantastic series, though I think TID is my favourite out of the two. . . no. . . it’s a close call!!
        I hope tat you enjoy reading Dracula!!!

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      2. You’re just gonna have to read ACOTAR first 😉 hehe it’s really good, I hope you enjoy both of them!
        I’ve read the first three books, my friend told me to read TID before I finished TMI because there was a character in there that was a spoiler (I now know it’s Jem and I’m SO SAD) so I’m reading those now and then on to the last three TMI books. I’d like to get them done before the end of the year! I’m the same though, I think I like TID more hehe I blame Jem!
        Thank you! It sounds like a good book!!

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      3. I’m a 2/3 of the way through, so hopefully I can get my hands on book 2 soon!! Tamlin just sent her away 😦 * feeling the bad feels* and I was screaming NOOOOOOOOOO the entire time she was leaving.

        Reading TID before is wise, omg you are going to LOVE the last books!! Have you read Lady Midnight?
        JEM IS PERFECT! I LOVE HIM!!!

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      4. That bit broke my heart! And that poor fae that had his wings ripped off? I sobbed! I felt so bad for him!!
        I haven’t read that one yet! My friend only just got my to stay Cassandra Clare’s books in June (he’s only been trying for 7 years, it’s fine haha) so I’m hoping to get to Lady Midnight by December!
        YES! HE’S SO SWEET OMG!!!

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      5. She’s just arrived at her families new house, IT SEEMS ALL WRONG. OMG I JUST WANT HER AND TAMLIN TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN 😦

        Jem is a sweetheart, he’s so charming and lovely ❤ .
        WHAT? You only started her books in JUNE?! OMG!!! YOU ARE GOING TO WITNESS SO MUCH GREATNESS, PREPARE!!!!!!!!! PREPARE FOR FEELS AND OMGGGGG-NESS!! (omg-ness is not a word, ahah! ;))

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      6. I wanna say things but I can’t because of spoilers haha 😛 keep reading 😉 hehe
        Why aren’t there more Jems in real life?

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      7. There needs to be, though!
        OMG THE BOOK ATM!!!!

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      8. 272 🙂 the feels. . . Tamlin’s house is ruined and he and Lucien are gone 😦

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      9. Oooooh it gets good from here!! 😀

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      10. OHHHHH MYYYYY It’s getting so good, it’s the night before her second trial!

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      11. Omg the second trial!! It’s so good

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      12. IMMA GO READ IT!

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      13. Good luck!! 😉 let me know what you thought when you’ve finished!!

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      14. YESSS I WILL

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      15. The second test was my favourite!

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      16. THE WORM THING IN THE FIRST THOUGH?!!!

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      17. THAT WAS SO COOL!!! And how she tricked it?!?! SO GOOD

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      18. I WAS SCREAMING “YASSSSSS FEYRE!!”

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      19. Same! I was SO TENSE LIKE KILL THAT LITTLE S**T

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      20. YASSS. OMG, SHE FIGURED IT ALL OUT. THE QUEEN IS DEAD, ALL IS WELL. . . FOR THE TIME BEING. . . IM GOING TO ORDER ACOMAF

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      21. OMG DID YOU LIKE IT?!?? DID YOU LIKE RHYSAND BECAUSE RHYS IS MY BAE haha
        I actually really enjoyed ACOTAR, I know a few people didn’t like it but I thought it was good

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      22. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT!!!!!! IM GOING TO WRITE A REVIEW NOW!!!!!
        BUT I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN RHYSAND AND FEYRE, THOUGH I REALLY DON’T WANT IT TO!! DOES ANYTHING HAPPEN IN ACOFAF?
        I HOPED THAT RHYSAND WOULD TURN OUT GOOD, AND GOT THE FEELING THAT HE WOULD BE, SO I AM SUPER HAPPY THAT WE TURNED OUT GOOD (ISH). I SHIP TAMLIN AND FEYRE SO MUCHHHHHH.

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      23. I’m not saying anything because I’ll spoil literally ALL of ACOMAF if I tell you haha but ACOMAF is gonna kill you for a bit and then you’re going to be okay… sort of haha
        I was so happy Rhys was a good guy in the end, even when he was a douche I kinda liked him though and I don’t know what that says about me xD

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      24. AHAHAH, I liked him too!

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      25. I really hope you like ACOMAF! It was one of my favourite reads this year!

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      26. Thank you!!

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      27. You’re welcome! I can’t wait to read your review!!

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      28. I’ve nearly finished writing it!!

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  2. I really want to get The Rose and the Dagger, and I got the Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess.

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    1. Clockwork Prince is really good so far and The Wrath and the Dawn was one of my favourite books so I’m incredibly excited to start the second one!!

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      1. I havent read Clockwork Angel yet but I want to maybe next month or something. The Wrath and the Dawn was so good, I read it over the summer and I loved it.

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      2. I think I actually like The Infernal Devices more than The Mortal Instruments so, it’s really good and I 100% recommend them!! I hope you enjoy them!!
        I need to read The Rose and the Dagger. It sounds so good and I need to know what happens!

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      3. I’ve heard that from a lot of people thank you I need to read it as well even though I don’t own it yet and I also want re-read The Wrath and the Dawn again before I read The Rose and the Dagger.

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      4. Have you read the short stories for it? They’re really good to! And two out of three of them are free on Amazon (or they were, don’t quote me on that haha) and they’re really good!

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      5. No, I haven’t read them yet. I’ll have to look into it

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      6. They’re just a nice little insight to the book, gives you more background and stuff. I enjoyed them!

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      7. I will read them eventually. What are the titles of the books?

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      8. Now you’re testing my memory haha
        ‘The Mirror and the Maze’, ‘The Crown and the Arrow’ and ‘The Moth and the Flame’

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      9. They’re ebooks, just so you know 🙂

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      10. I remember you saying that, I wish they weren’t ebooks though. I dont like ebooks very much.

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