October Book Report

October 2022, Shirley, MA

I finished 13 books last month.

A quote from this month's reading:

"But I miss whom I once could touch, as all must do when we make our way through whatever forest or wood it is in which we travel or are raised, This does not mean the man is lost or has disappeared forever. For although he no longer walks beside you, he still remains in the time and place of memory and this is where he will appear again and again, as often as you will seek him. Not only in those places where he has always been but where he could not be then yet will be now." -- The Bear (p. 131)

Here is my progress toward various goals and challenges:

• 6 were non-fiction (toward my goal of 25 non-fiction books this year) and 1 counted toward the NonFiction Reader Challenge 
• 2 were books I own but hadn't read before (inspired by The Unread Shelf project)
• 1 was poetry (toward my goal of reading 4 poetry books this year)
• none counted toward the the 16th Canadian Reading Challenge 
• 1 was from my Classics Club List and it counted toward Back to the Classics

• 2 counted toward the Cruisin' Through the Cozies challenge which I have now completed
• 1 counted toward the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 
• 1 counted toward the Turtle Recall Challenge which is now complete
• 1 counted toward the TBR Pile Challenge
• none were for my Century of Books project

 Here are the books I finished in October 2022: 

1. The Mindful Day by Laurie J. Cameron (4-stars)
2. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay (4-stars)
3. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (graphic memoir, 3-stars)
4. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (4-stars)
5. One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon (3-stars)
6. The Bear by Andrew Krivak (5-stars)
7. Virginia Woolf: A Writer's Life by Lyndall Gordon (4-stars)
8. The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi (4-stars)
9. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (5-stars)
10. Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett (3-stars)
11. Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly (4-stars)
12. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (audiobook, 4-stars)
13. Midlife: A Philosphical Guide by Kieran Setiya (4-stars)

I wrapped up two of my 2022 challenges this month and finally got started on my poetry reading goal. I have 3 volumes (all short) of poetry picked out that I plan to read before year end.