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Monthly Wrap Up – October

November 2, 2019 by Erin Leave a Comment

I’m pretty sure fall is now over and we are moving quickly into winter. Ok…I might be exaggerating a little bit (very little) but with snow in the forecast, I feel justified.  We had a great October around here – lots of author events / signings and of course, books read!

Fun with our Blogger Besties – Swoony Boys Podcast!

We have a number of backlogged episodes so you may have noticed an extra post this month! You get two Hotties posts this month so enjoy!!

It’s time for our favorite episode each month featuring the guys who made us swoon the most all month long. 😉 Even though one of us had a not-so-swoony month, we’ve got some great guys for you to check out. Of course, we’ve got some honorable mentions, too, so stick around. Without further ado, bring on the hotties!

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This episode is all about For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund. Have you read it yet? As with all of our other book club episodes, we’d love to hear your thoughts, so have a listen and join us using the #EJKMBookClub hashtag on instagram and twitter. And like with the other books we’ve discussed that are years old, we do have some SPOILERS ahead. We tried to keep it down, really. We’ll also be announcing our next month’s pick in this episode.
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We’re still playing catch up with #EJKMHomework! You know that each month, we choose books for each other from our lists (Erin | Jaime | Kassiah | Meg), and then get together and recap those reads for all of you and let you know what we thought! And we’ll also reveal to each other what we’ll be reading next! Sounds pretty easy, right?

So without further ado, let’s reveal our August 2019 Assigned Readings:

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Check out our August episode of the Hotties of the Month!  Of course, we’ve got some honorable mentions, too, so without further ado, bring on the hotties!
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Events:

We have been super lucky this month and were able to see / meet some amazing authors.  First, there was the Fierce Reads tour with Katy Rose Pool (There Will Come a Darkness), Margaret Owen (The Merciful Crow), L.L. McKinney (A Dream so Dark), and Sara Faring (The Tenth Girl).  If you haven’t read these yet, make sure you add them to your TBR!

Of course, when we heard Ashley Elston was coming to Illinois, we knew we were making the trip.  Ashley writes some of our favorite books and she recently released 10 Blind Dates which is a contemporary.  Add this to your list immediately and of course, go read her other books because they are fantastic! We also lucked out because the moderators were Stephanie Kate Strohm and Crystal Cestari who also have some amazing books so check them out!

And for the final Anderson’s Bookshops event, we were lucky to get the opportunity to see Leigh Bardugo to celebrate the release of her first adult novel, Ninth House.  If you know us, you know we love everything Leigh writes and I’ve been recommending this book to everyone.  As always, Leigh was lovely and amazing and we can’t wait to see what’s next for her!

And last, but definitely not least, we hit the road and headed south.  First stop was in Tinley Park, IL to a bookstore called Love’s Sweet Arrow to see an author we have loved for years but have never had the chance to meet.  Sherry Thomas writes one of our most favorite YA series, The Elemental Trilogy, and if you haven’t read it yet, you need to go do that now.  I’m serious.  She also writes some great historical fiction and romance too so make sure you check her books out.

We also headed down to Ohio for the Books by the Banks book festival in Cincinnati and it was such a great time. We got to see a bunch of authors that we love and rarely get to see so it was well worth the time spent in the car.  Definitely check this out for next year!

What We’ve Been Reading:

  Here are the books Erin read this month:
The Business of BloodFor the Duke's Eyes Only (School for Dukes, #2)Bad RomanceWhat a Difference a Duke Makes (School for Dukes, #1)Find Me Their Bones (Bring Me Their Hearts, #2)
Saving GraceAlmost Heaven (Sequels, #3)Bring Me Their Hearts (Bring Me Their Hearts, #1)Something Wonderful (Sequels, #2)Sisters of Shadow and Light (Sisters of Shadow and Light, #1)
Once and Always (Sequels, #1)Dreaming of You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #2)
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)Body Of Proof
Here are the books Jaime read this month:
One Fine Duke (School for Dukes, #3)For the Duke's Eyes Only (School for Dukes, #2)What a Difference a Duke Makes (School for Dukes, #1)Love in the Afternoon (The Hathaways, #5)Married By Morning (The Hathaways, #4)
Tempt Me at Twilight (The Hathaways, #3)Rebel (Legend, #4)Wicked Becomes YouThe Great Hunt (Eurona Duology, #1)
Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1)The Immortal Heights (The Elemental Trilogy, #3)The Perilous Sea (The Elemental Trilogy, #2)

All the Posts!

OUR WAITING ON WEDNESDAY PICKS WERE:
  • [2 Oct] Waiting on Wednesday: How To Speak Boy by Tiana Smith
  • [9 Oct] Waiting on Wednesday: All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
  • [16 Oct] Waiting on Wednesday: The Seventh Sun by Lani Forbes
  • [23 Oct] Waiting on Wednesday: Hearts, Heroes, and Heath Hall by Kasie West
  • [30 Oct] Waiting on Wednesday: The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard

WE POSTED REVIEWS FOR:

  • [9 Oct] Blog Tour: Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo ★★★★
  • [21 Oct] The Grace Year by Kim Liggett ★★★★½
OUR TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS WERE:
  • [1 Oct] Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles with Numbers In Them
INTERVIEWS, FEATURES, & SPECIAL POSTS:
  • [1 Oct] Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles with Numbers In Them
  • [3 Oct] August Hotties of the Month Podcast
  • [4 Oct] Monthly Wrap Up – September 2019
  • [7 Oct] Feature: How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason
  • [9 Oct] Blog Tour: Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo ★★★★
  • [10 Oct] #EJKMHomework – August 2019 Podcast Episode
  • [11 Oct] Flashback Friday: Winger by Andrew Smith
  • [17 Oct] #EJKMBookClub ft. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund Podcast Episode
  • [18 Oct] Flashback Friday: Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor
  • [21 Oct] The Grace Year by Kim Liggett ★★★★½
  • [24 Oct] Swoony Boys Podcast Episode 76: September Hotties of the Month
  • [25 Oct] Flashback Friday: A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
  • [29 Oct] Recently Added To Our TBR!
  • [31 Oct] #EJKMHomework – September 2019 Podcast
 
What are you looking forward to this fall? Tell us in the comments! 

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