October Recap & November Reading Plan

October was a slower reading month as I am working ahead on my reading list for the rest of the year in preparation for the Read With Lindsey 2024 Reading Challenge! I finished 12 this month – 6 audio and 6 print books. Let’s take a look back the reviews of those books – click below to visit the reviews:

5 Stars

• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman
• South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber
• The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
• The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

These books are so different front one another and I loved each for a different reason. Overall, my favorite was A Man Called Ove. I connected with this book because of how realistic it was. Any maybe a tiny bit because I see my future self in Ove – cranky, set in their ways, and despondent after the loss of their loved one. It was a gut-wrenching read for me and one that will stay with me for a very long time.

4 Stars

• Betting on You by Laurie Ruettimann
• Casalvento by Gudrun Cuillo (review coming next week)
• Homeward by Angela Jackson-Brown
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (review coming next week)
• Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Wildflower Falls by Denise Hunter

3 Stars

• John Marshall by Harlow G Unger (review posting tomorrow)

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November Reading Plan

November is going to be full of travel for me, so expect a lighter schedule. You can download a printable copy of the full reading plan here. You can grab your copies at our Bookshop.org page.

Booklist Queen Reading Challenge Prompts for November:

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September Book Club selections:

The Girlfriend Book Club November Pick: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

I can’t wait to read this book! It’s historical fiction and romance…and sounds amazing!

The Friends & Fiction Book Club prompt nonfiction written by an author from your state: Murder in Coweta County by Margaret Anne Barnes

I’m doubling down on this prompt – Barnes is from Georgia, but also just none county over from where I grew up. This book was a best seller when it came out and was later made into a TV Movie with Andy Griffith and Johnny Cash!

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November Monthly Holidays:

Diwali – 12th

Born Confused

by Tanuja Desai Hidier

Thanksgiving – 23rd

Mayflower

by Nathaniel Philbrick

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November Nonfiction:

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I can’t wait to read these great books with you – keep an eye out for the weekly previews on Sundays for what I’m reviewing each week!

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What I’m Reading

• Current print book: The Book of Magic, Alice Hoffman
• Current audio book: Lawrence in Arabia, Scott Anderson
• Book I’m most looking forward to: Nights In Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks