October: Month in Review & Book of the Month Giveaway

Happy Halloween, everybody!

Books Reviewed in October:

It is also the end of the month, so it's time for me to assess my reading success. Mostly, I failed, as I am STILL lagging behind in my book challenge. Holiday weekends, you will be ALL ABOUT READING. Oh well, I did get a review posted per day, so that's pretty awesome.

15 Young Adult:
Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves - E. Kristin Anderson & Miranda Kenneally, eds.
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns #1) - Rae Carson
The Crown of Embers (Fire and Thorns #2) - Rae Carson
Scorch (Croak #2) - Gina Damico
Dark Star - Bethany Frenette
Romeo Redeemed (Juliet Immortal #2) - Stacey Jay
Middle Ground (Awaken #2) - Katie Kacvinsky
Stealing Parker - Miranda Kenneally
Sacrifice (Legacy #1) - Cayla Kluver
From What I Remember... - Stacey Kramer & Valerie Thomas
Starling (Starling Saga #1) - Lesley Livingston
Carnival of Souls (Carnival of Souls #1) - Melissa Marr
Valkyrie Rising - Ingrid Paulson
Touching the Surface - Kimberly Sabatini
Gravity (The Taking #1) - Melissa West

13 Adult:
Full Blooded (Jessica McClain #1) - Amanda Carlson
Ironskin (Ironskin #1) - Tina Connolly
Belong to Me - Marisa de los Santos
Falling Together - Marisa de los Santos
First Among Sequels (Thursday Next #5) - Jasper Fforde
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next #6) - Jasper Fforde
The Woman Who Died a Lot (Thurday Next #7) - Jasper Fforde
Have Mother, Will Travel - Claire and Mia Fontaine
Blood Zero Sky - J. Gabriel Gates
The Bookie's Son - Andrew Goldstein
Wildwood (Wildwood Trilogy #1) - Colin Meloy
A Train in Winter - Caroline Moorehead
American Grown - Michelle Obama

3 MG:
The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy - Nikki Loftin
The Spindlers - Lauren Oliver
Drama - Raina Telgemeier

Book of the Month Giveaway:

As always, I have an international giveaway for one of my favorite books read during the month. This month, I'm featuring Kimberly Sabatini's Touching the Surface, which is a beautiful, lovely, wonderful book that made me smile and touched my hard heart. Click the link up above to check out my rather rave review. The book will be ordered from Amazon or The Book Depository, depending on where you live. All you have to do to enter is fill out THIS FORM by November 14th at midnight.

Nothing else is required but leaving a comment on at least one of my reviews from this month would also be greatly appreciated. :)