October Wrap-Up and September TBR

Welp. It's November.



October just whizzed by like nobody's business

Let's just jump right into this, okay?

What I Read:

I read four out of the five books on my TBR for this month so hey, there's something. And the only one I missed was because it had to go back to the library. Poo.

Navigating Early ~ Clare Vanderpool

Overview: When Jack's father sends him to a military boarding school at the end of World War II, he meets a strange boy named Early who reads the number pi as a story and chases a mythical bear.
Rating: 5 out of 5 (OH MY GOSH, IT WAS SO GREAT)

Violet Eyes ~ Debbie Vigue

Overview: When a storm brings the prince to her doorstep, Violet finds herself falling for him.  He is to marry soon, but she isn't a princess... or is she?
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (a bit cheesy, perhaps, but a quick read)

Masterminds: Criminal Destiny ~ Gordon Korman

Overview: The sequel to "Masterminds", finds our heroes on the run from Serenity, off to find the few who may be able to help them.
Rating: 5 out of 5 (I need book 3 NOOOOOOWWWWW)

Fridays With The Wizards ~ Jessica Day George

Overview: In the fourth book about the Castle Glower, the evil Wizard Arkwright has escaped! It's up to Celie and her family (with some help from their griffins, of course) to stop him.
Rating: 5 out of 5 (I can't wait for book 5!)
Random Thought: Okay, technically, I finished this one on November 1st, but it was the first thing I did, and I read most of the book in October and this is my blog I can do what I want.



What I Watched:

Girl Meets World

Yes, okay, I don't watch a ton of Disney Channel shows, but I had watched some of the few first episodes and related on a personal level to Riley Matthews. So when I found the first two seasons on Netflix, I pretty much marathoned the whole thing.  What I found was magical.  It's just a feel-good show, but there were still parts that made me cry.  Riley is a ray of sunshine that must be protected and Farkle is my precious child and Maya is so sassy and Lucas is wonderful and the CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT and the FRIENDSHIP and AAAAHHHHH.  It's so great.

Timeless

So this is NBC's new time travel show and if you haven't gotten into it yet, I highly recommend it.  I mean, they've already met Lincoln, Ian Fleming, and Davy Crockett.  What more could you want?



What I Listened To:



To be completely honest, I've been mostly listening to my novel playlist, but these are the songs I was listening to otherwise.  (and "We Need a Little Christmas" is what my dance class is doing for our Christmas performance... so yes, I now have all the words memorized... what else would you expect? xD)


What I Did:

I spent another week at Walt Disney World for my little sister's 16th (!!!) birthday.  When did she get this old?  This is not allowed.

I started working on a new story idea (super-heroes, anyone?) and kept working on my Beauty and the Beast retelling (NaNoWriMo, here we come!).


What I Posted:

Well... ouch. The only thing I posted is about why you should watch Leverage.
Please don't kill me.


What I Plan to Read:

The Book of the Shepherd ~ The Scribe
(just started this one and it's pretty great so far.)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ J.K. Rowling
(I will finish this book this month JUST YOU WAIT)

The Beautiful Pretender ~ Melanie Dickerson
(for realz this time, guys.)

Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark ~ Ridley Pearson
(I need to reread this for the 2016 reading challenge, plus I just got book 2 and I don't remember like anything that happened in this first one... so yeah)


I'm more than a little disturbed that there are only two months left in 2016.

Big things are happening this month, which I will let y'all know about as they happen.

But overall, November looks promising, and I look forward to what God has in store for this next month.



Any plans for November? What was your favorite book you read this month?

(also, happy Halloween/Thanksgiving/CHRISTMAS in case I forget to tell you later)

~ Mia