Half of November I was sick with what I think was the flu and then it flared into allergic rhinitis but I got better in time for my trip to Osaka, Japan! And that was the highlight of my month.🥰

What I Posted: 7 Books

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As you can see, I barely did any reading this month. I was just too sick and unmotivated, plus I had to get ready for the trip. But I’m hoping I’ll have more motivation and energy to read in December when my kids get a break from school and my hubby comes to visit for three weeks! I’ll finally have some ME time.

How was your month in review?

Ah October – you were something! I spent half the month worrying about my mom’s procedure which was successful but they found more cancer – small tumors – the best option now is to have her do major surgery to remove her right kidney and ureter. 🙏🏼 Other things that happened was my son’s youtube channel hit 1,000 subs and it’s something I’ve been working on for him (because he sort of gave up on it)…but now he’s rejuvenated again and started posting content. So that was something good that happened this month. Then my kids got sick right before Halloween – and then I got sick. I survived Halloween trick or treating but after that it was like a truck ran over me. I don’t know if I had the flu or what. At first I thought it was just a bad cold I caught from the kids (also there was smoke in the air from a fire nearby) and that trick or treating just exhausted me. But the next day I had body chills and aches and really bad coughing.

So that was my October and as for reading this is what I posted on my blog:

What I Posted: 20 Books

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I posted 20 book reviews which is surprising and a lot. I think I read 14 of these this month which is still pretty good. How was your reading month wrap up?

How was your month in review?

Where did September go?! I thought August was tough because we all got sick but September was mentally rough because so many of my loved ones are dealing with health issues. I just did what I could this month in terms of reading and posting on this blog. I almost took a break but I do have a break coming in November when I go on vacation to Osaka, Japan. Here’s what I posted in September…

What I Posted: 19 Books

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I posted 19 book reviews which is probably the most I posted this year! A bunch of these were read before September. I think I read 12 of these this month which is still pretty good. I hope all of you had a good September!

How was your month in review?

Oh August…you were tough on me! My kids went back to school, and then we all caught Covid. Then our a/c broke so yeah it was a sickly and sweaty August for me. I did get to read some books and finish up some arcs. So let’s see what I posted this month.

What I Posted: 6 Books

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Wow I only posted 8 book reviews this month?! I did read 11 books that will be posted closer to publication dates so I read about 16 books this month, which is my usual going rate it seems.

How was your month in review?

July was such an interesting reading month. I had some really good reads and 2 not so good ones (and usually I don’t have many of 2 1/2 stars so I felt like I had some ups and downs this month! More ups though which is great since outside of reading I felt like July was a bleh kind of month for me with my biopsy and healing from that. I also had best friends going through their own health problems of their own so we were bonding over that but it also sucks that we’ve been going through some physically painful things! I hope and pray next month is better on the health front for EVERYONE and we get some amazing, good books to read!

What I Posted: 16 Books

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I read about 12 books this month, the other 4 I read months before, but I think 12 was a good, easy number. I didn’t push myself hard this month.

How was your month in review?