TBR Stack November 2021

October Recap

Last month I wanted to focus on being gentle with myself and try to finish out books I’d already started as a part of my TBR stack. I also wanted to give myself the room to choose comfort reads as I desired.

I read six books in October, only three of which were on my TBR list for the month.

• Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (re-read, 4 stars)
• Darling by K. Ancrum (4 stars)
• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (4 stars)
• Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs (re-read, 4 stars)
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant (3 stars)
• City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab (4 stars)

I liked how I set things up last month, so I’m going to continue with that layout. So without further ado, here’s the books I want to try and tackle this month!

Library Run

These are books I already have or plan to grab from the library and Libby this month. This also includes books I’ve borrowed via Kindle Prime.

• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik – Originally in August’s TBR stack. Currently about halfway through this one.
• Namesake by Adrienne Young – Another read from August’s list.
• Rebel’s Blade by Frost Kay – From October’s TBR stack. Like I mentioned last month, I’d really like to open up some space in my Kindle Prime borrows!
• What the Hex by Alexis Daria – New to the list this month. I’ve surprisingly been enjoying some modern romance novels, so I thought I’d give this novella in the Audible Plus catalog a try.
• Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab – Another new addition to the list for November. I read the first book in this trilogy as a group read for Creating & Co’s Fifth Annual RIP Readathon in October. This is the second book in the trilogy. It’s a middle grades read, so I expect a quick and fun fluff read like the first one.
• Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab – I figured since the library had the second and third book both available I’d pick them up together and binge them one weekend!
• Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer – This is the group read for the Creating & Co Fall Reading Challenge.

Shop My Shelves

I own all of these books either physically or digitally (Kindle or Audible).

• 3 Months to No. 1 by Will Coombe – From August’s TBR stack. As I mentioned last month, this is helpful and important information for me to use both for this blog and my adult business, but it’s dry and has become a blocker to moving onto other books.
• Don’t Keep Your Day Job by Cathy Heller – From August’s list. I really want to get through all the books I have partially done, and this is one of them. I don’t know how helpful it will be to my desire to move out of corporate into content creation full time, but it’s worth the try.
• To Ride a Silver Broomstick by Silver RavenWolf – I’m trying to be more connected with my spirituality, and I figured I’d finish the book I started last year. I know it’s going be a bunch of me writing out notes with lots of comments like, “Gosh, she’s so condescending”, but that’s a great way to start building critical thought, right?
• Dune by Frank Herbert – From August’s list. I’d like to finish before the end of 2021 if I don’t get distracted by other books!
• Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron – From August’s TBR stack. It was first a library choice, but I picked it up for myself since I didn’t want to wait on the list from the library.
• The Great Passage by Shion Miura – From August’s list. It’s not a long read, so I’m hoping to knock it out this month and not carry it into December.
• On the Prowl by Various Authors – This is a collection of four short stories/novellas from September’s TBR stack. I initially picked it up for Patricia Briggs’ Alpha & Omega novella, but would really like to finish the rest of the collection.
• A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir – Originally in October’s TBR stack. I want to finish this one and get onto the fourth one! This tetralogy is so good! I’m loving it.
• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade – This is a re-read I wanted to tackle in October so that I could read the next book when it released in November.
• A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne Brown – Another re-read I wanted to finish in October so I could get into the sequel when it released November 2.

New Purchases to the TBR Stack

All of the reads I’ve picked up this past month.

• A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne Brown – I adored the first book, and I am very much looking forward to curling up with this read as well this month.
• Bound in Stone by Stefanie Simpson – Monster pounding smut? Yes, please!
• These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong – I read this the first time when I grabbed it from the library as a group read for one of the Creating & Co reading challenges. I saw the second one was releasing later in November, so I decided to add this to my ebook shelf to re-read for the new release!
• All the Feels by Olivia Dade – The sequel to Spoiler Alert! While it’s technically a stand-alone because it’s new scenario/characters, we were introduced to the characters and situations briefly in the first one. I can’t wait to curl up with this one and binge it!
• Greater than the Sum of our Parts by Richard C Schwartz – I picked this one up on audiobook at the suggestion of my therapist. We’ve started talking about doing some IFS therapy sessions, and she suggested this as both a great background on the subject as well as some guided meditations I can do on my own outside of therapy.
• The Dragon Charmer’s Apprentice by JC Kang – I picked this one up when it showed up in my Twitter feed as a $.99 deal.
• Crown of the Sundered Empire by JC Kang – Another read from my Twitter feed I picked up for 99 cents.
• Masters of Deception by JC Kang – The last of the reads from that Twitter post.
• Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey – My Amazon First Read for the month of November.