Looking Back On October, and Thinking Ahead To November

Happy Halloween, everyone! What have you been doing this Halloween? Watching scary movies? Reading scary books? Trickin' & treatin'? Or, hiding under the covers?

Me - well, I've almost ignored Halloween completely, barring the couple of hours of TV that I indulged myself in. I meant to read Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In The Castle, or, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. However, I didn't end up doing either (I have a valid excuse: I don't have either of the books), and that pretty much seems to sum up my October.

I'm not one of those people who blogs daily. I don't feel compelled to, and I don't want to put myself under that kind of stress (I get stressed very easily). This is supposed to be a fun thing, right? However, I'm quite shocked about how little I've blogged this month (just the nine posts, excluding this one), and almost embarrassed.

Even my reading stats have been worse than usual this month, with me only finishing five books. To be honest, when I was home, I indulged myself in "comfort reading," including many Roald Dahls, and both, the St. Clares and Malory Towers series. It was a welcome change, and I enjoyed that for a week or so. Being ill, and suffering from god-knows-what didn't really help either.

Anyway... I did read some amazing books this month, with my favourite being a toss-up between Rebecca and I Capture The Castle. How are you supposed to choose one of those books over the other?

I do have some extensive reading plans for November, including:

Of course, as most things, nothing will go according to plan, and you probably won't see anything on any of these books for the next few months (barring Susan Hill's The Beacon, and that's only because I'm half-way through that book).

Anyway, as I do feel slightly guilty about a very quiet October, I promise I'll try my best to make it up in November...... wish me luck!