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2020 Dystopia Reading Challenge: January-June Link-Up

Welcome to the first half of the 2020 Dystopia Reading Challenge !! This will be the first of two bi-annual link-ups for your reviews! So this link-up will cover January, February, March, April, May & June! The link-up will always be easily accessible by hovering over Dystopia Reading Challenge tab and selecting Review Link-Up from the drop down menu. :) HELPFUL LINKS: Dystopian, (post-)apocalyptic and sci-fi YA of 2016 Best Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Best YA Dystopia Novels LINK-UP GUIDELINES: Link up your book reviews under "Review Link-up" as follows: Name of book @ Your blog name, Goodreads, Shelfari, Booklikes, etc. Make sure to use an email you check, because if you win the giveaway, I'll be using that email to contact you. Remember, each review you link up is an entry into the giveaway! :) Giveaway is open international as long as the Book Depository ships to you! :) Try and stop by some other reviews! Lets create a sense of community and get to t...
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October Wrap-Up & November TBR

So I didn't get nearly as much read in October as I wanted. I just got incredibly busy with doing things with the family and suffering some migraines. Ugh. But I still got a fair amount of reading done. So it's not all bad. 10 books still.

What I Read This Month:


So I finally finished some series, got 2 ARC's read that released in October and finally read a book James had been suggesting for AGES. So despite only 10 books, it was still a decent month. 

Happenings On The Blog:
  • I did a two part series on Recommended Read for October/Halloween. Here you can find both Part I and Part II. 
  • I did a Discussion on the Worst Books In My Favorite Series! This was fun to write up, so I'll definitely do another one probably next year. 
  • I also did #ARCtober. Only managed to get 2 of the ARCs I wanted read, but the point is that they were the important ones releasing in October! Woot! And I just found out earlier today (Nov. 1st) that I won a prize from participating! So that's pretty cool! I'm excited about that! :)

Posts I Enjoyed Around The Blogosphere:

So November consists of catching up on some books I wanted to read last month, reading an ARC and wanting to read a few new releases basically. I'm not making a super intense TBR for November. With Thanksgiving this month I know I'll be busy planning it since me and James host it for our families. Plus we gotta start preparing for December and Christmas. AND I need to plan Ana's birthday party for the first weekend in December. It's just going to be another busy month, so I'm keeping my TBR at what's manageable and not pushing it. 

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