Books, books, books! Yay for book posts! Get ready fellow booknerds, I read some awesome books this month  🙂

What I read in October:

Young Elizabeth: The Making of a Queen by Kate Williams

Oh my goodness, this book was fantastic! I loved learning about Elizabeth and the abdication of the throne by her uncle, which ultimately led to her father becoming King of England and subsequently when he died, Elizabeth inheriting the throne. Fascinating account of Elizabeth and her sister Margaret’s young lives and going all the way through to Elizabeth becoming Queen. I can’t recommend this book enough!  🙂

Debt-Free Living: How a Spending Fast Helped Me Get From Broke to Badass in Record Time by Anna Newell-Jones

Guys, this book was so good and chockfull of so many interesting tidbits! Anna created and runs the popular blog andthenwesaved.com for the non-personal finance crowd and her book was such an easy read. No confusing info, no berating because you too have bought one too many things under the influence of emotional shopping. Anna has been there and describes her journey of getting out of debt which gave her the freedom to follow her dream of becoming a freelance photographer. Definitely give this one a read!

Uninvited by Lysa TerKeurst

This book, um wow, all the feelings! I loved it. ♥  I don’t want to get too deep with this, but this book was awesome. Definitely a good read!

The Moor by Laurie R. King

This book revolves around the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles with a 1920’s twist and Sherlock Holmes himself is brought back to Dartmoor to solve this latest incarnation of mystery.

Halloween Party by Agatha Christie

Y’all know I had to throw in an Agatha Christie novel and what better one to read for October than Halloween Party? Bobbing for apples takes on a whole new meaning when one of the party guests is found dead in the tub of apples. Who did it and why? That is the question…bet you’ll never guess who did it!  😉

What did you guys read in October? I need some new books to dive into!

For readers of my old blog, you know what this post is about  😉

For readers of my new blog, I am a huge bookworm and every month I will share what I read for the previous month and link up to my good friend Jana’s link-up about all the good, the bad, and the ugly, that we #booknerds read. So without further adieu…

What I Read in September:

The Summer Before The War by Helen Simonson

I have been wanting to read this book for everrrrrrr, and the waiting list at my library seemed to be crawling at a snail’s pace, but then I realized why. This book, even though it really is good, took forever and a day to read. No wonder it took ages for it to finally become available!

This novel, about the summer of 1914 before World War I started and subsequent events after, is definitely a good read and the story does draw you in. But just be prepared for this book’s longevity. It is for real…

The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

Can’t go wrong with my favorite author! 🙂 A group of friends decide to meet and they each bring up a case of murder where they know the identity of the perpetrator but the other people in the group have to guess who they think did it. They meet on Tuesdays hence the original name of the book, The Tuesday Club Murders. A+ in my book!

The Raven and the Nightingale by Joanne Dobson

This book is one of my faves because I love how the author intertwines the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, with a murder on a college campus in present day, and the case ends up being solved by an English professor, who part of her teaching curriculum is the work of Poe. In fact, a Poe poem helps her figure out who did it!

A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

The original alphabet mystery book with one of my favorite heroines, Kinsey Millhone  🙂 Great weekend read with a cup of hot cocoa.

The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd

I wanted to enthusiastically give this book two thumbs up but I cannot. Let me preface that by saying that Charles Todd is my second favorite mystery author behind my beloved Agatha Christie, so I don’t go into my “meh-ness” lightly.

I felt like with the character of Bess Crawford, the author has already explored this territory before with Bess traipsing across World War I battlefields and cities therein, looking for a murderer and cases of mistaken identity and the like. They’ve done this before with this character and having to go through this again with a new person Bess has to search for, just felt repetitive.

The other Bess Crawford mysteries that came before The Shattered Tree are really good, so don’t let this one deter you if you are looking for a good series to dive into.

By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie

Mwah, ha, ha, ha!!!! Creepy cover, creepy book, perfect for fall♥

Strange things are going on at an English nursing home and well… read the synopsis for yourself:

“Tommy and Tuppence Beresford decide to pay a duty visit to Tommy’s elderly and unpleasant aunt in her nursing home. That visit results in a strange inheritance, black magic- and danger”. And murder…don’t forget murder.

By the way, most of my book pictures are from my Instagram account, so if you want to follow along with what I am reading in October, come say hi!

What books have you guys read lately? I am open to some awesome suggestions!