Books I Read and Finished in
October + November

• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami – 5/5
• Ring by Koji Suzuki – 4/5
• Solitaire by Alice Oseman – 4.5/5
• Bunny by Mona Awad – 5/5
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman – 4.5/5
• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – 4/5
• Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky – 5/5

Favourite K-Pop Releases in
October + November

• ATEEZ – Wonderland
• NU’EST – Love Me
• TXT – Run Away
• A.C.E – Savage
• ASTRO – Blue Flame
• DAWN – Money
• EXO – Obsession
• ALEXA – Bomb

Reading
I have gone back to exclusively mood reading and at my own pace putting no pressure on myself which has resulted in me really enjoying my time reading! I’m no longer requesting ARCs or gift copies of books for now so I don’t feel pressured into only reading certain books. I’ve finally started rereading the Harry Potter series after 12 years and am very much enjoying reading a chapter a night before bed on my kindle.

Gaming
I have been playing some of the new Pokemon on my Switch but am taking a break after completing the 3rd gym and waiting for my kids to get their copies for Christmas so we can play it together. I also picked up Death Mark for Switch in the eShop sale which I have nearly completed now, it is a very creepy manga style horror visual novel with point and click elements. I will most likely be posting it’s own review on my blog once I have finished playing it.

New Things
The only new thing that has been happening that is of significance is that I have finally started therapy for my PTSD which I have been living with for over 20 years. I have been attending group sessions in preparation for one to one therapy and it has already been so eye opening. This is also something I might be making separate blog posts on in the future.

Books I Read and Finished in
August + September

• Lost Boy by Christina Henry – 5/5
  
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman – 4/5
• Heartstopper: Volume One + Two – 5/5
• The Key by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki – 3/5
• Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas – 4/5
• Battle Royale: Angel’s Border by Koushun Takami – 5/5
• Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima – 5/5
• Ibitsu by Haruto Ryo – 3.5/5
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi – 5/5

Favourite K-Pop Releases in
August + September

• Seventeen – Fear
• Seventeen – Hit
• The Boyz – D.D.D
• Everglow – Adios
• Red Velvet – Umpah Umpah
• Dreamcatcher – Deja vu
• V – Winter Bear
• Twice – Feel Special
• X1 – Flash
• Sunmi – Lalalay
• D1CE – Wake Up
• J-hope – Chicken Noodle Soup

Reading
I had somewhat of a reading slump after trying to get through Empire of Storms, (Throne of Glass should have ended after Queen of Shadows and that’s the tea). So I decided to check out some graphic novels and manga that I’d been meaning to get to, just so that I was still reading something. Then I moved onto reading some Japanese fiction which is my default go-to that I generally know I will enjoy and it worked! So I finally feel like I’m back into my regular reading habits again. At the end of September I’m currently reading Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and an eARC of Girls of Storm and Shadow.

Gaming
So, a little thing known as Classic World of Warcraft came out at the end of August and it has taken up a considerable amount of my time. I was an original Vanilla WoW player back in the day and have been really enjoying revisiting the old world after steadily losing interest in the game after each new expansion pack. another little thing called the Switch Lite came out on September 20th and I picked myself up the lovely turquoise one (yes I do already have a regular Switch), so me and my hubs have finally been able to play Dragon Quest Builders 2 together! (a game review will be up on the blog sometime this month).

New Things
I’ve decided to do Blogtober this month so I will be posting everyday in October! I’ll also be delving more into my personal life in posts and now that the kids are finally settling down in school I feel much more relaxed and have some more free time starting this month. I’m going to try and post more on my Bookstagram this month but probably not every day.

Let’s get onto K-pop shall we, October is set to be a busy month for some of my favs with Ateez releasing their first full album on the 8th (how do these guys find time to make music seriously). My favs Nu’est are also releasing a new album on the 21st, don’t know a lot of details about that as yet. TXT should finally be having their first comeback this month after putting it off since August due to illnesses, with BTS rumored to announce their next comeback sometime this month and probably release an album in November.