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The Monthly Chapter | October 2022

Oct. 01, 2022

October Monthly Chapter Updated 2025

Welcome to The Monthly Chapter for October 2022. The month is full of mystery and the paranormal. This month we have Agatha Christie as our Author of the Month since it felt appropriate. She is one of my favorite writers. We are getting ready for Halloween but most importantly for fall.

Fall, to me, is the best time for reading. The weather is getting cooler and I spend plenty of time on my back porch reading. It’s nice to sit in the fresh, crisp air and escape from the world. I am eating away slowly at my to be read pile but of course I am always adding to it.

I have a few emails with readers upset about no longer getting the newsletter code. I am sorry if my decision to do away with those here upset anyone. I made the decision after a lot of debate. The truth is those newsletter were a lot of work and less than half of the people subscribed actually opened them. I got emails every month saying people weren’t getting them or could I just give them the code without them having to read the newsletter. I decided they were too much work. It was easier to just let it go. There may be something different later but for now things will go forward as they are.

Reading This Month


PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THESE BOOKS MAY BE ARCS (ADVANCED READING COPIES) AND NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

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We finally get Bram and Dory’s story! Not only is this the final Crow brother but it is also the end of the series. Let me tell you that this book blew me away in so many ways.

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We started with eight year old Dory, who shattered my heart, and then followed her through the years (briefly) as she was tormented by her brother. We then meet Mimi and Bram. Let me say that I wasn’t crazy about Mimi before and she was just a witch in this book. That girl needed a punch in the face. Bram and Dory meet and there is no sudden “We’re in love!” Although that is the outside picture they try to portray. 

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  1. Bea LaRocca says

    October 1, 2022 at 3:56 am

    I am really looking forward to the Madigan Mountain Series by Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Yarros and Devney Perry releasing this month! I love me some mountain men!

    Reply
  2. Sherry says

    October 1, 2022 at 5:18 am

    There isn’t any book that I’m looking forward right now. I’m just going to see what comes out that sounds good.

    Reply
  3. Elaine G says

    October 1, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    I am looking forward to reading Chloe Neill’s new book Devouring Darkness. I will read some books from Elizabeth Briggs, K.F. Breene and C.N. Crawford.

    Reply
  4. Eva Millien says

    October 1, 2022 at 5:18 pm

    Christine Feehan’s Dark Whisper, Chloe Neill’s Devouring Darkness

    Reply
  5. heather says

    October 1, 2022 at 5:22 pm

    I would like to read The Candy House by Jennifer Egan I have heard it is amazing.

    Reply
  6. bn100 says

    October 1, 2022 at 11:34 pm

    no plans

    Reply
  7. K says

    October 2, 2022 at 12:50 pm

    I’m between books right now so I’m looking forward to reading anything new..

    Reply
  8. Adriane says

    October 9, 2022 at 10:20 pm

    Trying out some new authors this month with free kindle books. Hope I find a couple to continue with!

    Reply
  9. Bridgett Wilbur says

    October 14, 2022 at 3:37 pm

    I am not reading anything yet this month . I am trying to find some thing that grabs my attention to read.

    Reply
  10. Sandra Dufoe says

    October 16, 2022 at 9:10 am

    I am going to try a new trope looking at Reverse Harem.

    Reply
  11. Renee Summerhays says

    October 16, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    I am going to keep looking at knitting magazines/books to read.

    Reply
  12. shannon zeidan says

    October 18, 2022 at 2:54 pm

    I am finishing up a bunch og historical fiction books. I’m not sure what will be next.

    Reply
  13. Mas Ando says

    October 18, 2022 at 9:56 pm

    Love this website so much 🙂

    Reply
  14. Cathy French says

    October 19, 2022 at 9:11 am

    I started a new book at the beginning of the summer but haven’t picked it up in weeks. I plan to start over and read it before thanksgiving

    Reply
  15. Julie Bickham says

    October 19, 2022 at 3:55 pm

    I am starting to look for Christmas books!

    Reply
  16. Marisela Zuniga says

    October 19, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    I’m excited to start reading Colleen Hoover’s new book!!

    Reply
  17. Cindy Merrill says

    October 19, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    I have heard so much about Downton Abbey A New Era, but have not seen the movie. On October 28 it will be available for free on Amazon Prime and I have membership.
    The Downton Abbey Cookbook will be arriving for my birthday at the end of the month.

    Reply
  18. Judy Thomas says

    October 20, 2022 at 3:27 am

    I plan on trying to relax & read a few books this month. There are a couple of JD Robb books that I have not read yet so hopefully I will be able to.

    Reply
  19. xjanelx78 says

    October 22, 2022 at 11:17 am

    Reading a ton of horror novels.

    Reply
  20. soozle says

    October 24, 2022 at 8:19 am

    My reading plans are to check off some books that have been on my TBR list for a while

    Reply
  21. Annmarie Weeks says

    October 25, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    I’m still finishing up the last of my ‘beach read’ books, then I’m looking forward to finally starting on Dave Grohl’s “The Storyteller”!

    Reply
  22. Sarah L says

    October 26, 2022 at 10:49 pm

    I am looking forward to reading The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3 by Nora Roberts
    Thanks for the contest.

    Reply
  23. Jenny Ham says

    October 27, 2022 at 1:45 pm

    I am reading Haunted Kansas: Ghost Stories and Other Eerie Tales.

    Reply
  24. Susan Smith says

    October 29, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    I’m reading A Cup of Autumn by Melissa McClone.

    Reply
  25. Athena Graeme says

    January 12, 2023 at 7:20 pm

    Never Trust the Living. I love stories that go all the way back to when they are kids.

    Reply
  26. Andrew Schultz says

    January 16, 2023 at 9:14 am

    Yay books!

    Reply

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