Hello ladies & gentlemen,
The month has come to an end and it’s time to do a quick wrap-up of what has been done.
Reading Breakdown.
Novels read: 2 (↓).
Comic books read: 11 (↑).
Manga volumes read: 5 (–).
BOOK REVIEWS
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
COMIC BOOK REVIEWS
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince (Vol. 2): Night of Knives by V.E. Schwab
Superman: Action Comics (Vol. 1): Invisible Mafia by Brian Michael Bendis
Batman (Vol. 10): Knightmares by Tom King
Heroes in Crisis: The Price and Other Tales by Joshua Williamson
MIND MGMT: The Mind Management Comprehensive Report 1 of 3 by Matt Kindt
Wonder Woman and Justice League Dark: The Witching Hour by James Tynion IV
Goddess Mode by Zoë Quinn
Justice League (Vol. 4): The Grid by Geoff Johns
Baltimore Omnibus Vol. 1 by Mike Mignola
Justice League Dark (Vol. 2): Lords of Order by James Tynion IV
TV SERIES/MOVIE REVIEW
MISCELLANEOUS POSTS
Finally Fall Book Tag
How Objective Are Your Reviews?
TOP BOOK
As much as I’d like to pick one over the other, I’m just going to put them both a co-winners. If you haven’t read them, fix it. Now.
Check out my review for The Blinding Knife and Dune for more on my thoughts!
LEAST FAVOURITE BOOK
I’ll gladly give this reward to this sequel. It is a bit unfortunate that they didn’t really take this comic book series too seriously since it has potential. I’ll probably read the final volume to come to wrap it up cleanly.
Check out my review for more of my thoughts.
TOP TV SERIES/MOVIE
My excitement for this movie was unmatched since the day they had announced this stand-alone movie. After having seen it at the premieres, I was fully mesmerized by the experience and was really happy that such a movie was finally released for us to embrace in all of its glory.
I ended up writing what was probably the longest review I’ve ever shared on this blog. Check it out.
5 outta 5 stars.
CURRENTLY READING
The Grey Bastards was a fantastic debut novel and it was only a matter of time before I continued that trilogy with its latest sequel!
Check out my review of the first one to find out why YOU should read it too!
PERSONAL LIFE
This was a hell of a month! Although I did see a lot of it coming, I didn’t realize how quickly time would fly every day. That being said, I was really looking for to the police crime prevention seminar that I went to attend around the middle of October outside my city and had a blast meeting up with all kinds of folks with whom I’ve either only heard their names through email communications or phone calls. It was also a wonderful event that highlighted the importance of crime prevention and all the different municipal police departments were truly prideful of what they’ve accomplished to this day. Sometimes, even if the world is against you, it’s nice to stick with your beliefs and do what you love.
That week was followed with the arrival of my girlfriend’s mother to our city from abroad which also coincided with my girlfriend’s birthday. I was really happy that we got to spend it together and had such a pleasant time with them, leaving me feeling completely blessed and grateful for their presence in my life.
While the month remained eventful from start to finish, my reading of novels took a hit but not in a negative way. In fact, I’ve only read amazing books throughout the month and was sort of forced out of love for the books I was reading to slow down… a lot. I mean, even if I wanted to, I couldn’t for the life of me speed up my reading as I just wanted to savour every page of the books I’m reading. In fact, I’m currently reading The Hobbit and you can’t imagine how slowly I’ve been taking it. Yet it’s such a small book!
Gosh, this is why I love reading. ❤
Thank you all for checking out my monthly wrap-up and don’t forget to check out any posts that might interest you or that you might have missed out on!
Stayed tuned for my Monthly Anticipation post coming out soon. 😉
So what’s going on with y’all? What have you discovered this month? What are your thoughts on the books/TV series/movies I’ve checked out?
Yours truly,
Roars and Echoes 
Looking forward to the Bastards review.
Your life events recap is adorable. I’m happy things are going well and you are in a good place. You rock, brah.
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Ohhhhh, well, well, well. The Great Icky has found a trilogy he’s interested in??? 😀
Thanks for the constant support, my good friend. It always puts a smile on my face when I see your name pop up in my notifications. 🙂
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Looks like a great month Lashaan! I love that Stuart Little GIF it’s so cute and really does sum up the good things about reading!
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It was, Nicki! Right hahaha It fit so perfectly with what I wanted to say! 😀
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Have fun with The Hobbit and Bastards!
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Indeed! Only great things being eaten up nowadays! 😀
Hope you’ve been doing well, despite the fires in your neighbourhood, good sir.
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Thanks! Yes, things are getting back to normal now.
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I loved the mini series of Dune and read the first book with great enjoyment. I enjoyed your review as well
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I’ll definitely try the mini series out once the new movie gets a trailer! Thanks for reading, Bella! 😀
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Oh new movie? That’s potentially very interesting!
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You’ve said something so true Lashaan with “stick to your belief”. I won’t lie: it won’t be always easy but as I said one of my boss “I want to look proudly in the mirror at the end of the day”. When in doubt, I just think about it 😉 Happy halloween!
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Hahahah indeed. I do hope that I won’t ever put aside my morality and kneel before politics in the future. The future needs honesty. Hope you had a wonderful Halloween run! 😀
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The ending + the reading mouse is so cheesy. But on point.
I like to think that I prompted your Joker review. You were going to take forever to get to it and I sped things up.
The funny thing is that I have not seen this poster before, yet it looks a bit like an idea I had for the cover of my book.I ended up going with another idea, but it just made me wonder about the creators of this poster. Maybe I will be great like them one day.
I’ve kept busy, too. Slowed down on reading. I don’t like reading two books as once, so I really solely focused on the audio book. I think I’m running out of steam when it comes to reading this year. I think I’m preparing myself for my own edits…
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What can I say. Sometimes life has legitimate cheesiness for us to embrace with open arms! 🙂
You were indeed a factor among others that made me want to write it up sooner rather than later. I really ended up talking about the movie to friends and colleagues a lot and wanted to write it up before my thoughts get lost amongst other reviews by countless others who will have seen it. If it could help some to go watch it and help it beat box offices records (that it did beat), then I’m happy hahah
I can TOTALLY see you having a book with such a poster, especially with the kinds of story you share with us hahaha
Hhahaha everything has its own time. Maybe 2020 will have you blitzing through more books and have less writing done. Who knows! 😀
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I’ll drink to 2020!
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Man, Dune, the Black Prism and now the Hobbit? You’re going to spoil me with reviewing all the books I love!
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Hahahahaah duude, you have no idea how much influence you’ve had on my reading in general. My TBR is filled with books you ADORE. I’ll probably have a very Bookstooge-based TBR for 2020 planned out too. 😛
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Now I’m stoked.
Because your reviews are much more indepth than mine. I was looking at stats earlier this week and my average word count per post is just under 600. And that includes the synopsis and little legal blurb. So it is nice to a read a longer review and get some more thorough thoughts.
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I appreciate the kind words, sir. But you do say with very little words too though. I mean… Those food analogies alone say so much about your reading experience hahahaah
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Hahahha Bookstooge is/you’re so funny. (I couldn’t help but comment as his comment was right above mine.) 😀
I’m glad your month went as well as you hoped! I have to say though better you read and enjoy then consume and be slumping. I am fascinating to learn what you think of the Hobbit too. And I was so glad you shared what you thought about Joker! That was fun and insightful. I will be trying to watch it at some point. 😉
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Thanks for your support, Dani! I always appreciate it and am always glad to hear your thoughts on anything I read/share. And indeed. I haven’t yet been in a real slump but it’s something I’ll always make sure to avoid.
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I really like the Lightbringer books, I have the latest one sitting on my shelf unread because its so big and I’m intimidated. However I know once I start reading it I won’t want to put it down 😀
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Oh maaaaan, I totally understand! I’m at the 3rd book and it’s really the longest book so far in the series but I know I’m going to have a blast with it too. Can’t wait to finally get to the 5th and final book too hahah Happy reading! 😀
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Much as we would like to read quickly to be able to enjoy as many books as we want (because there are always so many books and so little time…), taking our time with them, savoring the story and the writing and the immersion in the worlds they picture makes it all worthwhile . 🙂
Happy reading!
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Couldn’t have said it better. I love when a book has that effect on me when I least expect it. It makes you appreciate it so much more for just having that effect hahaha Happy reading to you too! 😀
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AGAINNN!! SOOOO MANYYYY BOOOKSSSS!! comics are BOOKS too SOOO WELLLL DONE YOUUU!! 😍😍😍
And Shades of Magic?! Why do I get the feeling that I havent read your review of it yet?!? *GASPPP* I am going to have to catch up on a couple of posts that I missed! BUT SERIOUSLY!! I ENJOYED READING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR REVIEWSSSS!! 😍☺️😊
And HEYYY!! MANYYYYY WISHES TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND ON HER BIRTHDAYYYYY!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️💕💕💫💫💫⭐️⭐️⭐️ AND I AM SOOO GLAD YOU GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER AND FAMILY! Nothing better than that! 🌟🌟🌟
YOU SEEMED TO HAVE HAD A REALLLY FUN AND PRODUCTIVE OCTOBER AND I WISH YOU AN EVEN BETTER AND AMAZINGG NOVEMBERRR!! 😍😍😍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Hahahah it’s Schwab’s comic book spin-off series of her Shades of Magic trilogy and honestly, it’s not impressive and only hardcore fans who want to be “completionists” should take a look at it…
You’re too kind hahaha thank you for the warm wishes and I hope you have a fantaastic month of November filled with happiness and love as well! 😀
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Ooohhh!! I remember that review now! It wasnt up to the mark, right? You didnt like it that much! Yep…I remember reading it! 😊😊
THANK YOU SOO MUCHHH! ❤️❤️
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Sounds like it was a good month for you! I adore The Hobbit also- though I haven’t read it in awhile.
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I feel like it’s one of those classics that everyone rereads every year or something too hahaha I just can’t wait to share my thoughts on it, seeing that it’s my first time picking it up hahah
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I can’t wait to see them either! I think I’ve only read it the one time though. I’m not a big re-reader.
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This month really flew by and as always I am amazed at how many things you managed to do and read ahah 😄 The seminar sounds really interesting, and I’ve heard that autumn in Canada is really beautiful! I’m glad you had a great time around your girlfriend’s birthday, pretty sure you went to a lot of delicious restaurants and cool places 😉 Also, I really understand what you say about “savouring” a book, as it is what I am doing at the moment with Anna Karenina, that I love so much that I don’t really want to finish! That also reminds me that I still have to read the Hobbit, and I am really excited for this as well ! 😄 Thanks for sharing this great post Lashaan!
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Hahaaha I’m sure you discovered a lot of wonderful places in your new, dark and gloomy region of the world! 😛 Ohhhh, yes. The food. It would have made you madly salivate. 😉
I love when a book does that to you when you least expect it to. Although it does make me a bit late in what I was supposed to read by now hhahaha Oh boy, you definitely need to read some Tolkien, considering that I’ve heard that you love the movies! 😀 Have a wonderful month of November, Juliette! 😛
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I know… I’m actually thinking about when I can come back to Canada ahah 😀
Also, I have read some Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) but not the Hobbit – yet! It’s definitely on my list though 😊
Thank you and have a lovely month as well!
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Ohhh Caroline told me otherwise about you and Tolkien books. Although she wasn’t sure if you had or hadn’t hahah Well then, I got some catching up to do. 😀
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Looks like I really need to check out Weeks at some point! 😉
You’re reading The Hobbit! Yay! It’s such a wonderful book 😀
Glad your seminar worked out!
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I’d love to hear your thoughts on The Black Prism someday. Especially if you’re intrigued! 😀
About time I finally dove into that one huh hahahah
Thanks, Ola! Hope you had a great month of October yourself. I feel like you had a busy week at some point but I’m glad you still pumped out a couple of posts throughout the month. It’s always a pleasure to read what you write.
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Thanks, Lashaan!
Yes, it’s been a tough month, but rewarding, and I do hope it will bring fruit 🙂
We slowed down a bit with blogging, but we’re still hitting our one-post-a-week schedule, and frankly it doesn’t seem that we could increase the post frequency in the foreseeable future… So once a week it will be, and the upside to it is that I can choose a book to review from many, many options 😉 which will probably translate into mostly either raving or scathing reviews 🤣
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I feel like October lasted only a couple of weeks 😱 I’m glad you enjoyed this month and I’m so grateful I could spend it with you 🥰 Wishing you all the best for November ❤️
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Well… with the chaotic weeks you’ve had, I can only imagine how fast it must’ve seemed to you hahaha And I’ll always be greatful to spend any second with you! ❤
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