Happy Halloween!! And as a treat, I give you our family pumpkins:

I like them all, but my favorite is the one 8-year-old K carved herself (on the right). Here it is by daylight:

Cracks. Me. Up.

As for reading, I read (and reread) a ton this month. But, hands down (WHY CAN’T I SELL THESE? *shakes fist*) my favorite was this:

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

So good. SOOOO good.

As for the rest:

Middle Grade

I Kill the Mockingbird

The Iron Trial

Minion

The Princess in Black

YA

Chasing Power

The Infinite Sea

Skink: No Surrender

Graphic Novel

Drama

Sisters

Smile

Nonfiction

Port Chicago 50

Adult

A Beautiful Blue Death

Dollbaby

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (audio)

Raging Heat

What were your favorites this month?