Amy Scott's Thoughts

Bookish Thoughts for October

The last weekend of October was a stormy one in the PNW! If it wasn’t for the wet and windy weather, my book total would be much lower this month. Some minor sniffles mixed with wild weather gave our family the perfect reason to hunker down at home and chill for a few days. I took full advantage of this down time to catch up on reading! You’ll notice it was a very fictional month for me. I just didn’t have the bandwidth for non-fiction. It was also a very 3 star month for me, but honestly, that was perfect. Nothing too deep, nothing too serious. My schedule didn’t allow for a literary deep dive. I enjoyed my month of fluffy reading. Sometimes a light month is needed and October delivered!

My big accomplishment of the month was reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It took me a while to get through it. The length of the book and the science made it a slightly slower read for me. It was fascinating, though. I found the flashbacks made for a gripping tale as the reader slowly pieces together what is happening. I greatly enjoyed Ryland’s character and the supporting characters. The end-of-the-world dynamic was serious, but it also had many light and comical moments. The ending caught me off-guard! This is a favorite book of a dear friend. She requested I read the book so I could go see the movie with her when it’s released in March 2026. I have now completed my assignment and I am ready for a book/movie comparison!

I re-read the Sweater Weather series this month. It was the perfect light reading with all the seasonal vibes. I read the series when it was first released in 2023. I bought the series when it went on sale in 2024. To validate my purchase, I decided to read them again this year! I enjoyed revisiting Harvest Hollow and the characters that my favorite authors created. The Sweater Weather series transitions into the Appies series. Two of the Appies books are apart of the Sweater Weather series and I own the next two books in the Appies Series. There are 3 more Appies books in Kindle Unlimited that I don’t own. I might read them when I subscribe to KU in November. I do love completing a series… But… KU is about to release a dozen or so new novels by my favorite authors and most of those are Christmas books. The pull to holiday reading might be stronger than the pull to finish a series. We’ll have to wait and see. Maybe I’ll have time for both!

Top Picks for October

The Book List for October
1 Star = I did not like it. 2 stars = It was okay. 3 stars = I liked it. 4 stars = I really liked it. 5 stars = It was amazing.

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – 4 stars
• Because of You by Becky Wade – 3 stars
• Gelato at the Villa by Robin Jones Gunn – 3 stars
• Can’t Help Falling by Courtney Walsh – 3 stars
• The Fall Back Plan by Melanie Jacobson – 3 stars
• Faking the Fall by Julie Christianson – 3 stars
• Easy as Pie by Carina Taylor – 3 stars
• A Not So Fictional Fall by Savannah Scott – 3 stars
• Just Don’t Fall by Emma St. Clair – 3 stars
• Absolutely Not in Love by Jenny Proctor – 3 stars
• A Groom of One’s Own by Emma St. Clair – 3 stars
• Romancing the Grump by Jenny Proctor – 3 stars
• Once Upon a Christmas Carol by Melody Carlson – 3 stars