I managed to restrain myself a bit more in October, though I did spend some time sewing seeds for future books through preorders and such. I feel like my focus was a little more on reading books anyway, with my Halloween goals actually getting accomplished; I often fall short, so I’m really happy with the result this year.

Enough rambling, on to the books!

New Books

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche was a bit of a spontaneous purchase, as I mainly picked it up to receive some bonus points on my rewards card at Indigo. I have been a little interested in this book ever since I learned about it from the game The Longing, however, my trouble getting into philosophy notwithstanding, so I’ll actually end up reading it myself at some point now.

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett is not actually the next Discworld book I need but the one after that one. I ordered them together, as I had enough points for two for the price of one, but they didn’t ship together so only this one arrived. With this book added to my collection, I have every novel in the “Death” subseries, which is a little bittersweet.

A digital copy of Scorn: The Art of the Game by Matthew Pellett came with the deluxe edition of the game that my brother gifted to me for my birthday. I really enjoyed that game, which first caught my attention years ago thanks to its visual design, so I’m really looking forward to reading through this art book to take in more of the visuals and perhaps uncover some of the obscure aspects of the game’s world.

Novel Discoveries

A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett is a collection of unpublished stories from his early writing career that is coming out soon in North America—maybe December? I love Pratchett, so preordering this was an easy decision, especially since it’s not a Discworld novel, so I won’t be hung up on whether its dimensions match with the rest on the shelf.

Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede is a horror novella I spotted while at the library a week ago or so. The cover really caught my eye, and the description sounds as deranged as the cover looks. I will likely borrow it from the library instead of buying it, in service of my growing effort to use library resources more often.

The Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel is a book I learned about from another blog’s WWW post a week or so ago. I can be picky with scientific nonfiction, but a hyper-focus on a certain type of animal is a surefire way to pique my interest. I’ve always had a low-key fondness for owls too, so this should feed that nicely.

Shut Up Slow Down Let Go Breathe by Marcus McCann is a book of poetry I randomly added to my to-read shelf yesterday after a quick trip to the book store. The cover caught my eye first, I’m not gonna lie, but I decided to put a pin in it for future poetry reading because of the use of the “cocktopus” at a page I randomly flipped to.

Closing Thoughts

This question just randomly occurred to me, and with it being Nonfiction November now it feels appropriate to ask, what’s a topic range that’s always sure to grab your attention with nonfiction books? Like I said, for me it’s often natural history or hyper-focus on a particular type of animal. Let me know, if you like.

Until next time, thank you for reading.