{"id":4246,"date":"2022-10-21T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=4246"},"modified":"2022-10-20T15:25:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:25:54","slug":"october-2022-book-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/october-2022-book-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2022 Book Recommendation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the book I picked for October because, you know, Halloween. And it has vampires and werewolves and soulless humans (?) and the typical mortal kind. And they&#8217;ve found a way to co-exist in Victorian England. Mostly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4247\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/01F3B577-C6EF-4A0B-9E8F-0167764F2C00-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gailcarriger.com\/books\/soulless\/\">Soulless<\/a> by Gail Carriger a combination of urban fantasy, victorian, romance, steampunk and mystery. I&#8217;ve never read anything like it. I enjoyed it. Alexia Tarabotti is an outspoken, sarcastic delight. She may have no soul but she&#8217;d got character in spades. Though I have to admit I had to do some backtracking. That doesn&#8217;t necessarily bother me, especially if it&#8217;s a genre I don&#8217;t regularly read. And there was a lot going on in this story. And a lot of characters. And layered world building to sort through. It&#8217;s not for everyone but if you&#8217;re curious definitely give it a try. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sneak peek at a book I&#8217;m writing which may or may not have a ghostly character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3E0D6647-3419-4D2A-B386-8A1566EC9203.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3E0D6647-3419-4D2A-B386-8A1566EC9203-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3E0D6647-3419-4D2A-B386-8A1566EC9203-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3E0D6647-3419-4D2A-B386-8A1566EC9203-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3E0D6647-3419-4D2A-B386-8A1566EC9203-768x1365.png 768w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3E0D6647-3419-4D2A-B386-8A1566EC9203-864x1536.png 864w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3E0D6647-3419-4D2A-B386-8A1566EC9203.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s everyone else reading? 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