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Road Narrative Update for October 2019: 11/03/19

Road Narrative Update for October 2019 2019

I covered 15 narratives in the spectrum. That includes 10 reviews and 5 books still needing to review. I'm taking a break right now from writing essays to focus on reading.

Placement of the books read, reviewed, and essays written in October 2019. Click to see a larger version
Placement of the books read, reviewed, and essays written in October. Click to see a larger version

  1. FFCC66: The Portal by Kathryn Lasky
  2. FF9966: Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
  3. CCCCFF: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
  4. CC6666: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
  5. 99CCCC: Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
  6. 996666: The Bone Garden by Heather Kassner
  7. 996600: Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger
  8. 990000: Spell & Spindle by Michelle Schusterman
  9. 66CCCC: Archimancy by J.A. White
  10. 66CC66: The Boney Hand by Karen Kane
  11. 660000: Everything I Know About You by Barbara Dee
  12. 33FF00: The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
  13. 336633: Nevers by Sara Cassidy
  14. 336600: Alice isn't Dead by Joseph Fink
  15. 000000: Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

I still have 53 spots open in the road narrative spectrum where I still need to find an exemplar. I've found exemplars for 75% of the spectrum.

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