December TBR Pile (16/43):
TBR Pile: The Firemaster’s Mistress by Christie Dickason
TBR Pile: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
TBR Pile: Stealing Fire by Jo Graham
Reading Assignment: Strange Weather by Joe Hill ✓
Backlist Pick: Open House by Elizabeth Berg
Young Adult Pick: Looking for Alaska by John Green ✓
Horror Pick: Z-Burbia by Jake Bible ✓
Series Pick: And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor
Series Pick: A Perfect Storm by Jodi Taylor
Series Pick: Christmas Past by Jodi Taylor
Series Pick: An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor
Book of the Month Club: TBD
Girly Book Club: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✓
Mystery Pick: Skirting the Grave by Annette Blair
West O Book Club: Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha ✓
Christmas Spirit RC: Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber ✓
CSRC: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz ✓
CSRC: Driving Home for Christmas by Lexy Timms ✓
CSRC: Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams
CSRC: Mistletoe and Mischief ✓
CSRC: A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams
CSRC: Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez
CSRC: Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala
CSRC: Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett
CSRC: Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates
CSRC: Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman
CSRC: A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount
CSRC: A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell
CSRC: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers
CSRC: A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton
CSRC: Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira
CSRC: My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable
CSRC: The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield
CSRC: A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt
CSRC: Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson
CSRC: Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley
CSRC: That Mistletoe Moment ✓
CSRC: The Night Before Christmas ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 4561 pages
Pages Remaining: 640,172 pages
Current Read - And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor; The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton; Coffee Talk by Morton Satin
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books bought/received (0)
January's TBR Pile:
Book of the Month Club: The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
BOTM: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
Girly Book Club: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
West O Book Club: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Random TBR Pick: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Series Pick: Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh
Series Pick: And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor
Alphabet Soup: Zorro by Isabel Allende
Alphabet Soup: Dark Angel by Mary Balogh
Monthly Keyword (Jewel): A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh
Monthly Motif (New-to-Me Author): Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
Comic: The Walked Dead Vol. 30
Comic: Rat Queens Vol. 5
Comic: Saga Vol. 9
Comic: The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 7
Comic: The Exile by Diana Gabaladon
Comic: The Autumnlands Vol. 1
Comic: Low Vol. 2
Comic: Low Vol. 3
Comic: Low Vol. 4
Romance: The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh
Science Fiction: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Nonfiction: Coffee Talk by Morton Satin
Young Adult: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Carry-Over: Open House by Elizabeth Berg
Movies watched
Sorry to Bother You — Wow! This was amazing and weird. Loved it.
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead — Interesting documentary about Orson Welles.
Game Night — There were a few really funny lines, but the overall plot was lacking.
Ralph Breaks the Internet — I took the little boys to see a movie! We rarely (like never) go to the theater to see a movie. It was fun and the boys loved it. Even Q had minimal talking throughout.
TV Shows watched
Doctor Who S11 — Disappointed that this was such a short season, but I did really enjoy it. “It Takes You Away” was surprisingly touching.
Riverdale S1-2 — I finished the first season and started the second.
The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj — J and I started this series that’s the in-depth portion of Last Week Tonight but done with more flair. Loving it.
The Musketeers S3 — Finally finished this series.
Comments - Holy cow! I ended the year on a high note in terms of reading. I didn’t quite finish all my reading challenges, but I got so darn close. And I had a lifetime record high books and pages read. Go me! I can’t wait to see what great reads I pick up for 2019.
Next up on the TBR pile:
