December TBR Pile (16/43):

1. TBR Pile: The Firemaster’s Mistress by Christie Dickason

2. TBR Pile: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander

3. TBR Pile: Stealing Fire by Jo Graham

4. Reading Assignment: Strange Weather by Joe Hill ✓

5. Backlist Pick: Open House by Elizabeth Berg

6. Young Adult Pick: Looking for Alaska by John Green ✓

7. Horror Pick: Z-Burbia by Jake Bible ✓

8. Series Pick: And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor

9. Series Pick: A Perfect Storm by Jodi Taylor

10. Series Pick: Christmas Past by Jodi Taylor

11. Series Pick: An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor

12. Book of the Month Club: TBD

13. Girly Book Club: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✓

14. Mystery Pick: Skirting the Grave by Annette Blair

15. West O Book Club: Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha ✓

16. Added: The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken ✓

17. Christmas Spirit RC: Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber ✓

18. CSRC: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz ✓

19. CSRC: Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand ✓

20. CSRC: Winter Stroll by Erin Hilderbrand ✓

21. CSRC: Driving Home for Christmas by Lexy Timms ✓

22. CSRC: Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams

23. CSRC: Mistletoe and Mischief ✓

24. CSRC: A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams

25. CSRC: Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez

26. CSRC: Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala

27. CSRC: Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett

28. CSRC: Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates

29. CSRC: Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman

30. CSRC: A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount

31. CSRC: A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

32. CSRC: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers

33. CSRC: A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton

34. CSRC: Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira

35. CSRC: My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable

36. CSRC: The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield

37. CSRC: A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt

38. CSRC: Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson

39. CSRC: Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley

40. CSRC: A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson ✓

41. CSRC: A Town Called Christmas by Stella Wilkinson ✓

42. CSRC: That Mistletoe Moment ✓

43. 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:

1. Book of the Month Club: The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton

2. BOTM: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick

3. Girly Book Club: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

4. West O Book Club: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

5. Random TBR Pick: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

6. Series Pick: Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh

7. Series Pick: And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor

8. Alphabet Soup: Zorro by Isabel Allende

9. Alphabet Soup: Dark Angel by Mary Balogh

10. Monthly Keyword (Jewel): A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh

11. Monthly Motif (New-to-Me Author): Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon

12. Comic: The Walked Dead Vol. 30

13. Comic: Rat Queens Vol. 5

14. Comic: Saga Vol. 9

15. Comic: The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 7

16. Comic: The Exile by Diana Gabaladon

17. Comic: The Autumnlands Vol. 1

18. Comic: Low Vol. 2

19. Comic: Low Vol. 3

20. Comic: Low Vol. 4

21. Romance: The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh

22. Science Fiction: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

23. Nonfiction: Coffee Talk by Morton Satin

24. Young Adult: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

25. 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: