December TBR Pilev (22/25):

1. Bookworms BC: None

2. Friend BC: None

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson ✓

4. Kid Read Aloud: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle ✓

5. Kid Read Aloud: The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown ✓

6. Kid Book Club: A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

7. Nonfiction: Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar ✓

8. Romance: Snowed in for Christmas by Jaqueline Snowe ✓

9. Romance: Bad Bachelor by Stefanie London ✓

10. Romance: Gray Hair Don’t Care by Karen Booth ✓

11. Romance: The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score ✓

12. Romance: A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews ✓

13. Romance: Love in a Blizzard by Britney M. Mills ✓

14. Romance: White Lie Christmas by Karla Doyle ✓

15. Romance: A Winter in New York by Josie Silver ✓

16. Romance: That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert ✓

17. Romance: Miss Kane’s Christmas by Caroline Mickelson ✓

18. Romance: A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn ✓

19. Romance: Blue Sky Cowboy Christmas by Joanne Kennedy ✓

20. Romance: The Worst Christmas Ever? by Rebecca Paulinyi ✓

21. Romance: The Stopover by TL Swan ✓

22. Romance: Falling for the Rockstar at Christmas by Lyndsey Gallagher ✓

23. Thriller: Whalefall by Daniel Kraus ✓

24. Fantasy: Magical Midlife Madness by KF Breene ✓

25. Fantasy: Under the Smokestrewn Sky by A. Deborah Baker ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6250 pages
Pages Remaining: 274,988 pages

Current Read - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros; Timekeeper by Tara Sim

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (3):

For the book club’s Christmas Book and Bottle Exchange, I ended up with Pinot Noir by Mads Molnar. Looks like an interesting mystery/action story.

I actually found two BOTM selections that I really wanted.

• The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen

• The Gentleman’s Gambit by Evie Dunmore

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 337

• Books Read: 0

• Books Acquired: 3

• Books Unshelved: 4

• Finishing Number: 336

January TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

2. Friend BC: The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

4. Kid Read Aloud: Charlotte’s Web by EB White

5. Kid Read Aloud: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

6. Kid Book Club: A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

7. Fantasy: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

8. Fantasy: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

9. Fantasy: Timekeeper by Tara Sim

10. Fantasy: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

11. Science Fiction: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Movies Watched

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

• Newsies

• Solaris (1972)

• Silent Night

TV Shows Watched

• Doctor Who

• Below Deck: Med

• Bachelor in Paradise

• Slow Horses S3

• Obliterated S1

• Rick & Morty

• Archer - Series finale! I can’t believe that show aired for 14 seasons!

• One Piece S1

• Lockwood and Co. S1

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1

Comments - Ending my year on a high note for my reading and media watching. Looking forward to what 2024 will bring.

Next up on the TBR pile: