December TBR Pile (21/24):

1. Bookworms BC: NONE (Christmas exchange)

2. Friend BC: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley ✓

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: NONE (Lit Society month)

4. Kid Book Club: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

5. Kid Read Aloud: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate ✓

6. Kid Read Aloud: Gregor the Overland by Suzanne Collins ✓

7. Kid Read Aloud: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ✓

8. Nonfiction: The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries by Donald R. Prothero ✓

9. Fantasy: The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen ✓

10. Romance: The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay ✓

11. Romance: The Best Cowboy Christmas Ever by June Faver ✓

12. Romance: All I Want is You by Falon Ballard ✓

13. Romance: The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers ✓

14. Romance: Jingle All the Way by Sarah Everly ✓

15. Romance: 26 Ways to Come Home for the Holidays by Jennifer Joy ✓

16. Romance: Under the Mistletoe Collection ✓

17. Romance: Savor It by Tarah DeWitt ✓

18. Romance: Throttle Me by Chelle Bliss ✓

19. Romance: The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling ✓

20. Romance: Snowed in with Benefits by Misha Horne ✓

21. Mystery: A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas ✓

22. Horror: Kringle Down by Shane Lacy Hensley ✓

23. Horror: Kringle Down II by Shane Lacy Hensley ✓

24. Horror: Kringle Down Krampus by Shane Lacy Hensley ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5426 pages
Pages Remaining: 191,338 pages

Current Read - Hunting Adeline by HD Carlton

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (5)

I grabbed some deals on Black Friday including:

• House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

• The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

• The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

I restrained myself and only ordered one from Book of the Month.

• The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 305

• Books Read: 2

• Books Acquired: 5

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 308

January TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen

2. Bookworms BC: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

3. Friend BC: Small Angels by Lauren Owen

4. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

5. Kid Book Club: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

6. Kid Book Club: The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontorvant

7. Kid Read Aloud: The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

8. Romance: Hunting Adeline by HD Carlton

9. Romance: The Never King by Nikki St. Crow

10. Horror: The Gathering by CJ Tudor

Movies Watched

• Dear Santa

• Uncle Buck - Still holds up!

• Hot Frosty

• Red One

• The Merry Gentlemen

• The Carry-on

• Die Hard - A yearly tradition

• Holiday Inn - Another yearly tradition

TV Shows Watched

• Only Murders in the Building S4

• What We Do in the Shadows S6

• Lower Decks

• The Great Britsh Bake-off S15

• Below Deck: Sailing Yacht

• All the Dropout shows

• The Essex Serpent

Comments - Wrapping up the year with a decent showing as far at my reading. I ended the year with some not great reads, but you never know when you start a book. I still had a good month.

Next up on the TBR pile: