November TBR Pile (16/23):
BOTM: TBD
Bookworms BC: Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon ✓
Friend BC: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead ✓
Nonfiction: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green ✓
Nonfiction: Girl Gurl Grrrl by Kenya Hunt
Nonfiction: Dr. Mutter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Nonfiction: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Nonfiction Bad Fat Black Girl by Sesali Bowen ✓
Nonfiction: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi ✓
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
Malorie by Josh Malerman
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 5163 pages
Pages Remaining: 440,799 pages
Current Read - The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss; The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books Bought/Received (6)
I grabbed a few random titles from Book Outlet when I placed my kids’ Christmas order.
To Love and To Loathe by Martha Waters
A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Mandarin Collins
I grabbed a book from Amazon for my book club.
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
And I picked a few from BOTM.
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore (to complete having the trilogy in physical form)
Finally, I got a book in a book flood book exchange.
The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry
UnRead Shelf Progress
Starting Number: 291
Books Read: 2
Books Acquired: 5
Books Unshelved: 0
Finishing Number: 294
December TBR Pile: I love to end my year with some fluffy holiday romances. This year is no exception. Instead of trying to sneak in a few more big books of a more serious nature, I’m going to lean into the holiday romances. Let’s see what I have on my Kindle right now (also including a few must reads for book club):
Bookworms BC: (Already Read)
Friend BC: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
The Christmas Village by Annie Rains
The Christmas House by Victoria James
A Little Christmas Spirit by Sheila Roberts
The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels
The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery
Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis
The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
A Winter’s Night by Elizabeth Cole
A Brand of Christmas by Maggie Shayne
A Cheyenne Celebration by Caroline Lee
A Cheyenne Christmas Homecoming by Caroline Lee
A Cheyene Christmas by Caroline Lee
A Grosvenor Square Christmas
A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt
A Kiss for Christmas by Melody Grace
Miss Kane’s Christmas by Caroline Michelson
Mistletoe at Moonglow by Deborah Garner
Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater by Debbie Johnson
Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley
Pastels and Jingle Bells by Christine S. Feldman
The Perfect Gift by Serenity Woods
A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell
Scandalous Lord Dare by Stephanie Laurens
Silver Bells by CJ Hunt
Where the Heart Is by Darcy Burke
Wilhelmina by Hildie McQueen
Movies watched
The Cloverfield Paradox - Meh. Wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t great either.
The Making of Army of Darkness - Fascinating look at the making of a classic.
Spectre - Rewatch so we can watch the new Bond movie
No Time to Die - I was annoyed by the Madeline storyline, but overall, I enjoyed this last Daniel Craig movie.
Shang-Chi - Might be my favorite Marvel movie now.
Red Notice - Mediocre, but we will watch anything with Ryan Reynolds.
The Great Hack - Very depressing, but enlightening.
Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage - I love the banter between Eddie and Venom. I was less enamored by the action sequences. Still, it was entertaining. And that mid-credit scene had be gasping out loud.
Desk Set - Starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Delightful romantic comedy.
TV Shows watched
Foundation S1 - Oh goodness, that was good. I cannot wait for the second season.
Doctor Who
Lupin S2
The Great British Bake-Off
Below Deck
The Bachelorette
Last Week Tonight
Jack Whitehall’s Travels with My Father
Hit Monkey S1 - Very strange show, but oddly compelling.
Cowboy Bebop S1 - Sqeeee I am so excited about this show. It’s gorgeous and everyone is just amazing in it!
Comments - I thought that I would have a very low reading month, but I ended up on a reading spree towards the end of the month. So a very decent showing! Although I have a mix of stars, I did end up reading some really good books. Plus, we watched some good television and a few interesting movies. Now I’m prepping for Holiday romance December!
Next up on the TBR pile:
