November 2023 Wrap-up

November TBR Pile (21/27):

1. Bookworms BC: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

2. Friend BC: Underground Airlines by Ben Winters ✓

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers ✓

4. Kid Read Aloud: Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia ✓

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

6. Kid Book Club: From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks ✓

7. Romance: Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark ✓

8. Romance: A Delicate Deception by Cat Sebastian ✓

9. Romance: Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey

10. Romance: Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey

11. Romance: Love of My Lives by Yamille Saied Mendez

12. Romance: The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary ✓

13. Romance: The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert ✓

14. Romance: Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost ✓

15. Romance: Wicked All Night by Jeaniene Frost ✓

16. Romance: Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost ✓

17. Romance: Role Playing by Cathy Yardley ✓

18. Horror: Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons ✓

19. Horror: The September House by Carissa Orlando ✓

20. Nonfiction: Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya ✓

21. Science Fiction: Starter Villain by John Schalzi ✓

22. Science Fiction: Ark by Veronica Roth ✓

23. Science Fiction: Emergency Skin by NK Jemisin ✓

24. Science Fiction: Summer Frost by Blake Crouch ✓

25. Science Fiction: Randomize by Andy Weir ✓

26. Science Fiction: You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles ✓

27. Science Fiction: The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5563 pages
Pages Remaining: 281,238 pages

Current Read - Snowed in for Christmas by Jacqueline Snowe; Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (0)

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 339

• Books Read: 1

• Books Acquired: 0

• Books Unshelved: 1

• Finishing Number: 337

December TBR Pile: Not burdening myself with a TBR for this month. Just reading what I feel like.

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

Movies Watched - November became Nic Cage November! We began a retrospective of his entire career. Definitely not going to finish this month, but we can get a start. We ended up with 17 Nicolas Cage movies and one docmentary.

• In Defense of Nicolas Cage

• Rumble Fish (side character)

• Valley Girl

• Racing with the Moon (side character)

• Birdy

• The Cotton Club (side character)

• Peggy Sue Got Married

• The Boy in Blue

• Moonstruck

• Raising Arizona - Still my favorite Nicolas Cage movie!

• Time to Kill - This is terrible. Skip it.

• Firebirds

• Wild at Heart - Reminds me why I don’t really enjoy Lynch.

• Zandalee

• Honeymoon in Vegas

• Amos & Andrew

• Deadfall

• Red Rock West

• Guarding Tess

• Solarbabies - Obviously not a Nic Cage movie. This was for family movie night. Very cheesy 80s scifi movie.

• Five Nights at Freddy’s - Kids’ pick for Thanksgiving movie night.

• Fantastic Mr. Fox

TV Shows Watched

• Loki S2

• Lower Decks S3

• Ghosts S6

• Rick & Morty S7

• Bachelor in Paradise

• Shoresy S2

• Doctor Who

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