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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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