December 2020 Wrap-up

December TBR Pile (19/25):

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab ✓
Friend Book Club (Dec): Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
TBR Random (Dec): Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins ✓
Goodreads To Read Random (Dec): Still Life by Louise Penny
Theme 1: Wrapped Up for Christmas by Katlyn Duncan ✓
Theme 1: A Christmas to Remember by Jenny Hale ✓
Theme 1: The Christmas Princess by Patricia McLinn ✓
Theme 2: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Theme 2: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ✓
Theme 2: Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas ✓
Scifi: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Comics: The Tea Dragon Society ✓
Comics: The Tea Dragon Festival ✓
Comics: Flight Vol. 2 ✓
Comics: Once & Future King Vol. 2 ✓
Comics: Lumberjanes / Gotham Academy ✓
Comics: Monstress Vol. 5 ✓
Horror: North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud ✓
Added: Gotham Academy Semester 2 Vol. 1 ✓
Added: Gotham Academy Semester 2 Vol. 2 ✓
Added: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers ✓
Added: Let It Snow by Erica Ridley ✓
Added: The Christmas Contest by Scarlet Wilson ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4439 pages
Pages Remaining: 501,761 pages

Current Read - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

January TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Girly Book Club: Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips
Friend Book Club: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny
Nonfiction: The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen
Nonfiction: Librarian Tales by William Ottens
Nonfiction: Underland by Robert Mcfarlane
Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Scifi: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Scifi: The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Fantasy: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Comics: Solution and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Comics: Wellington by Aaron Mahnke

Movies watched

Beneath the Planet of the Apes - I’m slowly working through this series that I’ve never watched.
Florence Foster Jenkins - Delightful biography.
Holidate - Delightful Christmas romantic comedy.
Tenet - Too smart for its own good. Parts were liked and parts that were just too confusing.
MIB: International - Rotten Tomatoes’ score of 22% was very harsh. This was an okay summer blockbuster popcorn flick. I would give it more like 55%.
Insert Coin - Interesting documentary about coin op games and Midway. Didn’t know I needed to watch that one.
Soul - This was really beautifully; something I expect from Pixar.
WW84 - Very underwhelming…
Fatman -

TV Shows watched

Lovecraft Country S1
His Dark Materials S2
The Mandalorian S2
Below Deck: Sailing Yacht S1
Star Trek DS9 S1 - As we finished some of the other shows, we jumped back into Star Trek.
Schitt’s Creek S1-2 - We finally started it!

Comments - Finished off the year strong with 30 books over my goal.

Next up on the TBR pile:

November 2020 Wrap-up

November TBR Pile (16/30)

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
BOTM Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
BOTM Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Girly Book Club: Color Me In by Natasha Diaz ✓
Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Unread Shelf Random (Nov): Still Life by Louise Penny
Goodreads To Read Random (Nov): The Troop by Nick Cutter ✓
Theme 1: The Address Book by Deirdre Mask ✓
Theme 1: The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Theme 1: The Buried by Peter Hessler
Theme 2: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Horror: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff ✓
Comics: Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy
Comics: Lumberjanes The Infernal Compass ✓
Comics: Lumberjanes The Shape of Friendship ✓
Comics: Lumberjanes Bonus Tracks ✓
Comics: Flight Vol. 1 ✓
Comics: Flight Vol. 2
Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Thriller: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins ✓
Horror: The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School by Kim Newman
Horror: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand ✓
Added: The Last Flight by Julie Clark ✓
Added: Magical Blend by Kennedy Layne ✓
Added: Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker ✓
Added: Gotham Academy Vol. 1 ✓
Added: Gotham Academy Vol. 2 ✓
Added: Gotham Academy Vol. 3 ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4043 pages
Pages Remaining: 506,200 pages

Current Read - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (2) - Two selections from Book of the Month

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

December TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
Friend Book Club (Dec): TBD
TBR Random (Dec): Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Goodreads To Read Random (Dec): Still Life by Louise Penny
Theme 1: One Day in December by Josie Silver
Theme 1: TBD
Theme 1: TBD
Theme 2: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Theme 2: TBD
Theme 2: TBD
Scifi: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Comics: The Tea Dragon Society
Comics: The Tea Dragon Festival
Comics: Flight Vol. 2
Comics: Once & Future King Vol. 2
Comics: Lumberjanes / Gotham Academy
Comics: Monstress Vol. 5
Horror: North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

Movies watched

The New Mutants - Boring
Downsizing - Very confused message and tone.

TV Shows watched

The Mandalorian S2
Truth Seekers S1
Battlestar Galactica S4
His Dark Materials S2
Happy S2
Lovecraft Country S1

Comments - My reading went down this month as life was busy. But I still had a decent showing and finished off a stack of comics. I’ve put myself on a library ban that will be extending into 2021 (excluding book club selections that I don’t want to buy). We’ll see how December goes.

Next up on the TBR pile:

October 2020 Wrap-up

October TBR Pile (17/27)

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Book of the Month Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Girly Book Club: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali ✓
Friend Book Club: Sleepjng Giants by Sylvain Neuvel ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Oct): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Goodreads To Read Random (Oct): The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Theme 1: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones ✓
Theme 1: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi ✓
Theme 1: Devolution by Max Brooks ✓
Theme 2:
Theme 2:
Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender ✓
Theme Wrap-up: The Secrets of Drearcliff School by Kim Newman
Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore ✓
Romance: Well Played by Jen De Luca ✓
Nonfiction: The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Historical Fiction: Lovely War by Julie Berry ✓
Ebook: Dark Desires by Eve Silver ✓
Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 12 ✓
Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 13 ✓
Added: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner ✓
Added: The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller ✓
Added: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune ✓
Added: The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen ✓
Added: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5323 pages
Pages Remaining: 510,243 pages

Current Read - The Last Flight by Julie Clark

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (2) - Two selections from BOTM this month.

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

November TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
BOTM Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
BOTM Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Girly Book Club: Color Me In by Natasha Diaz
Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Unread Shelf Random (Nov): Still Life by Louise Penny
Goodreads To Read Random (Nov): The Troop by Nick Cutter
Theme 1: The Address Book by Deirdre Mask
Theme 1: The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Theme 1: The Buried by Peter Hessler
Theme 2: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Theme 2:
Theme 2:
Horror: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
Comics: Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy
Comics: Lumberjanes The Infernal Compass
Comics: Lumberjanes The Shape of Friendship
Comics: Lumberjanes Bonus Tracks
Comics: Flight Vol. 1
Comics: Flight Vol. 2
Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Thriller: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Horror: The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School by Kim Newman
Horror: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Movies watched

Save Yourselves - Weird and odd. Loved it!
Enola Holmes - Delightful
Aladdin (2019) - Better than I thought it was going to be. Will Smith is a good different genie.
Crazy Rich Asians - Better than the book…
Phinneas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universe - Our entertaining family movie night selection.
The Doorman - So very forgettable.
Jaco - Knew the music, didn’t know the name. Interesting biography.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Rewatch for me, first time for J.

TV Shows watched

Battelstar Galactica S3-4
The Boys S2
The Great British Bake-Off S11
Lower Decks S1
Archer S11
Happy S2
Home S1
Below Deck S7
Truth Seekers S1

Comments - A mixed bag when it came to the quality of the books I read this month, but I did reach my number goal. I’ve put myself on a library hold ban for November and December (except for book club books). Things got a little out of a hand and I stop reading my unread books. Need to get back to my own bookshelves and knock out some more books.

Next up on the TBR pile:

September 2020 Wrap-up

September TBR Pile (14/42):

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: Gods of Jade and Shadows by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ✓
Friend Book Club: The Holdout by Graham Moore ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Unread Shelf Random (Sept): Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
TBR Random (Sept): The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Sept): Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
August Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
August Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Theme 1: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Theme 1: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Theme 1: Bear Town by Fredrik Backman
Theme 2: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo ✓
Theme 2: Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Theme 2:
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Library: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Library: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power ✓
Ebook: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown ✓
Ebook: The Robots at Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Added: Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland ✓
Added: The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell ✓
Added: The Hike by Drew Magary ✓
Added: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan ✓
Added: Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen ✓
Added: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert ✓
Added: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner ✓
Added: Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5453 pages
Pages Remaining: 515,566 pages

Current Read - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones; Lovely War by Julie Berry; A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (3) - I ended up getting three books from BOTM for this month

Gods of Jade and Shadows by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Piransei by Susanna Clarke
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

October TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Book of the Month Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Girly Book Club: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
Friend Book Club:
Unread Shelf Random (Oct): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Goodreads To Read Random (Oct): The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Theme 1: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Theme 1: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Theme 1: Devolution by Max Brooks
Theme 2:
Theme 2:
Theme 3:
Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Theme Wrap-up: The Secrets of Drearcliff School by Kim Newman
Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore
Romance: Well Played by Jen De Luca
Nonfiction: The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Scifi: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Historical Fiction: Lovely War by Julie Berry
Ebook: Dark Desires by Eve Silver

Movies watched

Dolittle - Not as bad as I thought it would be. I think the biggest problem was the ridiculous accent.

TV Shows watched

Battlestar Galactica S3
Below Deck Med S
Afro Samurai
Lower Decks S1
The Orville S2
Archer
Travels with My Father
The Boys S2

Comments - Decent reading month even with all the interruptions.

Next up on the TBR pile:

August 2020 Wrap-up

August TBR Pile (17/44):

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite ✓
Friend Book Club: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (August): The Ship of Dreams by Gareth Russell ✓
TBR Jar Random (August): Delirium by Lauren Oliver ✓
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Theme 1: Partials by Dan Wells
Theme 1: The End of October by Lawrence Wright ✓
Theme 1: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov ✓
Theme 2: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Theme 2: Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams ✓
Theme 2: TBD
YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco ✓
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
MMD: Beach Read by Emily Henry ✓
MMD:: Redhead By the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler ✓
MMD: Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
Library: The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Library: The Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck
Library: Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke ✓
Romance: Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓
Romance: Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓
Added: Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓
Added: The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov ✓
Added: Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau ✓
Added: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6012 pages
Pages Remaining: 521,019 pages

Current Read - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (1) - I chose The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson for my BOTM selection.

September TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: Gods of Jade and Shadows by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Friend Book Club: The Holdout by Graham Moore
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Unread Shelf Random (Sept): Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
TBR Random (Sept): The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Sept): Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
August Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
August Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Theme 1: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Theme 1: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Theme 1: Bear Town by Fredrik Backman
Theme 2: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Theme 2: Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Theme 2:
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Library: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Library: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
Ebook: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
Ebook: The Robots at Dawn by Isaac Asimov

Movies watched

Jack Reacher - Very meh movie
Max Reload and the Nerf Blasters - Cute little indie film
Dynamite Warrior - Such a weird movie that J made me watch.
Bill & Ted Face the Music - Decent movie, but very earnest.

TV Shows watched

Battlestar Galactica S2
The Umbrella Academy S2
Holey Moley S2
Below Deck Med S5
Below Deck S7
The 100 S7
The Orville S1

Comments - A decent showing this month for reading. I figured my reading numbers would go down because of homeschooling. And it happened. That’s okay. I still read a decent amount this week and am going into September with renewed motivation.

Next up on the TBR pile:

July 2020 Wrap-up

July TBR Pile (22/43)

Book of the Month Club: The End of October by Lawrence Wright
BOTM: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager ✓
BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert ✓
Friend Book Club: The Witches are Coming by Lindy West ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (July): Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ✓
TBR Jar Random (July): Pines by Blake Crouch ✓
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
June Theme Wrap-up: Conjure Women by Afia Atakora ✓
June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
June Theme Wrap-up: Across the Universe by Beth Revis ✓
Theme 1: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Theme 1: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson ✓
Theme 1: Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
Theme 2: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Theme 2: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch ✓
Theme 2: The Guest List by Lucy Foley ✓
YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Nonfiction: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg ✓
Horror: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
Horror: The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs ✓
Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells ✓
Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells ✓
Added: Once & Future Vol. 1 ✓
Added: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo ✓
Added: On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen ✓
Added: Pandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold ✓
Added: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord ✓
Added: Galatea by Madeline Miller ✓
Added: Shrill by Lindy West ✓
Added: A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6736 pages
Pages Remaining: 527,031 pages

Current Read - Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt; Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (1) - My BOTM selection for July was Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. I’m excited to dive into that one for August.

August TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Friend Book Club: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (August): The Ship of Dreams by Gareth Russell
TBR Jar Random (August): Delirium by Lauren Oliver
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Theme 1: Partials by Dan Wells
Theme 1: The End of October by Lawrence Wright
Theme 1: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Theme 2: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Theme 2: Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams
Theme 2: TBD
YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
MMD: Beach Read by Emily Henry
MMD:: Redhead By the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
MMD: Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
Library: The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Library: The Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck
Library: Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke
Romance: Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance: Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt

Movies watched

Stuffed - Strange doc about taxidermists. Loved it!
Overboard (2018) - Not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but not good.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - J made me watch. Way funnier than I anticipated.
Eurovision - Tonally all over the place, but had some great funny moments.
Palm Springs - Total delight! Loved Andy Sandberg.
Yesterday - Don’t think about it too hard and then it’s great.
The Personal History of David Copperfield - Such a delightful movie. Loved it.
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home - We needed some light-hearted fun!
The Bit Player - Fascinating documentary about Claude Shannon
The Current War - A bit muddled, but decent.

TV Shows watched

Battlestar Galactica S2
Below Deck: Med S3
Cosmos S2
Avenue 5 S1 - This was a delight! I can’t wait for S2.
The 100 S7

Comments - Holy cow! Another huge reading moth! I knocked off a ton of books from my TBR pile and didn’t add to many. Looking forward to August. I imagine my reading will go down a bit with Arthur starting homeschooling and lots of big changes to our very lax schedule right now.

Next up on the TBR pile:

June 2020 Wrap-up

June TBR Pile (25/46):

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
Girly Book Club: Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane ✓
Friend Book Club: The Library of Legends by Janie Chang ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore ✓
UnRead Shelf Random (May): Asylum by Madeleine Roux ✓
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (June): The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe ✓
TBR Jar Random (June): Hollowland by Amanda Hocking ✓
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Theme 1: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Theme 1: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
Theme 1: Empress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn
Theme 2: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Theme 2: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Theme 2: A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer ✓
Mystery: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Washington ✓
Historical Fiction: Lady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn
Historical Fiction: The Paris Hours by Alex George ✓
Science Fiction: Sever by Lauren DeStefano ✓
Science Fiction: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells ✓
Science Fiction: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells ✓
Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells
Romance: Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick ✓
Romance: One Wicked Sin by Nicola Cornick (dumped series)
Romance: Mistress of Midnight by Nicola Cornick (dumped series)
Romance: Notorious by Nicola Cornick (dumped series)
Nonfiction: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte ✓
Ebook: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel ✓
Added: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams ✓
Added: Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen ✓
Added: The City We Became by NK Jemisin ✓
Added: Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking ✓
Added: The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley ✓
Added: When Women Ruled by Kara Cooney ✓
Added: Bibliophile by Jane Mount ✓
Added: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez ✓
Added: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓
Added: I’d Give Anything by Marisa de los Santos ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 8354 pages
Pages Remaining: 533,767 pages

Current Read - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert; Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (3) - I ended up getting three Book of the Month selections at the beginning June.

The End of October by Lawrence Wright
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

July TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: The End of October by Lawrence Wright
BOTM: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Girly Book Club: Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Friend Book Club: The Witches are Coming by Lindy West
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (July): Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
TBR Jar Random (July): Pines by Blake Crouch
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
June Theme Wrap-up: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
June Theme Wrap-up: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Theme 1: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Theme 1: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Theme 1: Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
Theme 2: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Theme 2: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Theme 2: TBD
YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Nonfiction: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Horror: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
Horror: The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells

Movies watched

Corporate Animals - Such a weird tone. Did not like…
Masterminds - A better comedy, but not great.
Porno - Not as comedic as we were hoping for.
Star Trek: Generations - Decent. Like a long episode of Next Gen.

TV Shows watched

Holey Moley S1-2 - Our fun silly show!
Broadchurch S3 - I was a little disappointed in the resolution of the storyline.
Cosmos S2 - Oh so good.
Battlestar Galactica S1 - As we finished Broadchurch, J had me start this show.
Below Deck S5-6

Comments - Holy cow! Still powering through books while social distancing. I need to do better at reading my own books (my constant refrain), but I’m excited about all the books I’ve been reading.

Next up on the TBR pile:

May 2020 Wrap-up

May TBR Pile (20/31):

Book of the Month Club: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd ✓
Girly Book Club: Circe by Madeline Miller (reread, no review) ✓
Friend Book Club: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
UnRead Shelf Random (May): Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (May): The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd ✓
TBR Jar Random (April): The Five by Hallie Rubenhold ✓
TBR Jar Random (May): A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer ✓
April Theme Wrap-up: The Oracle Code ✓
April Theme Wrap-up: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
April Theme Wrap-up: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin ✓
Theme 1: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Theme 1: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller ✓
Theme 1: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Theme 2: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Theme 2: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Theme 2: TBD
Romance: The Secrets of the Courtesan by Nicola Cornick ✓
Romance: The Confessions of a Duchess by Nicola Cornick ✓
Romance: The Scandals of an Innocent by Nicola Cornick ✓
Romance: The Undoing of a Lady by Nicola Cornick ✓
Added: Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen ✓
Added: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins ✓
Added: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey ✓
Added: The Deep by Alma Katsu ✓
Added: All Systems Red by Martha Wells ✓
Kid Read-Aloud: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✓
Kid Read-Aloud: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6518 pages
Pages Remaining: 542,121 pages

Current Read - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte; Hollowland by Amanda Hocking

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (1) - I skipped Book of the Month for May. Nothing really called to me. But I did pick up a copy of A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson for book club. I am hoping J will read it this year also.

June TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
Girly Book Club: Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Friend Book Club: The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
UnRead Shelf Random (May): Asylum by Madeleine Roux
UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (June): The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe
TBR Jar Random (June): Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Theme 1: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Theme 1: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
Theme 1: Empress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn
Theme 2: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Theme 2: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Theme 2: TBD
Mystery: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Washington
Historical Fiction: Lady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn
Historical Fiction: The Paris Hours by Alex George
Science Fiction: Sever by Lauren DeStefano
Science Fiction: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Science Fiction: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells
Romance: Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick
Romance: One Wicked Sin by Nicola Cornick
Romance: Mistress of Midnight by Nicola Cornick
Romance: Notorious by Nicola Cornick
Nonfiction: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte
Ebook: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

UnRead Shelf Plans

For June, the prompt a book from a series. I am hoping to read one of my historical fiction series or a romance series from my stacks.

Movies watched

Frankenstein from the National Theatre - We watched the one with Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller as the monster. So good!
1917 - Absolutely gorgeous and horrifying. Amazing!
VHYes - So weird, but strangely entertaining.
Love Wedding Repeat - Enjoyed this romcom.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot - Meh.
20 Feet from Stardom - Pretty decent documentary.
Ford v. Ferrari - Really enjoyed this movie about car racing, who knew?
General Magic - Fascinating look at an almost mythical company.
Jumanji: The Next Level - It had moments of humor. Mostly Kevin Hart being Danny Glover.
The Darkest Minds - Terrible confusing movie (and I’ve read the book).
Mortal Engines - Very cool models and set design, less exciting story and characters.
Alita: Battle Angel - It had promise, I just wanted less teeny-bopper romance and more battle with the Big Bad.
It Stains the Sands Red - Not the worst zombie movie I’ve seen, but the ending really killed it for me.
F/X - Great 80s action movie!
2010 - Except for the voiceovers, I loved this one.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss - Quirky and pretty fun.
A Trip to Greece - A fourth trip! I found this one to be more uplifting than the previous ones.
Spaceship Earth - A confused muddle of a documentary.
Color Out of Space - Hate Lovecraft as a person, love Lovecraftian horror. This was terrifying and amazing!
The Lovebirds - That was delightful!
Jupiter Ascending - What a trainwreck of a movie…
Extraction - Pretty good action film
Bad Times at the El Royale - Pretty intriguing
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

TV Shows watched

Last Week Tonight
What We Do in the Shadows S2
Rick and Morty S4
Living With Yourself S1
Below Deck S5

Comments - Another month in quarantine. At least I had a really good media month. Lots of books read. Lots of movies watched. Lots of schoolwork done with Arthur.

Next up on the TBR pile:

April 2020 Wrap-up

April TBR Pile (18/27):

Book of the Month Club: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Girly Book Club: We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Friend Book Club: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (Mar): 1776 by David McCullough ✓
UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Mar): Archaeology from Space by Sarah Parcak ✓
Goodreads To Read Random (April): Planetfall by Emma Newman ✓
TBR Jar Random (Jan): The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn ✓
TBR Jar Random (April): The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
March Theme Wrap-up: The Vagina Bible by Jen Gunter ✓
Theme 1: The Complete Phonogram ✓
Theme 1: Rat Queens Vol. 7 ✓
Theme 1: The Oracle Code
Theme 2: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Theme 2: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Theme 2: All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace ✓
Ebook: Horrostor by Grady Hendrix ✓
Ebook: The Last Debutante by Julia London ✓
Scifi: Redshirts by John Scalzi ✓
Added: The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis ✓
Added: Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb ✓
Added: Grave Minder by Melissa Marr ✓
Added: Saltwater Kisses by Krista Lakes ✓
Added: The Deep by Rivers Solomon ✓
Added: After the Cure by Deirdre Gould ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6116 pages
Pages Remaining: 548,639 pages

Current Read - Things in Jars by Jess Kidd; Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (15)

Book of the Month Selections: I grabbed my monthly selection and added on another new release. Plus I grabbed a physical copy of Circe for Girly Book Club’s May selection and because I really enjoyed that book the first time reading.

The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
Circe by Madeleine Miller
The Paris Hours by Alex George

I also found myself on the Book Outlet website and ended up buying a giant box of books. My first delivery arrived as a completely empty box. I had to contact customer service and get a replacement order. Unfortunately a few of the titles I originally ordered were then out of stock. I did get a few for the littles and many for me…

Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
Escape from Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Lady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn
Partials by Dan Wells
Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux
The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin
The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert - I wanted a physical copy for my bookshelves.

May TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Girly Book Club: Circe by Madeline Miller
Friend Book Club: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
UnRead Shelf Random (May): Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (May): The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
TBR Jar Random (April): The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
TBR Jar Random (May): A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
April Theme Wrap-up: The Oracle Code
April Theme Wrap-up: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
April Theme Wrap-up: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Theme 1: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Theme 1: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Theme 1: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Theme 2: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Theme 2: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Theme 2: TBD
Romance: The Secrets of the Courtesan by Nicola Cornick
Romance: The Confessions of a Duchess by Nicola Cornick
Romance: The Scandals of an Innocent by Nicola Cornick
Romance: The Undoing of a Lady by Nicola Cornick

UnRead Shelf Plans

For May, the prompt is a backlist book whose author has a newer book out. I’m choosing Asylum by Madeleine Roux. I’ve been meaning to read the entire series, so thought I would start here.

Movies watched

Memory - A documentary about the making of the movie Alien. Fascinating!
Vivarium - So incredibly weird…
Emma (2020) - I really enjoyed this slightly exaggerated version of the classic novel. Loved the costuming choices.
My Spy - This was a lot more funny than I thought it would be.
Bloodshot - Decent superhero action movie.
Beastie Boys Story - This was incredible! I laughed and cried throughout the video.

TV Shows watched

The Magicians S5 - What a good sorta happy ending to the series.
Superstore S5 - We’ve caught up.
Broadchurch S2 - We will finish this series eventually…
Lego Masters S1 - Some light fair for our TV watching, although I wasn’t too keen on who won.
Making It S1-2 - Another fun light show for us.
Below Deck Med S2 - My silly show to watch occasionally.
What We Do in the Shadows S1 - J had already watched the first season, but agreed to rewatch so I could see it.
Cosmos S2 - Very soothing documentary series.

Comments - Another decent reading month during quarantine. We also watched some good shows and movies. Here’s hoping that creating my new reading room will keep up my momentum.

Next up on the TBR pile:

March 2020 Wrap-up

March TBR Pile (20/33):

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
Girly Book Club: Vox by Christina Dalcher ✓
Friend Book Club: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow ✓
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Unread Shelf Random (Mar): 1776 by David McCullough
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Mar): Archaeology from Space by
TBR Jar Random (Jan): The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
TBR Jar Random (Feb): The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
January Theme Wrap-up: Fever by Lauren DeStefano ✓
February Theme Wrap-up: The Seduction of Lady X by Julia London ✓
February Theme Wrap-up: Kindred by Octavia Butler ✓
February Theme Wrap-up: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon ✓
Theme 1: The Vagina Bible by Jen Gunter
Theme 1: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay ✓
Theme 1: How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran ✓
Theme 2: Queen of Hearts of Rhys Bowen ✓
Theme 2: The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams ✓
Theme 2: Crocodile at the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ✓
Comic: The Complete Phonogram
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 9 ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 10 ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 11 ✓
Comic: Rat Queens Vol. 7
Library: Mythos by Stephen Fry ✓
Library: After the Flood by Kassandra Montag ✓
Series: The Night Country by Melissa Albert ✓
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Added: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✓
Added: The Story of the World in 100 Species by Christopher Lloyd ✓
Added: Well Met by Jen DeLuca ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6173 pages
Pages Remaining: 554,755 pages

Current Read - The Vagina Bible by Jen Gunter

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (8)

I took advantage of a my birthday month free Book of the Month deal and got two books this month.

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

I grabbed a clearance copy of Empress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn from Half Price Books.

For my birthday day out, I visited at cavern of a used bookstore. I limited myself to only buying five books. Seriously I could buy dozens from there. It’s the perfect bookstore of serendipity. I picked up:

Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters
The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
Still Life by Louise Penny
Sea of Glory by Nathanial Philbrick
Buffalo Bill’s America by Louis S. Warren

April TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Girly Book Club: We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Friend Book Club: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
UnRead Shelf Random (Mar): 1776 by David McCullough
UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Mar): Archaeology from Space by
Goodreads To Read Random (April): Planetfall by Emma Newman
TBR Jar Random (Jan): The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
TBR Jar Random (April): The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
March Theme Wrap-up: The Vagina Bible by Jen Gunter
Theme 1: The Complete Phonogram
Theme 1: Rat Queens Vol. 7
Theme 1: The Oracle Code
Theme 2: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Theme 2: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Theme 2: All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
Ebook: Horrostor by Grady Hendrix
Ebook: The Last Debutante by Julia London
Scifi: Redshirts by John Scalzi
Scifi: Planetfall by Emma Newman

UnRead Shelf Plans

For April, the prompt is the book you most recently acquired. I’ve gotten a few books in the past month; it was my birthday month. I decided to choose one of those books and I’m going with All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace. And here’s my ambitious UnRead Shelf TBR pile for April:

Movies watched

Little Monsters - Delightful zombie movie!
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The more I think about it, the less I like this movie.
The Gentleman - Thankfully this was a return to the good Guy Ritchie movies.
Birds of Prey - This was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.

TV Shows watched

Last Week Tonight - We caught up before the show had to change format.
The Magicians S5 - Last season… it has gutted me.
Doctor Who - Decent season finale.
Broadchurch S2 - Finally getting this season started.
Superstore - We caught up.

Comments - Being forced to stay at home has definitely helped my reading life, but has been a detriment to my mental health. I need a better balance. Hoping to focus on picking books that I will enjoy (not “required” reading) and get myself in a better place.

Next up on the TBR pile:

February 2020 Wrap-up

February TBR Pile (15/29):

Book of the Month Club: Bringing Down the Duke by Eva Dunmore
Girly Book Club: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer ✓
Friend Book Club: Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker ✓
OBM Book Club (Jan): Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez ✓
OBM Book Club (Feb): The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Unread Shelf Random (Feb): Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ✓
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Feb): The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London ✓
TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
Theme 1: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Theme 1: The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London ✓
Theme 1: The Christmas Secret by Julia London ✓
Theme 2: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Theme 2: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson ✓
Theme 2: Kindred by Octavia Butler
Comic: The Complete Phonogram
Ebook: Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid
Library: Drive Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler ✓
Library Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Series: Fever by Lauren DeStefano
Carryover: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara ✓
Nonfiction: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty ✓
Nonfiction: Mississippi River Tragedies by Christine A. Klein, Sandra B. Zellmer ✓
Mystery: Queen of Hearts of Rhys Bowen
Added: I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib ✓
Added: Frida Kahlo by Maria Hesse ✓
Added: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4532 pages
Pages Remaining: 560,928 pages

Current Read - Kindred by Octavia Butler; The Night Country by Melissa Albert

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

March TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
Girly Book Club: Vox by Christina Dalcher
Friend Book Club: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Unread Shelf Random (Mar): 1776 by David McCullough
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Mar):
TBR Jar Random (Jan): The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
TBR Jar Random (Feb):
TBR Jar Random (Mar):
January Theme Wrap-up: Fever by Lauren DeStefano
February Theme Wrap-up: The Seduction of Lady X by Julia London
February Theme Wrap-up: Kindred by Octavia Butler
February Theme Wrap-up: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Theme 1: TBD
Theme 1: TBD
Theme 1: TBD
Theme 2: Queen of Hearts of Rhys Bowen
Theme 2: The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
Theme 2: TBD
Comic: The Complete Phonogram
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 9
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 10
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 11
Comic: Rat Queens Vol. 7
Library: Mythos by Stephen Fry
Library: After the Flood by Kassandra Montag
Series: The Night Country by Melissa Albert
Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

UnRead Shelf Plans

For March, the prompt is the book that’s been on your unread shelf the longest. That would probably be 1776 by David McCullough.

Movies watched

The Spy Who Dumped Me - This was much funnier than I thought it was going to be.
Knives Out - Oh so good! Loved this one.
Jojo Rabbit - Very touching movie.

TV Shows watched

Decline and Fall S1 - We love our Jack Whitehall.
Doctor Who S12 - So close to the end of the season!
Broadchurch S1 - We finished the first season finally. Oh so intense!
The Magicians S5 - This season has been so good so far.
Outlander S2 - I finally restarted this season. I will finish it at some point.
Last Week Tonight S7 - Yeah! John Oliver is back!

Comments - It was a weird month with prepping to move houses, but I ended up reading 15 books. Decent showing… Next month I need to do some clean up of the books I meant to read in January and February.

Next up on the TBR pile:

January 2020 Wrap-up

January TBR Pile (16/30):

Book of the Month Club: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell ✓
BOTM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Girly Book Club: The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan ✓
Friend Book Club: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey ✓
OBM Book Club: Invisible Women by Criado-Perez
Unread Shelf Random: Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Goodreads To Read Random: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
Theme 1: Wool by Hugh Howey ✓
Theme 1: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Theme 1: Wither by Lauren DeStefano ✓
Theme 2: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth
Theme 2: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Theme 2: TBD
Carryover: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness ✓
Comics: Daybreak ✓
Kindle Unlimited: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid ✓
Kindle Unlimited: Friends without Benefits by Penny Reid
Library: The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas ✓
Library: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren ✓
Library: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Adams
Library: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
Library: The Toll by Cherie Priest
Library: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang
Added: The Hunger by Alma Katsu ✓
Added: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ✓
Added: Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo and Jose Munoz ✓
Added: Wolfpack by Abby Wambach ✓
Added: Lady Mechanika Vol. 4 ✓
Added: Lady Mechanika La Dama de la Muerta ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4973 pages
Pages Remaining: 565,460 pages

Current Read - Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez; The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara; Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (4)

I took advantage of a special Book of the Month deal and got two books this month.

Things in Jars by
The Silent Patient by

I grabbed the Kindle edition of The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey for book club.

And I received Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin from a friend for an exchange.

February TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: Bringing Down the Duke by Eva Dunmore
Girly Book Club: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Friend Book Club: Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
OBM Book Club (Jan): Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
OBM Book Club (Feb): The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Unread Shelf Random (Feb): Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Feb): The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London
TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
Theme 1: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Theme 1: The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London
Theme 1: ???
Theme 2: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Theme 2: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Theme 2: Kindred by Octavia Butler
Comic: The Complete Phonogram
Ebook: Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid
Library: Drive Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler
Library Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Series: Fever by Lauren DeStefano
Carryover: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Nonfiction: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
Nonfiction: Mississippi River Tragedies by Christine A. Klein, Sandra B. Zellmer
Mystery: Queen of Hearts of Rhys Bowen

UnRead Shelf Plans

For February, the prompt is a book gifted to you. I’m putting Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi as my choice. As for the strategies, February is all about weeding out books you don’t want anymore. This is perfect as this month is our moving month. I’m hoping to unload at least 5 books from my currently Unread Shelf.

Movies watched

Zombieland 2 - Such a delight to watch!
Strangers on a Train - Great classic Hitchcock movie!
Double Indeminity - Another great classic movie.
Freaks - Pretty interesting scifi movie.
Burglar - J’s pick. I had never seen this one. Funnier than I thought it was going to be.
Last Christmas - The entire plot was super spoiled in the trailer, but I still enjoyed it.

TV Shows watched

The Bachelor S24 - Ugh! The manufactured drama this season has been dialed way up. Not sure I like this.
Doctor Who S12 - Jodie as the Doctor is really growing on me.
His Dark Materials S1 - Finally! We get to where everything was leading to. So good…
The Mandalorian S1 - My my that was quite a season ender.
Below Deck S3 - Guilty pleasure show
Below Deck: Med S1 - Ditto
The Good Place S4 - Oh Goodness! I can’t believe this show is over. Love it so much.
Superstore S5 - Continue to enjoy this little sitcom.
Letterkenny S8 - Thank you for returning to comedic gold for the second half of the season!
War of the Worlds BBC 2019 Mini series - I really liked that this one was sent in Edwardian times. Not such a fan of the weird timeline for the present sections.
The Magicians S5 - I’m really intrigued about where they are going this season.
The Witcher S1 - We sped through the 8 episodes of this season. Loved it! I can’t wait for season two.

Comments - Thankfully I started out the year strong with my reading. I often top 20 books in the first month, but I’ve slowed down my reading in favor of larger books and specific ones I want to read. Moving to mood reading again will hopefully results in a better reading year in terms of quality if not also quantity.

Next up on the TBR pile:

December 2019 Wrap-up

December TBR Pile (17/37):

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Book of the Month Club: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Book of the Month Club: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Girly Book Club: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (I just read this one, so no reread)
Friend Book Club: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante ✓
Ebook: Silver Bells by CJ Hunt
Ebook: Second Chance Christmas by Shawn Inmon
Ebook: Romancing the Holidays by Jolene Cazzola
Ebook: Falling for Her Bachelor by Robin Bielman ✓
Ebook: Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman ✓
Ebook: In Too Deep by Tracey Alvarez
Ebook: Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez
Ebook: Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett ✓
Ebook: A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount ✓
Ebook: A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell
Ebook: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers
Ebook: A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton ✓
Ebook: A Kiss for Christmas by Melody Grace
Ebook: Home for Christmas by Daphne James Huff
Ebook: A Cheyenne Christmas by Caroline Lee
Ebook: A Cheyenne Christmas Homecoming by Caroline Lee
Random TBR Pick: Twenty Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks ✓
Popsugar (“Pop, sugar, challenge”): Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman ✓
Modern Mrs. Darcy: Persuasion by Jane Austen ✓ (no review as this is a reread, but it is my second favorite book of all time)
Finishing the Series: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Romance: Santa’s On His Way ✓
Romance: Finding Christmas by Karen Schaler ✓
Romance: Christmas in Vermont by Anita Hughes
Romance: 25 Days ‘til Christmas by Poppy Alexander ✓
Dancing with Fantasy and Scifi: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Creativity: Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine
Added: This Christmas by Jeannie Moon ✓
Added: The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan ✓
Added: Bewitched and Betrothed by Juliet Blackwell ✓
Added: The Old-Fashioned by Robert Simonson ✓
Added: The One by John Marrs ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4790 pages
Pages Remaining: 570,433 pages

Current Read - The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness; The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan; Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (4) - Couldn’t resist the 2 for $10 deal at Barnes and Noble this week and the Stan Lee’s birthday sale at Summit.

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Lady Mechanika Vol. 4: The Clockwork Assasin
Lady Mechanika La Dama de la Muerte

January TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
BOTM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Girly Book Club: The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan
Friend Book Club: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey
OBM Book Club: Invisible Women by Criado-Perez
Unread Shelf Random: Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Goodreads To Read Random: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
Theme 1: Wool by Hugh Howey
Theme 1: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Theme 1: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Theme 2: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth
Theme 2: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Theme 2: TBD
Carryover: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Comics: Daybreak
Kindle Unlimited: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
Kindle Unlimited: Friends without Benefits by Penny Reid
Library: The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
Library: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Library: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Adams
Library: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
Library: The Toll by Cherie Priest
Library: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang

UnRead Shelf Plans

For January, the prompt is to read any unread book from my shelf. I imagine something will strike my fancy. As for the strategies, there were three tasks for this month.

Count your books - Currently there are 120 unread books sitting in the theater room bookshelf. I’m not counting any ebooks or the books currently residing in the attic. Figure I will focus on those books first.
Library and book buying ban - I’m excepting my book club books and anything I already have on hold for the library.
Make a Top 10 to read for 2020 - I spent some time and make my short list:
1. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
2. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
3. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
4. In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
5. Scandalous Women of the Ton Series by Nicola Cornick
6. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomikas Adeyemi
7. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
8. Well Met by Jen DeLuca
9. Swamplandia by Karen Russell
10. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Movies watched

Ready or Not - Love love loved this movie!
Christmas at Pemberley Manor - So dumb, but I do like my Holiday romances. I just couldn’t get over the male lead. I kept conflating him with his not-so-nice character on UnReal.
Hail Satan - Very interesting documentary. I am fascinated.
6 Underground - Terrible movie. Even Ryan Reynolds could not save it.

TV Shows watched

Daybreak S1 - We finished this season and loved every minute of it! And oh that cliffhanger was brutal! Really hoping we get a season 2.
American Gods S1 - Slowly making our way through this first season.
Below Deck S1-2 - My mom keeps begging me to watch this one. Finally started after catching a few episodes at the gym.
A Discovery of Witches S1 - Finally got around to this one! Oh so good!
The Mandalorian S1 - Yes!

Comments - Wooo!!! What a reading year! I ended up reading 255 books in 2019. Hoping to carry some momentum into 2020.

Next up on the TBR pile:

November 2019 Wrap-up

NovemberTBR Pile (24/41):

Carry-over: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber ✓
Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Girly Book Club: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (I won’t be re-reading as I just read it, but I’m adding this here to remind me.)
Friend Book Club: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson ✓
The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss ✓
Monstress Vol. 4 ✓
Feed by M.T. Anderson ✓
Rabid by Bill Wasik ✓
Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston ✓
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht ✓
The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
The Lager Queen on Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal ✓
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen ✓
The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane ✓
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
What’s a Rogue Got to Do With It by Samantha Holt ✓
When a Rogue Loves a Woman by Samantha Holt ✓
Waiting for a Rogue Like You by Samantha Holt ✓
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams ✓
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams
A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams
A Christmas Bride by Hope Ramsay ✓
Old West Christmas Brides
Songbook by Nick Hornby ✓
The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection
A Very Special Christmas by Mary Balogh
The Highlander’s Christmas Bride by Vanessa Kelly
The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
The Christmas Layover by Robert Tate Miller ✓
Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala ✓
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Unexpected Gifts (and Endings) by Elena Aitken ✓
My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable ✓
Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie-Nicole Bates ✓
Man-eaters Vol. 1 ✓
Man-eaters Vol. 2 ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5663 pages
Pages Remaining: 575,223 pages

Current Read - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern; Santa’s On His Way

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (2) - Popped into Half Price Books for holiday items and came out with two books for me.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

December TBR Pile: This month is all about those last chance reads and holiday reads!

Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver
Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Book of the Month Club: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Book of the Month Club: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Girly Book Club: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (I just read this one, so no reread)
Friend Book Club: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Ebook: Silver Bells by CJ Hunt
Ebook: Second Chance Christmas by Shawn Inmon
Ebook: Romancing the Holidays by Jolene Cazzola
Ebook: Falling for Her Bachelor by Robin Bielman
Ebook: Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman
Ebook: In Too Deep by Tracey Alvarez
Ebook: Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez
Ebook: Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett
Ebook: A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount
Ebook: A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell
Ebook: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers
Ebook: A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton
Ebook: A Kiss for Christmas by Melody Grace
Ebook: Home for Christmas by Daphne James Huff
Ebook: A Cheyenne Christmas by Caroline Lee
Ebook: A Cheyenne Christmas Homecoming by Caroline Lee
Random TBR Pick: Twenty Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks
Popsugar (“Pop, sugar, challenge”): Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Modern Mrs. Darcy: Persuasion by Jane Austen
Finishing the Series: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Romance: Santa’s On His Way
Romance: Finding Christmas by Karen Schaler
Romance: Christmas in Vermont by Anita Hughes
Romance: 25 Days ‘til Christmas by Poppy Alexander
Dancing with Fantasy and Scifi: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Creativity: Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

Movies watched

Set It Up - A very enjoyable romantic comedy.
Echo in the Canyon - Awesome music documentary.
The Dark Tower - Ooof. Not great. Very confusing… and I read the books.
Bedazzled (1967) - Never saw this one. Really enjoyed Peter Cook in this one.
Fyre Fraud and Fyre - We watched both documentaries to compare and contrast. I think Fyre Fraud was more effective.
London Has Fallen - Oof. That was terrible.
Angel Has Fallen - Slightly better than London Has Fallen, but still terrible. Goodness. We need pick some better movies.
Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe - Silly Christmas romance. I do enjoy these some days.
Dealt - Fascinating documentary about a card mechanic.

TV Shows watched

Letterkenny S7 - A bit of an uneven season, but there were definitely some great jokes in there! And we finally got to see them play hockey!
His Dark Materials S1 - I’m so excited about this one… So far, so good.
Superstore S5 - It’s our light and fluffy show.
The Good Place S4 - Oh goodness! This season is really coming together.
A Chef’s Life S1 - I went back to rewatch this series from the beginning. I think I stopped somewhere in S3.
The Mandalorian S1 - Getting so excited about this series.
American Gods S1 - Finally got this show started after J finished the book awhile back.
Daybreak S1 - Wow! Really enjoying this series so much!

Comments - Such a killer reading month! I read a ton, some good, some not so good. But at least I knocked off some titles from my TBR pile. And I even clarified my reading goals for next year. Now on to December and my last chance to read for this year.

Next up on the TBR pile:

October 2019 Wrap-up

October TBR Pile (16/46):

Girly Book Club: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James ✓
Friend Book Club: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal ✓
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly ✓
Graveminder by Marisa Marr
Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn
Marionette by Anya Allyn
Music Box by Anya Allyn
The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte
Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Red Shirts by John Scalzi
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
Feed by MT Anderson
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
The Walking Dead Vol. 32 ✓
Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco ✓
How to Survive a Plague by David France
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness ✓
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child ✓
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Heathen Vol. 2 ✓
Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine ✓
The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller
Rat Queens Vol. 6 ✓
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven ✓
The Hike by Drew Magary
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Blackbird by Anna Carey
Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton ✓
The Umbrella Academy Vol. 3 ✓
Paper Girls Vol. 6 ✓
The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 9 ✓
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4505 pages
Pages Remaining: 580,886pages

Current Read - Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

November TBR Pile: I’m trying to focus on ebooks and owned books this month.

Carry-over: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Girly Book Club: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (I won’t be re-reading as I just read it, but I’m adding this here to remind me.)
Friend Book Club: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss
Monstress Vol. 4
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Rabid by Bill Wasik
Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
The Lager Queen on Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
What’s a Rogue Got to Do With It by Samantha Holt
When a Rogue Loves a Woman by Samantha Holt
Waiting for a Rogue Like You by Samantha Holt
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Crocodile on the Sandback by Elizabeth Peters
Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams
A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams
A Christmas Bride by Hope Ramsay
Old West Christmas Brides
Songbook by Nick Hornby
The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection
A Very Special Christmas by Mary Balogh
The Highlander’s Christmas Bride by Vanessa Kelly
The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Movies watched - Spooky movie month! Those in bold are new-to-me movies.

Idle Hands
Dracula (1931)
The Black Cat (1934) - Loved this one so much!
The Mummy (1935)
Stuber - Obviously not a spooky movie, but J wanted to watch it.
Anna and the Apocalypse - The first and second sections were fun and then it got really serious. I think this movie suffers a bit from a confusing tone.
Beetlejuice
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A Cabin in the Woods
The Mummy (1999)
Labyrinth
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Hobbs & Shaw - So much ridiculous fun! I love these dumb movies.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Never saw this one. Very very good!
Scream - J had never actually seen the entire movie. I couldn’t believe it.
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Dark City
The Invisible Man (1933)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Meh. Couple of good monster scenes, but not great.
Sleepaway Camp II - Wow that was ridiculously cheesy!
The Fly (1958)
The Fly (1986)
The Witches of Eastwick
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
The Relic
Cockneys Vs. Zombies
Shaun of the Dead

TV Shows watched

The Great British Bake-Off S10 - I still need to watch the finale, but all so excited.
The Good Place S4
Letterkenny S7 - This isn’t the best season, but decent jokes.

Comments -

Next up on the TBR pile:

September 2019 Wrap-up

September TBR Pile (16/38):

Carry-over: Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist ✓
Book of the Month Club: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
Book of the Month Club: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Girly Book Club: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai DNF
Friend Book Club: The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams ✓
Book Club: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin ✓
Perpetual Pick: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
UnRead Shelf Pick: Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
UnRead Shelf Pick: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth
Random TBR Pick: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Ebook: Waiting for a Rogue Like You by Samantha Holt
Ebook: What’s a Rogue Got to Do with It by Samantha Holt
Series Pick: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Monthly Keyword: The Bookfish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman ✓
Monthly Motif: 1776 by David McCullough
Nonfiction: Bad Blood by Jon Carreyou ✓
Nonfiction: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Nonfiction: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara ✓
Fantasy: Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta
Fantasy: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
Mystery: Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
Mystery: Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen
Mystery: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Horror: The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
Horror: Wilder Girls by Rory Power ✓
Historical Fiction: The Lake House by Kate Morton
Creativity: Craft a Life by Amy Tangerine
Anne Bogel Summer Rec: Gravity is the Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty
Anne Bogel Summer Rec: The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin ✓
Added: Alien Echo by Mira Grant ✓
Added: The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick ✓
Added: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston ✓
Added: The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn ✓
Added: East of West Vol. 9 ✓
Added: Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn ✓
Added: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera ✓
Added: The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5505 pages
Pages Remaining: 585,391 pages

Current Read - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

Books I Gave Up On (1) - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Books bought/received (0)

October TBR Pile: It’s spooky reads month, so my TBR is going to look a little different…

Girly Book Club: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Friend Book Club: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (obviously not spooky)
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly
Graveminder by Marisa Marr
Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn
Marionette by Anya Allyn
Music Box by Anya Allyn
The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte
Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Red Shirts by John Scalzi
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
Feed by MT Anderson
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
The Walking Dead Vol. 32
Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco
How to Survive a Plague by David France
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Heathen Vol. 2
Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine
The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller
Rat Queens Vol. 6
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven
The Hike by Drew Magary
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Blackbird by Anna Carey
Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton

Movies watched

Paper Towns - Finally watched this John Green adaptation. I think this was my favorite of his books.
Satanic Panic - What a weird movie, and yet I liked it.
Downtown Abbey - AHHH!!!!! I got to see the new movie at a special early screening. So much fun!
Booksmart - Really loved this one!
Spider-Man: Far From Home - Finally! I avoided every single spoiler and it was so worth it!
The Impossible - Very emotional movie based on a true story.

TV Shows watched

Game of Thrones S6-8 - We finished the last three seasons of the show! Not happy about the ending, but overall I’ve really enjoyed this series.
Big Little Lies S2 - Finally started the second season. Not really wanting to binge it, but it’s good so far.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina S1 - Finally started this series and I don’t understand why I waited so long. The first few episodes have been so much fun!
Superstore S5 - One of the few sitcoms we watch.
The Good Place S4 - It’s back finally! And for the last season. I’m so excited to see where this goes.

Comments - Another great reading month in terms of pages, but not so great in terms of reading quality. There were definitely a few duds in there. I’m looking forward to all the spooky reads I have lined up for next months.

Next up on the TBR pile:

August 2019 Wrap-up

August TBR Pile (22/28):

Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar ✓
Girly Book Club: You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld ✓
Friend Book Club: The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
UnRead Shelf Pick: Booknotes edited by Brian Lamb ✓
Random TBR Pick: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan ✓
Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor ✓
Series Pick: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Monthly Keyword: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Monthly Motif: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware ✓
Nonfiction: Columbine by David Cullen ✓
Fantasy: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 8 ✓
Science Fiction: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch ✓
Science Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch ✓
Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen ✓
Horror: Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist
Romance: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin ✓
Romance: Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey ✓
Historical Fiction: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
Thriller: The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth ✓
Thriller: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager ✓
Essays: I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott ✓
Anne Bogel Rec: Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum ✓
Anne Bogel Rec: Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald ✓
Added: A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell ✓
Added: The Girl in Red by Christina Henry ✓
Added: Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl ✓
Added: State of the Union by Nick Hornby ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 7185 pages
Pages Remaining: 590.896 pages

Current Read - Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

September TBR Pile:

Carry-over: Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist
Book of the Month Club: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
Book of the Month Club: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Book of the Month Club: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Girly Book Club: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Friend Book Club: The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
Book Club: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Perpetual Pick: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
UnRead Shelf Pick: Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
UnRead Shelf Pick: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth
Random TBR Pick: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Ebook: Waiting for a Rogue Like You by Samantha Holt
Ebook: What’s a Rogue Got to Do with It by Samantha Holt
Series Pick: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Monthly Keyword:The Bookfish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Monthly Motif: 1776 by David McCullough
Nonfiction: Bad Blood by Jon Carreyou
Nonfiction: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Nonfiction: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Fantasy: Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta
Fantasy: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
Science Fiction: Alien: Echo by Mira Grant
Mystery: Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
Mystery: Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen
Mystery: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Horror: The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
Horror: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Historical Fiction: The Lake House by Kate Morton
Creativity: Craft a Life by Amy Tangerine
Anne Bogel Summer Rec: Gravity is the Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty
Anne Bogel Summer Rec: The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

Movies watched

The Grinch - I took the kids to a Wednesday morning showing. Cute expansion of the book.
Levitated Mass - Interesting documentary about an art installation.
The King of Kong - J has been wanting me to watch this documentary for awhile now. I was no expecting all those twists and turns.
John Wick 3 - Finally got to see this one. So good! But the real stars of the movie were those dogs!
Shadow - The set design of this movie is just amazing. And the last 40 minutes are bananas!
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms - Meh… I loved the ballet interlude, but the rest of the movie seemed a bit disjointed.

TV Shows watched

The Boys S1 - We were concerned, but this adaptation was amazing. Can’t wait to see what they do for S2.
Stranger Things S3 - Loved that they amped up the horror this season.
Game of Thrones S2-4 - We’ve finally made it past the Red and Purple Weddings. I think we are now caught up to where we stopped watching.
Legion S3 - Slowly working our way through this season.
Wu Assassins S1 - Hmmm.. mixed feelings about this series. The action scenes are incredibly. The exposition and pacing was very off.
Lucifer S4 - I finally caught up and now have to wait until S5 airs.
The 100 S6 - Another cliffhanger ending of course.

Comments - Wow! I thought August would be a huge slowdown for my reading, but that did not happen. Instead, I had a huge reading month knocking off a ton of titles from my TBR.

Next up on the TBR pile:

July 2019 Wrap-up

July TBR Pile (17/31):

Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Girly Book Club: Less by Andrew Sean Greer ✓
Friend Book Club: Furious Hours by Casey Cep ✓
UnRead Shelf Pick: ???
Random TBR Pick: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys ✓
Random TBR Pick: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield ✓
Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
Alphabet Soup: Only Ever Her by Marybeth Whalen
Monthly Keyword (Lake): The Lake House by Kate Morton
Monthly Motif (Through the Years): The Gown by Jennifer Robson
Fantasy: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Comic: The Walking Dead Vol. 31 ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 5 ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 6 ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 7 ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Unicorn Power
Science Fiction: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Science Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Horror: The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones ✓
Romance: The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Romance: Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan ✓
Romance: The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson ✓
Historical Fiction: The Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes ✓
Historical Fiction: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Thriller: The River by Peter Heller ✓
Creativity: My Friend Fear by Meera Lee Patel
Added: The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis ✓
Added: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes ✓
Added: Gumballs by Erin Nation ✓
Added: The Mental Load by Emma ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4767 pages
Pages Remaining: 598,081 pages

Current Read - The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen; Booknotes edit by Brian Lamb

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

August TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Girly Book Club: You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Friend Book Club: TBD
UnRead Shelf Pick: Booknotes edited by Brian Lamb
Random TBR Pick: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
Series Pick: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Monthly Keyword: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Monthly Motif: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Nonfiction: Columbine by David Cullen
Fantasy: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 8
Science Fiction: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Science Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Horror: Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist
Romance: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Romance: Waiting for Tom Hanks
Historical Fiction: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
Thriller: The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
Thriller: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Essays: I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott
Anne Bogel Rec: Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum
Anne Bogel Rec: Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald

Movies watched

The Perfect Date - Pretty cute YA Rom Com
Shazam! - DC actually got this one right! Very entertaining.
Lego Movie 2 - Not quite as cute as the first one, but decent kid’s movie.
Mary Poppins Returns - Hmmm… I liked it, but it’s a big disconnect from the first one.
Wine Country - Loved loved loved this one. I think I might be Amy Poehler’s character…
Always Be My Maybe - A breath of fresh air romantic comedy. Really good one!

TV Shows watched

The 100 S6 - I’m finally caught up and watching in real time. Man, this season really took a turn!
Lucifer S1, S2, S3 - I started binging this show right before traveling to Indiana. In three weeks, I’ve finished three seasons! My current obsession!

Comments - A slight dip in reading momentum (as I knew would happen with traveling and prepping the twins for school). But I did have a stellar month of reading. Unfortunately there was a few duds in my reads this month. Very mixed bag…

Next up on the TBR pile:

June 2019 Wrap-up

June TBR Pile (21/33):

Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Girly Book Club: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (reread)
Friend Book Club: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter ✓
Random TBR Pick: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
Series Pick: Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey ✓
Monthly Keyword (Woman): The Woman in Black by Susan Hill ✓
Nonfiction: From Scratch by Allen Salkin
Nonfiction: City of Light by Rupert Christiansen ✓
Nonfiction: Cities by Monica L. Smith ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 3 ✓
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 4 ✓
Comic: The Umbrella Academy Vol. 2 ✓
Science Fiction: Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan ✓
Science Fiction: Alien: Echo by Mira Grant
Science Fiction: If, Then by Kate Hope Day ✓
Horror: Secrets of the Greek Revival by Eva Pohler ✓
Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Romance: The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Romance: Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
Romance: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren ✓
Romance: Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith ✓
Historical Fiction: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn ✓
Creativity: Craftfulness by Rosemary Davidson ✓
Creativity: My Friend Fear by Meera Lee Patel
Short Stories: Toil and Trouble
Young Adult: Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
Added: Coffin Hill Vol. 1 ✓
Added: Coffin Hill Vol. 2 ✓
Added: Coffin Hill Vol. 3 ✓
Added: The Huntress by Kate Quinn ✓
Added: Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey ✓
Added: Zoo Nebraska by Carson Vaughan ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5587 pages
Pages Remaining: 602,848 pages

Current Read - Furious Hours by Casey Cep

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

July TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Girly Book Club: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Friend Book Club: Furious Hours by Casey Cep
UnRead Shelf Pick: ???
Random TBR Pick: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Random TBR Pick: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
Alphabet Soup: Only Ever Her by Marybeth Whalen
Monthly Keyword (Lake): The Lake House by Kate Morton
Monthly Motif (Through the Years): The Gown by Jennifer Robson
Fantasy: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Comic: The Walking Dead Vol. 31
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 5
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 6
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 7
Comic: Lumberjanes Unicorn Power
Science Fiction: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Science Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Horror: The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones
Romance: The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Romance: Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
Romance: The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson
Historical Fiction: The Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes
Historical Fiction: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Thriller: The River by Peter Heller
Creativity: My Friend Fear by Meera Lee Patel

Movies watched

Captain Marvel - Finally!!! So so amazing. Definitely need to rewatch.
They Shall Not Grow Old - A depressing and yet amazing documentary about WWI.

TV Shows watched

Good Omens - Fantastic! Perfect casting and great translation of Pratchett and Gaiman’s humor. Loved every minute!
Archer: 1999 - So glad this one is back! Last season of Archer…
Elementary S7 - Last season… still love Jonny Lee Miller.

Comments - Very decent showing for June’s reading. Unfortunately there were a lot of library books and a lot of lackluster reads. Here’s hoping for some better quality reading for July.

Next up on the TBR pile:

May 2019 Wrap-up

May’s TBR Pile (20/32):

Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Girly Book Club: A Curve in the Road by Julianne Maclean (iPad) ✓
Friend Book Club: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
UnRead Shelf Pick: The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips ✓
Random TBR Pick: The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg ✓
Ebook: The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury by Mary Levy (iPad) ✓
Series Pick: Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco ✓
Alphabet Soup: Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi ✓
Monthly Keyword (Daisy): Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✓
Monthly Motif (One Sitting Reads): Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen ✓
Nonfiction: The Problem of Democracy by Nancy Isenberg
Nonfiction Cities by Monica Smith
Comic: The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 8 ✓
Comic: The Beauty Vol. 5 ✓
Comic: Heathen Vol. 1 ✓
Comic: Giant Days Vol. 8 ✓
Science Fiction: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor (iPad)
Horror: The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo ✓
Romance: 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
Romance: The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli ✓
Historical Fiction: The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White ✓
Historical Fiction: The Light Over London by Julia Kelly ✓
Historical Fiction: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton ✓
Historical Fiction: Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
HP Reread: The Chamber of Secrets
HP Reread: The Prisoner of Azkaban
Short Stories: Toil and Trouble
Young Adult: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta
Young Adult: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Added: Royals (Prince Charming) by Rachel Hawkins ✓
Added: A Brief History of Nebraska by Ronald Naugle ✓
Added: Watching You by Lisa Jewell ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5676 pages
Pages Remaining: 608,435 pages

Current Read - Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter; Secrets of the Greek Revival by Eva Pohler

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

June TBR Pile:

Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Girly Book Club: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (reread)
Friend Book Club: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Random TBR Pick: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
Series Pick: Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey
Monthly Keyword (Woman): The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Nonfiction: From Scratch by Allen Salkin
Nonfiction: City of Light by Rupert Christiansen
Nonfiction: Cities by Monica L. Smith
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 3
Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 4
Comic: The Umbrella Academy Vol. 2
Science Fiction: Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan
Science Fiction: Alien: Echo by Mira Grant
Science Fiction: If, Then by Kate Hope Day
Horror: Secrets of the Greek Revival by Eva Pohler
Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Romance: The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Romance: Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
Romance: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Romance: Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith
Historical Fiction: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Creativity: Craftfulness by Rosemary Davidson
Creativity: My Friend Fear by Meera Lee Patel
Short Stories: Toil and Trouble
Young Adult: Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Movies watched

Hired Gun - Fascinating documentary about musicians. Wish they would have spent a little less time on the Billy Joel storyline.
Apollo 11 - The story of the Apollo 11 mission told through archival footage and audio transmissions. A work of art in itself!

TV Shows watched

Veep S7 - And with that, the show is over!
Game of Thrones S1 - We restarted the entire series now that the show is ending.

Comments - As predicted, my reading momentum slowed down just a bit. But I’m still really happy at my reading this month. Lots of mediocre reads, but a couple of really good ones.

Next up on the TBR pile: