December 2018 Wrap-up
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- monthly wrap-up
December TBR Pile (16/43):
- TBR Pile: The Firemaster’s Mistress by Christie Dickason
- TBR Pile: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
- TBR Pile: Stealing Fire by Jo Graham
- Reading Assignment: Strange Weather by Joe Hill ✓
- Backlist Pick: Open House by Elizabeth Berg
- Young Adult Pick: Looking for Alaska by John Green ✓
- Horror Pick: Z-Burbia by Jake Bible ✓
- Series Pick: And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor
- Series Pick: A Perfect Storm by Jodi Taylor
- Series Pick: Christmas Past by Jodi Taylor
- Series Pick: An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor
- Book of the Month Club: TBD
- Girly Book Club: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✓
- Mystery Pick: Skirting the Grave by Annette Blair
- West O Book Club: Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha ✓
- Added: The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken ✓
- Christmas Spirit RC: Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber ✓
- CSRC: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz ✓
- CSRC: Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand ✓
- CSRC: Winter Stroll by Erin Hilderbrand ✓
- CSRC: Driving Home for Christmas by Lexy Timms ✓
- CSRC: Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams
- CSRC: Mistletoe and Mischief ✓
- CSRC: A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams
- CSRC: Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez
- CSRC: Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala
- CSRC: Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett
- CSRC: Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates
- CSRC: Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman
- CSRC: A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount
- CSRC: A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell
- CSRC: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers
- CSRC: A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton
- CSRC: Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira
- CSRC: My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable
- CSRC: The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield
- CSRC: A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt
- CSRC: Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson
- CSRC: Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley
- CSRC: A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson ✓
- CSRC: A Town Called Christmas by Stella Wilkinson ✓
- CSRC: That Mistletoe Moment ✓
- CSRC: The Night Before Christmas ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 4561 pages Pages Remaining: 640,172 pages
Current Read - And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor; The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton; Coffee Talk by Morton Satin
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books bought/received (0)
January’s TBR Pile:
- Book of the Month Club: The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
- BOTM: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Girly Book Club: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
- West O Book Club: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Random TBR Pick: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- Series Pick: Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh
- Series Pick: And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor
- Alphabet Soup: Zorro by Isabel Allende
- Alphabet Soup: Dark Angel by Mary Balogh
- Monthly Keyword (Jewel): A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh
- Monthly Motif (New-to-Me Author): Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
- Comic: The Walked Dead Vol. 30
- Comic: Rat Queens Vol. 5
- Comic: Saga Vol. 9
- Comic: The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 7
- Comic: The Exile by Diana Gabaladon
- Comic: The Autumnlands Vol. 1
- Comic: Low Vol. 2
- Comic: Low Vol. 3
- Comic: Low Vol. 4
- Romance: The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh
- Science Fiction: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- Nonfiction: Coffee Talk by Morton Satin
- Young Adult: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- Carry-Over: Open House by Elizabeth Berg
Movies watched
- Sorry to Bother You — Wow! This was amazing and weird. Loved it.
- They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead — Interesting documentary about Orson Welles.
- Game Night — There were a few really funny lines, but the overall plot was lacking.
- Ralph Breaks the Internet — I took the little boys to see a movie! We rarely (like never) go to the theater to see a movie. It was fun and the boys loved it. Even Q had minimal talking throughout.
TV Shows watched
- Doctor Who S11 — Disappointed that this was such a short season, but I did really enjoy it. “It Takes You Away” was surprisingly touching.
- Riverdale S1-2 — I finished the first season and started the second.
- The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj — J and I started this series that’s the in-depth portion of Last Week Tonight but done with more flair. Loving it.
- The Musketeers S3 — Finally finished this series.
Comments - Holy cow! I ended the year on a high note in terms of reading. I didn’t quite finish all my reading challenges, but I got so darn close. And I had a lifetime record high books and pages read. Go me! I can’t wait to see what great reads I pick up for 2019.
Next up on the TBR pile:
