November 2021 Wrap-up

November TBR Pile (16/23):

1. BOTM: TBD
2. Bookworms BC: Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon ✓
3. Friend BC: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead ✓
4. Nonfiction: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green ✓
5. Nonfiction: Girl Gurl Grrrl by Kenya Hunt
6. Nonfiction: Dr. Mutter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
7. Nonfiction: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
8. Nonfiction Bad Fat Black Girl by Sesali Bowen ✓
9. Nonfiction: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi ✓
10. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
11. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune ✓
12. Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
13. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren ✓
14. Malorie by Josh Malerman
15. Reprieve by James Han Mattson ✓
16. Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren ✓
17. Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas ✓
18. The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez ✓
19. Landline by Rainbow Rowell ✓
20. Shutter Vol. 1 ✓
21. The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel ✓
22. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood ✓
23. Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5163 pages Pages Remaining: 440,799 pages

Current Read - The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss; The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (6)

I grabbed a few random titles from Book Outlet when I placed my kids’ Christmas order.

• To Love and To Loathe by Martha Waters
• A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Mandarin Collins

I grabbed a book from Amazon for my book club.

• Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

And I picked a few from BOTM.

• The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
• A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore (to complete having the trilogy in physical form)

Finally, I got a book in a book flood book exchange.

• The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 291
• Books Read: 2
• Books Acquired: 5
• Books Unshelved: 0
• Finishing Number: 294

December TBR Pile: I love to end my year with some fluffy holiday romances. This year is no exception. Instead of trying to sneak in a few more big books of a more serious nature, I’m going to lean into the holiday romances. Let’s see what I have on my Kindle right now (also including a few must reads for book club):

1. Bookworms BC: (Already Read)
2. Friend BC: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
3. The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
4. The Christmas Village by Annie Rains
5. The Christmas House by Victoria James
6. A Little Christmas Spirit by Sheila Roberts
7. The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
8. One Day in December by Josie Silver
9. Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels
10. The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery
11. Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis
12. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
13. A Winter’s Night by Elizabeth Cole
14. A Brand of Christmas by Maggie Shayne
15. A Cheyenne Celebration by Caroline Lee
16. A Cheyenne Christmas Homecoming by Caroline Lee
17. A Cheyene Christmas by Caroline Lee
18. A Grosvenor Square Christmas
19. A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt
20. A Kiss for Christmas by Melody Grace
21. Miss Kane’s Christmas by Caroline Michelson
22. Mistletoe at Moonglow by Deborah Garner
23. Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater by Debbie Johnson
24. Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley
25. Pastels and Jingle Bells by Christine S. Feldman
26. The Perfect Gift by Serenity Woods
27. A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell
28. Scandalous Lord Dare by Stephanie Laurens
29. Silver Bells by CJ Hunt
30. Where the Heart Is by Darcy Burke
31. Wilhelmina by Hildie McQueen

Movies watched

• The Cloverfield Paradox - Meh. Wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t great either.
• The Making of Army of Darkness - Fascinating look at the making of a classic.
• Spectre - Rewatch so we can watch the new Bond movie
• No Time to Die - I was annoyed by the Madeline storyline, but overall, I enjoyed this last Daniel Craig movie.
• Shang-Chi - Might be my favorite Marvel movie now.
• Red Notice - Mediocre, but we will watch anything with Ryan Reynolds.
• The Great Hack - Very depressing, but enlightening.
• Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage - I love the banter between Eddie and Venom. I was less enamored by the action sequences. Still, it was entertaining. And that mid-credit scene had be gasping out loud.
• Desk Set - Starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Delightful romantic comedy.

TV Shows watched 

• Foundation S1 - Oh goodness, that was good. I cannot wait for the second season.
• Doctor Who
• Lupin S2
• The Great British Bake-Off
• Below Deck
• The Bachelorette
• Last Week Tonight
• Jack Whitehall’s Travels with My Father
• Hit Monkey S1 - Very strange show, but oddly compelling.
• Cowboy Bebop S1 - Sqeeee I am so excited about this show. It’s gorgeous and everyone is just amazing in it!

Comments - I thought that I would have a very low reading month, but I ended up on a reading spree towards the end of the month. So a very decent showing! Although I have a mix of stars, I did end up reading some really good books. Plus, we watched some good television and a few interesting movies. Now I’m prepping for Holiday romance December!

Next up on the TBR pile: