December 2021 Wrap-up

December TBR Pile - 23 read:

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 Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox ✓
5. A Winter’s Knight by Elizabeth Cole ✓
6. A Grosvenor Square Christmas ✓
7. Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater by Debbie Johnson ✓
8. Pastels and Jingle Bells by Christine S. Feldman ✓
9. A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell ✓
10. Scandalous Lord Dare by Stephanie Laurens ✓
11. Where the Heart Is by Darcy Burke ✓
12. We Met in December by Rosie Curtis ✓
13. Always, in December by Emily Stone ✓
14. The Princess Plan by Julia London ✓
15. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen by Rhys Bowen ✓
16. Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas ✓
17. Well Matched by Jen DeLuca ✓
18. Beautiful Bitch by Christina Lauren ✓
19. Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren ✓
20. A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday ✓
21. The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler ✓
22. A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss ✓
23. As You Wish by Cary Elwes ✓
24. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6495 pages Pages Remaining: 434,304 pages

Current Read - Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez; A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (9) - Seriously I lost track…

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 294
• Books Read: 0
• Books Acquired: 11
• Books Unshelved: 0
• Finishing Number: 305

January TBR Pile:

1. BOTM: TBD
2. Bookworms BC: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
3. Friend BC: (Already Read)
4. Currently Reading Buddy Read: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
5. Romance: Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler
6. Romance: Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler
7. Romance: Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez
8. Romance: Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday
9. Romance: Beautiful Bombshell by Christina Lauren
10. Comics: Monstress Vol. 6
11. Comics: Lumberjanes Vol. 20
12. Comics: Far Sector
13. Nonfiction: How Zoologists Organize Things by David Bainbridge
14. Nonfiction: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
15. Fantasy: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
16. Fantasy: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
17. Fantasy: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
18. Fantasy: Questland by Carrie Vaughn

Movies watched

• 8 Bit Christmas - Entertaining for this 80s kid.
• The Harder They Fall - Absolutely amazing! And the soundtrack is killer.
• The Man Who Invented Christmas - Loved the style of this one, really made it a good movie.
• Single All the Way - Not a favorite. I didn’t feel the romantic chemistry at all.
• Love Hard - Oof. Catfishing should not be rewarded.
• A Christmas Wish - So incredibly smaltzy, but fun.
• A Muppet Christmas Carol - A family favorite and the best movie version of A Christmas Carol!
• Encanto - Watched at the theater. Loved the music. Less of a fan of the storyline. Although Bruno was great!
• Spiderman: No Way Home - Another theater movie. This was absolutely amazing!
• A Knight Before Christmas - Very silly and forgettable.
• Don’t Look Up - This one hit a little too close to the truth of the world to be enjoyable although I see what Adam McKay was doing with this movie.
• Christmas at the Castle - Really I watched for Cary Elwes who did not disappoint.
• One Royal Holiday - Love Aaron Tveit, the plot was very predictable.

TV Shows watched 

• Hit Monkey S1 - Super strange and yet I was very into it.
• The Bachelorette with Michelle - Kinda disappointed in this season although Michelle was much better than Katie.
• Below Deck S9 - Thank goodness for Eddie and Captain Lee!
• Cowboy Bebop S1 - We loved it! So sad that Netflix canceled the show.
• The Great S1 - Finally started this one and it is delightful.
• Doctor Who S13 - I don’t think this season of Doctor Who worked well at all. Too many questions, not enough answers.
• Dash and Lily S1 - My mom and I binged this in one day. Very cute little show.
• it’s Always Sunny S15 - How is this show still going and still funny?
• The Witcher S2 - Just started, but so far, it’s really good.
• Ghosts S1 (UK Version) - J binged it over Christmas, so now we are watching together. it’s good.
• Letterkenny S10 - So excited that it’s back!
• Shadow and Bone S1 - I finally started and it’s been great so far. They made Mal more of a decent human and included my favorite Crows.

Comments - I ended my reading year very strong with 23 reads! Only two of those were 5 stars, but mostly I just wanted something light and fluffy for this month. I also ended up watching a ton of media somehow and loved most of it. Here’s to 2022!

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