November 2023 Wrap-up

November TBR Pile (21/27):

1. Bookworms BC: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
2. Friend BC: Underground Airlines by Ben Winters ✓
3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers ✓
4. Kid Read Aloud: Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia ✓
5. Kid Read Aloud: The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
6. Kid Book Club: From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks ✓
7. Romance: Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark ✓
8. Romance: A Delicate Deception by Cat Sebastian ✓
9. Romance: Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey
10. Romance: Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey
11. Romance: Love of My Lives by Yamille Saied Mendez
12. Romance: The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary ✓
13. Romance: The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert ✓
14. Romance: Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost ✓
15. Romance: Wicked All Night by Jeaniene Frost ✓
16. Romance: Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost ✓
17. Romance: Role Playing by Cathy Yardley ✓
18. Horror: Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons ✓
19. Horror: The September House by Carissa Orlando ✓
20. Nonfiction: Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya ✓
21. Science Fiction: Starter Villain by John Schalzi ✓
22. Science Fiction: Ark by Veronica Roth ✓
23. Science Fiction: Emergency Skin by NK Jemisin ✓
24. Science Fiction: Summer Frost by Blake Crouch ✓
25. Science Fiction: Randomize by Andy Weir ✓
26. Science Fiction: You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles ✓
27. Science Fiction: The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5563 pages Pages Remaining: 281,238 pages

Current Read - Snowed in for Christmas by Jacqueline Snowe; Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (0)

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 339
• Books Read: 1
• Books Acquired: 0
• Books Unshelved: 1
• Finishing Number: 337

December TBR Pile: Not burdening myself with a TBR for this month. Just reading what I feel like.

1. Bookworms BC: None
2. Friend BC: None
3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
4. Kid Read Aloud: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
5. Kid Read Aloud: The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
6. Kid Book Club: A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Movies Watched - November became Nic Cage November! We began a retrospective of his entire career. Definitely not going to finish this month, but we can get a start. We ended up with 17 Nicolas Cage movies and one docmentary.

• In Defense of Nicolas Cage
• Rumble Fish (side character)
• Valley Girl
• Racing with the Moon (side character)
• Birdy
• The Cotton Club (side character)
• Peggy Sue Got Married
• The Boy in Blue
• Moonstruck
• Raising Arizona - Still my favorite Nicolas Cage movie!
• Time to Kill - This is terrible. Skip it.
• Firebirds
• Wild at Heart - Reminds me why I don’t really enjoy Lynch.
• Zandalee
• Honeymoon in Vegas
• Amos & Andrew
• Deadfall
• Red Rock West
• Guarding Tess
• Solarbabies - Obviously not a Nic Cage movie. This was for family movie night. Very cheesy 80s scifi movie.
• Five Nights at Freddy’s - Kids’ pick for Thanksgiving movie night.
• Fantastic Mr. Fox

TV Shows Watched

• Loki S2
• Lower Decks S3
• Ghosts S6
• Rick & Morty S7
• Bachelor in Paradise
• Shoresy S2
• Doctor Who

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