December 2024 Wrap-up

December TBR Pile (21/24):

1. Bookworms BC: NONE (Christmas exchange)
2. Friend BC: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley ✓
3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: NONE (Lit Society month)
4. Kid Book Club: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
5. Kid Read Aloud: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate ✓
6. Kid Read Aloud: Gregor the Overland by Suzanne Collins ✓
7. Kid Read Aloud: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ✓
8. Nonfiction: The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries by Donald R. Prothero ✓
9. Fantasy: The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen ✓
10. Romance: The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay ✓
11. Romance: The Best Cowboy Christmas Ever by June Faver ✓
12. Romance: All I Want is You by Falon Ballard ✓
13. Romance: The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers ✓
14. Romance: Jingle All the Way by Sarah Everly ✓
15. Romance: 26 Ways to Come Home for the Holidays by Jennifer Joy ✓
16. Romance: Under the Mistletoe Collection ✓
17. Romance: Savor It by Tarah DeWitt ✓
18. Romance: Throttle Me by Chelle Bliss ✓
19. Romance: The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling ✓
20. Romance: Snowed in with Benefits by Misha Horne ✓
21. Mystery: A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas ✓
22. Horror: Kringle Down by Shane Lacy Hensley ✓
23. Horror: Kringle Down II by Shane Lacy Hensley ✓
24. Horror: Kringle Down Krampus by Shane Lacy Hensley ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5426 pages Pages Remaining: 191,338 pages

Current Read - Hunting Adeline by HD Carlton

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (5)

I grabbed some deals on Black Friday including:

• House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
• The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
• The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

I restrained myself and only ordered one from Book of the Month.

• The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 305
• Books Read: 2
• Books Acquired: 5
• Books Unshelved: 0
• Finishing Number: 308

January TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen
2. Bookworms BC: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
3. Friend BC: Small Angels by Lauren Owen
4. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
5. Kid Book Club: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
6. Kid Book Club: The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontorvant
7. Kid Read Aloud: The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
8. Romance: Hunting Adeline by HD Carlton
9. Romance: The Never King by Nikki St. Crow
10. Horror: The Gathering by CJ Tudor

Movies Watched

• Dear Santa
• Uncle Buck - Still holds up!
• Hot Frosty
• Red One
• The Merry Gentlemen
• The Carry-on
• Die Hard - A yearly tradition
• Holiday Inn - Another yearly tradition

TV Shows Watched

• Only Murders in the Building S4
• What We Do in the Shadows S6
• Lower Decks
• The Great Britsh Bake-off S15
• Below Deck: Sailing Yacht
• All the Dropout shows
• The Essex Serpent

Comments - Wrapping up the year with a decent showing as far at my reading. I ended the year with some not great reads, but you never know when you start a book. I still had a good month.

Next up on the TBR pile: