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November Wrap Up & December TBR

After a truly exhausting November, dotted with three excellent weekends spent with family, we have arrived at the last month of the year. And, specifically, as I’m writing this, the last two Eras Tour shows are tonight and tomorrow. To say that I am experiencing melancholia the likes of which I’ve never known feels like a definite understatement. On the bright side, this month has gone from being one that I was dreading due to work reasons to still being overwhelming at work, but significantly less so, which is a definite win. So now my goal of reading 25 books in the month of December to fill out the #SnowInLoveBingo board twice over feels much more attainable. Anyway, let’s talk about the 16 books I read in November.

November Wrap Up | firewhiskeyreader

A Visual Representation of the Books I Read in November by Rating

5 Stars

Covers of The Husbands by Holly Gramazio and Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage

4.5 Stars

Cover of Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

4 Stars

Covers of How to End a Love Story by Yulia Huang, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (also the short story Magic Tests), Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria, Snowed In by Catherine Walsh, All by My Elf by Olivia Dade, Wrapped with a Beau by Lillie Vale, Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur, Sunlight by Devney Perry, and Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibanez

3.5 Stars

Cover of Sleeping with the Frenemy by Natalie Caña

3 Stars

Cover of Gild by Raven Kennedy

Statistics

  • Total Books Read: 16
  • Pages Read: 4,544
  • Audiobooks: 13
  • Ebooks: 0
  • Physical Books: 2
  • Mixed Reads: 1

Musings of November Reading

In the mood that I was in, I think it was hard for a book to really break through and pack a punch the vast majority of the time. The one rating I’m a little hesitant about is How to End a Love Story because sometimes I think it’s a 4.5 also, but for now, I’ve gone with what I recorded in my reading journal. I do want to say though that I really look forward to picking up Yulin Kuang in the future. I hope she writes a lot more because I loved her writing. It was the plot that kept me from fully loving the book.

December TBR

December TBR

December ARCs

Covers of Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift edited by Kristie Frederick Daugherty, No Ordinary Duchess by Elizabeth Hoyt, and Training the Heart by Paisley Hope

2024 Releases I’m Still Trying to Squeeze In (that I physically own)

Covers of Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz, King of Sloth by Ana Huang, The Women by Kristen Hannah, Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams, Phantasma by Kylie Smith, and Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

2024 ARC Releases I Missed and Want to Read Before 2025

Specifically, I picked out 12 here that in theory represent one a month, excluding December, but I’m not exactly positive I made them represent one a month even aside from that. Regardless, these are the 12 ARCs I would like to get finished this month in addition to all the other reads I’m trying to accomplish. If I’d been smart, I would have included Hers for the Weekend, which I finished yesterday, but I wanted a fresh twelve. It is, however, the seventh, so, we’ll see how this goes.

Covers of Part of His Royal World by Nina Singh, Right on Cue by Fallon Ballard, In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati Alexander, Manila Takes Manhattan by Carla de Guzman, Wake Me Most Wickedly by Felicia Grossman, Waiting for Friday Night by Synithia Williams, Ne’er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti, The Mistress Experience by Scarlett Peckham, Hot Earl Summer by Erica Ridley, Fall for Him by Andie Burke, I Did Something Bad by Pyae Moe Thet War, and The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson

I haven’t been in a historical romance reading mood for a while, but I’ve been upset about the concept that historical romance is dying so I tried to emphasize several of the historical romance ARCs I had, while still giving myself an appropriate portion of contemporary romances, which are definitely my sweet spot. We’ll see if I manage!

Closing Thoughts

As we’re coming up on the end of the year, please tell me what books YOU think I should be prioritizing because I have definitely spent so much money this year buying books that I have not got enough time to get to. So share your opinions with me, please!!

Thank you for being here and reading my thoughts on books that I read and want to read. I appreciate your comments and your reads so much. 2024 has been rough and I want to say that I really hope 2025 will be better, but I’m a bit nervous about our prospects. Nevertheless, for now, I will choose optimism and say that I hope you have the best December and that we will all go into the New Year rejuvenated and ready to make 2025 a good year.

xx

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