November TBR & Featured Books
While I’m sad to see Halloween end I’m super happy for November (my birthday month) and the start of the holiday season. I may have been a bit ambitious on October’s TBR and readathons (the usual really), so for November I plan on scaling back on the required reads and doing more mood/optional reading.
Best Book Completed This Month: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Books I’m Still Reading: Wildcat
STATS
Books Completed: 7
Pages Read: 2801
Posts Published: 4
Reviews Posted: 2
Twitter Followers: 3063 (-58)
Instagram Followers: 783 (-96)
Favorite Posts
Book Tour: Crimival (Carousel Crimes) by R.L. Walker
#FridayFeature Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
#CoverReveal Night’s Reckoning by Elizabeth Hunter
Reviews
Crimival: Carousel Crimes by R.L. Walker
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Finish 3 Books
Read 1000 Pages
Publish 5 Reviews
Participate in 1 Reading Event
YA Historical Fiction | 512 Page | Pub 2019
Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother’s birth through the lens of his camera. Photography–and fate–introduce him to Ana, whose family’s interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War–as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel’s photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed into a corner of decisions to protect those he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city.
Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys once again shines light into one of history’s darkest corners in this epic, heart-wrenching novel about identity, unforgettable love, repercussions of war, and the hidden violence of silence–inspired by the true post-war struggles of Spain.
YA Fantasy Retelling | 532 Page | Pub 2019
There was nothing in the world as magical and terrifying as a girl.
Princess Guinevere has come to Camelot to wed a stranger: the charismatic King Arthur. With magic clawing at the kingdom’s borders, the great wizard Merlin conjured a solution–send in Guinevere to be Arthur’s wife . . . and his protector from those who want to see the young king’s idyllic city fail. The catch? Guinevere’s real name–and her true identity–is a secret. She is a changeling, a girl who has given up everything to protect Camelot.
To keep Arthur safe, Guinevere must navigate a court in which the old–including Arthur’s own family–demand things continue as they have been, and the new–those drawn by the dream of Camelot–fight for a better way to live. And always, in the green hearts of forests and the black depths of lakes, magic lies in wait to reclaim the land. Arthur’s knights believe they are strong enough to face any threat, but Guinevere knows it will take more than swords to keep Camelot free.
Deadly jousts, duplicitous knights, and forbidden romances are nothing compared to the greatest threat of all: the girl with the long black hair, riding on horseback through the dark woods toward Arthur. Because when your whole existence is a lie, how can you trust even yourself?
This post is part of the “Monthly Challenge” series, which consists of “Wrap Up Round Up”, hosted by Feed Your Fiction Addiction and “Month in Review”, hosted by The Book Date. Also, I have most recently added in “Best of the Bunch”, hosted over at A Cocoon of Books. Each month recap and summarize our month as well as set goals for the next month. To see all my Monthly Challenge posts, check out my archive. I’ve also recently published my Reading Stats from 2018 as well as my Blog Stats from 2018!
Thanks for coming by! How did your month go?
Books In Bloom
I'm an avid reader and love most all books, but my favorite genres tend to be mystery, adventure, science fiction and classics. Genres I tend to shy away from include romance, contemporary fiction and chick lit. If I’m not actually reading books, I’m probably at work shelving them at my local library.
7 Comments
Genesis @ Whispering Chapters
How did you enjoy After? I tried to read it but all I did was cringe so I had to stop.
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Books In Bloom
Honestly…about the same. Lol. Contemporary and Romance is my least favorite book genre…so I wasn’t really expecting to like it too much. I read it with a friend (who is also a One Direction Fan..which I’m not) & she loved it. Lol. I plan on watching the movie soon…I wonder if it will be better.
Lindsay Hickey
It looks like a good month. Death Overdue looks like a good book. I hope you have good birthday and this month a as well. Check out my blog here: https://nrcbooks.blogspot.com/2019/10/monthly-wrap-up-october-2019.html
Lindsay Hickey recently posted…Monthly Wrap up: October 2019
Dedra @ A Book Wanderer
Happy Birthday Month! It looks like October was good to you. How’d you like The Diviners? I thought it was so very atmospheric. Especially for this time of the year. 🙂
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Brittany
Good luck with your TBR! And thats awesome that you planned for more mood reading (I am a complete mood reader!) Happy November and happy early birthday!
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Donna
I usually take December to read what I want to read but I’ve been on such a roll this year in getting through my ARC pile that I might just keep working on it. See my October wrap up
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Danielle Hammelef
Excellent and well-rounded reading month for you. I read The Fountains of Silence as an ARC and it was my first by Ruta Sepetys and won’t be my last. I got to meet her at B&N near me and she signed my copy. Happy birthday month! Mine is December.