I had a pretty horrific month, personally. But my reading recovered from the abysmal month that was October, which is at least something; within 10 days I had read as much as I had read in the whole month before.
Books I read in November:











- The Outcast Hour ed. by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin: 3 out of 5 stars
- Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson: 4 out of 5 stars
- Vengeful (Villains #2) by V. E. Schwab: 4 out of 5 stars
- Binti (Binti #1) by Nnedi Okorafor: 2 out of 5 stars
- Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy #1) by Ilona Andrews: 4 out of 5 stars
- White Hot (Hidden Legacy #2) by Ilona Andrews: 4,5 out of 5 stars
- Wild Fire (Hidden Legacy #3) by Ilona Andrews: 4 out of 5 stars
- Broken Magic (Chronicles of Amicae #1) by Mirah Bolender: 3 out of 5 stars
- The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein: 4 out of 5 stars
- Be With Me Always by Randon Billings Noble: 3,5 out of 5 stars
- Sadie by Courtney Summers: 4 out of 5 stars
Favourite of the Month:
My favourite reading experience was reading the complete first Hidden Legacies trilogy within 48 hours. I am just a huge fan of Ilona Andrews’ writing and this series was no exception.
Stats(ish):
I finished 11 books with 3730 pages. Of these books, seven were written by women, three by a husband and wife team, and one was an anthology. I finished three audiobooks this month. Four books were fantasy, two science fiction (one of those was a novella), one thriller, one short story anthology, one memoir, one essay collection, and one biography.
Currently Reading:







Still way too many books but I am doing marginally better than I did a week ago, when I had nine books on my currently reading shelf.
Books I should get to soon:
I have a few ARCs I want to get to before the new year. Most importantly Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James, a book I am so excited for I asked the publisher for it on twitter (it worked, can you believe it?!), The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden, Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri, and Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom. I also need to read the new Ben Aaronovitch (Lies Sleeping) ASAP because I love the series and have waited long enough.
(Some of the) blog posts I loved:
Rachel brilliantly recommends some adult books with younger protagonists.
Michael pairs books nominated for the National Book Awards with non-fiction titles – which I really adored.
Emily reviewed Sadie, which she read and I listened to this month and I found it really interesting how our experience was different depending on the format we consumed the book in.
Pierce wrote a wonderful post about Clarice Lispector, an author I have been wanting to read for ages.
Kal did one of my favourite tags, the Genre Tag, for Science Fiction.
Ren, the Queen of all things non-fiction, wrote a blog post about non-fiction books that read like fiction and about those she loves that read very different.
I thought was Dopesick was rough but an excellent book. And I have a copy of New Suns. I’ll be diving in soon.
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Dopesick is definitely impeccably researched an, yes, rough.
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How is Heavy? I read the first 10% the other day and should probably get back to it. But I also don’t want to read anything else until I finish Vita Nostra.
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I do think it is really well-done, but I just cannot get myself to read more than one chapter at a time. Everything is horrifying in that book somehow.
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Very fair. Even for me, disturbing content is much more difficult to stomach in memoirs than in fiction.
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I just find the writing so visceral that at the moment I am not doing that well with it. I will finish it in December though. (i have such strict reading plans for December that I might as well post a TBR regardless of how that usually goes for me)
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Glad to see you enjoyed both Sadie and The Trauma Cleaner. I’ve heard such good things about both!
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I listened to Sadie on the way to the garage and needed a moment to deal with the ending before I could go and get my car.
The audiobook is really well done!
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Thanks for the mention! 🙂 I see we ended up with the same rating even though the reading experience was a bit different- I’ll be interested to see your review!
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Thank you for this title, I’ll take it!! 😂 I’m so glad you liked that post, really, thank you!
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I am fairly sure that the title is accurate 🙂
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I’d really like to check out The Trauma Cleaner sometime in December – the premise seems fascinating, and your taste in (auto)biography/memoir is excellent. Thanks for the mention!
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It is really worth reading and something a bit different to the non-fiction I usually read.
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The Trauma Cleaner sounds so good! Look forward to hearing what you think of the John Boyne.
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The Trauma Cleaner really was wonderful.
It is taking me forever to read the John Boyne. I don’t seem to get quite on with it but everybody seems to love it.
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I haven’t read it yet, although I enjoyed his latest, Ladder to the Sky.
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Thanks for the mention! 🙂 I see we ended up with the same rating for Sadie even though the reading experience was a bit different- I’ll be interested to see your review!
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Looks like you mostly had a good reading month, and I am sorry you didn’t enjoy Binti! I just bought a copy and am looking forward to reading it. Thanks for linking to my Genre Tag, that one was so much fun to do!
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You’re welcome 🙂
I am sure you’ll enjoy Binti! Lots of people do and I just really struggle with novellas I have found out this year.
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