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Wrap Up: December 2020

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  • Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (★★★★★)
  • One by One by Ruth Ware (★★★☆☆)
  • The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (★★★★★)
  • The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty (★★★★★)
  • The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty (★★★★☆)
  • Magic in Islam by Michael Muhammad Knight (★★★☆☆)

MONTHLY TOTAL: 6
YEARLY SO FAR: 124

I finished The Daevabad Trilogy!!! In one month I read nearly 2000 pages, and that’s not including the whole three other books. I was very determined to finish the trilogy before the new year, and I did it!!! It…destroyed me emotionally and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna be in a book hangover for a good long while, but I did it!!!

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Wrap Up: November 2020

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  • The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson (★★★★☆)
  • Flaneuse by Lauren Elkin (★★☆☆☆)
  • The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan (★★★☆☆)
  • Don’t Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller (★★★★★)
  • Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (★★★★★)
  • The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart (★★★☆☆)
  • Witches of Ash & Ruin by E. Latimer (★★★★☆)
  • Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (★★★★★)
  • Savage Legion by Matt Wallace (★★★☆☆)
  • The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi (★★★★★)

MONTHLY TOTAL: 10
YEARLY SO FAR: 117

I had a very good reading month! Enjoyed nearly everything I read and had some standouts that might even become favorites of the year. I also read a lot of books I have been meaning to get to for months, so I felt very productive.

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Wrap Up: October 2020

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  • A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (★★★★★)
  • The Patient by Jasper DeWitt (★★★★☆)
  • Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell (★★★★☆)
  • The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay (★☆☆☆☆)
  • Clean by James Hamblin (★★★★☆)
  • Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (★★★☆☆)
  • Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (★★★★☆)
  • The Gothic: A Short Introduction by Nick Groom (★★★☆☆)
  • The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (★★★☆☆)
  • Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom (★★★☆☆)
  • Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (★★★★★)
  • Horrid by Katrina Leno (★★★☆☆)
  • The Diviners by Libba Bray (★★★☆☆)

MONTHLY TOTAL: 13
YEARLY SO FAR: 107

I read a lot this month, which isn’t surprising considering I am at my most powerful during the month of October. It’s my favorite month of the year.

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Wrap Up: September 2020

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  • This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith (★★☆☆☆)
  • Luster by Raven Leilani (★★★☆☆)
  • A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess (★★★★☆)
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (★★☆☆☆)
  • Blood+ Volume 1 by Asuka Katsura (★★★★☆)
  • Blood+ Volume 2 by Asuka Katsura (★★★★☆)
  • Blood+ Volume 3 by Asuka Katsura (★★★★☆)
  • Blood+ Volume 4 by Asuka Katsura (★★★☆☆)
  • Blood+ Volume 5 by Asuka Katsura (★★★★☆)
  • Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum (★★★★☆)
  • The Lost Village by Camilla Sten (★★★☆☆)
  • The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang (★★☆☆☆)
  • The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman (★★★☆☆)
  • A Concise Guide to the Quran by Ayman S. Ibrahim (★★★★☆)

MONTHLY TOTAL: 14
YEARLY SO FAR: 94

September was a very uneven reading month. I didn’t read as much as I expected to, and nothing that I read particularly wowed me. Even the books I enjoyed I didn’t grow particularly attached to in any way, so I felt kind of apathetic, and that led to me being kind of apathetic about reading in general. Alas.

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Wrap Up: August 2020

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  • The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (★★★★☆)
  • Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie (★★★★☆)
  • Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie (★★★★☆)
  • The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (★★★★★)
  • The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang (★★★★★)
  • The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (★★★★☆)

MONTHLY TOTAL: 6
YEARLY SO FAR: 80

So! This was an unusual reading month. I read fewer books, but they were all gigantic fantasy tomes, so in terms of number of pages, I probably read way more than I usually do. I had committed this month to finishing three fantasy series, but I only managed two – the Daevabad series will have to wait!

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