November reading wrap up

Another month in which I continue to be terrible at blogging. I'll remember how it works one of these days, you guys. Hopefully...

In the meantime, let's wrap up my reading month!

Books read: 35. It's beyond ridiculous.
New vs rereads: 18 vs 17. HURRAH. Although this was mostly the product of a decision to spend the last 6ish weeks of the year rereading my favourite books rather than rereading things I'm only half interested in because I feel like I have to.
Most read genre: This one was the product of much work, but it's not contemporary!! It is, in fact, a tie between sci-fi and fantasy.

Favourite book: As far as rereads are concerned? Persuasion by Jane Austen, because it's my favourite book of ever. If we're talking new books? I suspect The Martian by Andy Weir has taken out my favourite pick.
Least favourite book: Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich. Totally unnecessary Christmas special-y novella that suddenly added a bunch of paranormal elements to an existing world with zero explanation.
Favourite cover: OH GOD SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM. I'm going to make it a three way tie between the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray, and Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas.

Diverse Books Project: It's...going. I've been making a concerned effort to pick books from outside the western world, especially the US, UK and Australia. But it's proving difficult to find (read: physically get hold of, not discover) books that are set in Africa, Asia, and South America that AREN'T literary fiction. And where time limits are involved, literary fiction isn't usually my friend...










In November, I ended up reading 2 graphic novels, 2 non-fiction books and 31 novels. There are links to all of my Goodreads reviews below.

5 stars

Persuasion | Soulless | Every Breath | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Gone Girl |

4.5 stars

Cress | Manners & Mutiny | Ten Thousand Skies Above You | Winter | Attachments | Sabriel | The Martian |

4 stars

Nimona | Brave New World | Career of Evil | Because You'll Never Meet Me | Trafalgar | The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf | Lady Audley's Secret | A Breath of Frost | I Kill Giants | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |

3.5 stars

Pyramids | Monument 14 | Uprooted | The Flywheel |

3 stars

Dead and Gone | 21 Proms | Preloved | Shadow of the War Machine | Swahili for the Broken Hearted | Sky on Fire |

2 stars

Visions of Sugar Plums | The Ice Limit | End of Days |

What did you read in November?

K xx

TTT - Things on my autumn TBR

Another Tuesday already? Must be time to talk about books and link up with the Broke and the Bookish!

This week's topic is the books that we've got on our spring TBR lists. Except that, you know, I live in the Southern Hemisphere, so spring is six months away. Instead, the days are getting shorter and cooler, the leaves are starting to change colour, and while I hate the fact that I'll have to start wearing longer sleeves again, I'm pretty damned excited about getting to wear my awesome ankle boots again. 

So. Autumn TBR. 

1. Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli

Everyone seems to be getting ARCs of this at the moment except meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *cries*. I WANT IT. 

2. The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh

A fantasy YA retelling of The Arabian Nights? GIVE IT TO ME IMMEDIATELY *grabby hands* No, seriously. I'm stupidly excited about this one. 

3. Scarlett Undercover - Jennifer Latham

A Muslim American Veronica Mars? Hand over the book right this second and no one gets hurt. (Please let it have an Australian publisher. Please please please please please.)

4. Black Dove, White Raven - Elizabeth Wein

Obviously, this will tear my heart into little pieces and stomp on them, because that's what Elizabeth Wein does best. And obviously, it will involve teenage girls who fly planes, because that's what she does SECOND best. Either way, I need it.

5. Prudence - Gail Carriger

Honestly? I would read Gail Carriger's shopping lists. And this one's been a long time coming, so I'm pretty damned excited about it. 

6. 99 Days - Katie Cotugno

This isn't one I'm excited about so much as it's one I'm really intrigued by. I mean, it seems like the whole premise of the book is a love triangle. And cheating. And ordinarily, these are things that I would really hate as a secondary plot in any book. But when they're the PRIMARY plot? I'm oddly intrigued to see how things turn out. 

7. An Ember In the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir 

Based on the synopsis on Goodreads, this sounds kiiiiiiiiind of like The Winner's Curse, which I didn't really care for. So I'm slightly nervous. But so many people are raving about this and the cover is so gorgeous that I have to get my hands on it anyway. 

8. None of the Above - I.W. Gregorio

After reading Alex As Well back in January, I'm really interested to see how the two books about intersex teenagers compare! 

9. We All Looked Up - Tommy Wallach

This one sounds REALLY intriguing, and it's highly likely that when I eventually get my hands on a copy, I'll be singing REM's "It's the End of the World as We Know It" the whole time I'm reading it. 

10. The Royal We - Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

I LOVE the Fug Girls, and I've really enjoyed their previous books. This sounds a little bit chick lit-y for my liking, but I'm still really excited to read it. You know, in a million years when it's finally released in Australia. Sigh... 

What's on your [insert appropriate season here] TBR list?

K xx