November Reading Overview

Date: November 2019

Book(s) Read: 8

Goal(s) for November: More than 2 books

Title(s)/ Rate(s): What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (1/5)

The Heart Broke In by James Meek (4/5)

Over the Borderline by Leanne Floyd (5/5)

Turning Grace by J.Q Davis (5/5)

The History of Rock & Roll Volume II by Ed Ward (3/5)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (5/5)

Josh & Hazel's Guide To Not Dating by Christina Lauren (4/5)

A Summer of Chances by Roxanne Tully (4/5)

Summary: I actually DNF'd (Did Not Finish) Laura Lippman's 'What the Dead Know' after trying to reread it multiple times and try to get into it. It was straight up awful in my opinion- sorry to the author. It was so confusing. I'm sure the plot was wonderful; it sounded interesting but the way the author wrote it I just couldn't get myself to read it.

The next book I read was James Meek's 'The Heart Broke In'. In my opinion, this novel didn't really have a plot until the very end, like last few chapters. It was mainly reading about these characters lives and current situations which all tied together in the end but that's about it in the sense of a "plot". It was very scientifically so it took me awhile to finish it but in the end, I rated it four stars because it was a good book.

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'Over the Borderline' by Leanne Floyd was actually gifted to me by her for an honest review and I was truly excited to receive this book. And in the end, I loved it! It was wonderful and I can't wait for the sequel to it.

J.Q Davis also gifted me a copy of her book, 'Turning Grace' and I read it in the blink of an eye. It was wonderful; nothing like I have read before!

Flatiron Books which is a publishing company actually sent me Ed Ward's 'The History of Rock & Roll Volume II' which released earlier in November. I'm not much of a nonfiction reader but this read was really eye-opening and I learned lots of things about it.

Ah, 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern. Ever since I joined Bookstagram this book was the talk of the town as well as Erin's new release, 'The Starless Sea'. I won this book in a giveaway along with 'The Whisper Man' by Alex North and I was extremely excited to finish this book. Honestly, I have never really been into fantasy apart from Harry Potter but this book did it for me. It was truly magical and written oh, so beautiful. It's so hard to describe- you must read it. It makes your heart light and happy. I truly loved this book so much.

I actually joined a small Bookstagram book club with some online friends and for November, we actually chose Christina Lauren's 'Josh & Hazel's Guide To Not Dating'. When it comes to a book club, you are usually on a reading schedule. However, after awhile of reading, the book became very good and I literally could not stop myself from reading til the very end. Almost two weeks early. It was such a cheesy rom-com but I loved it so much!

'A Summer of Chances' by Roxanne Tully was gifted to me by the author herself. This is her debut novel and it actually goes live in a couple of days which is exciting! I had received this book only a couple days ago and asked if she would like an honest review before her release date. I wasn't too sure I would be able to finish it before November ended because I am still currently reading 'The Whisper Man' by Alex North but surprisingly, I finished this bad boy in a day! What?! It was another romance book but the setting was different which I extremely loved. It was in a summer camp. A super fun read with many amazing morals to learn.

If you're interested in reading a further-in depth review of each of these books, simply go to my book reviews on this blog and take a look!

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Goal(s) for December: To read at least 6 books!