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Total books read this month: 16
Genres Read
Book Formats:
| Paperback | Six |
| E-Book | Six |
| Audiobook | Four |
| From TBR shelf | Four |
| Review Books | Six |
| From my New Shelf | One |
Genres Read
| Contemporary Romance | Five | |
| Crime/Suspense | Two | |
| Fantasy | Zero | |
| Women's Fiction | Two | |
| Historical Fiction | Five | |
| Memoir | Zero | |
| Fiction | Two |
Books Read. Authors. Star Ratings. Genres.
| Jane Steele; | Lyndsay Faye | 4 stars | Historical |
| Every Dark Corner; | Karen Rose | 5 stars | Suspense |
| The Italian Wedding; | Nicky Pellegrino | 4 stars | Women's Fiction |
| Blackpeak Vines | Holly Ford | 3 stars | Romance |
| Miracle on 5th Avenue | Sarah Morgan | 4 stars | Romance |
| Calculated in Death. | J. D. Robb | 4 stars | Suspense |
| Revenants | Scott Kauffman | 3.5 stars | Historical |
| The Summer Bride | Anne Gracie | 4 stars | Historical Romance |
| Three Wishes | Liane Moriarty | 4 stars | Fiction |
| The Bishop's Girl | Rebecca Burns | 4 stars | Historical |
| All I Ever Wanted | Lucy Dillon | 4 stars | Fiction |
| Second Chance Grill | Christine Nolfi | 4 stars | Romance |
| Tamar | Deborah Challinor | 3 stars | Historical |
| Don't Want to Miss a Thing | Jill Mansell | 4 stars | Romance |
| The Garden of Happy Endings | Barbara O'Neal | 5 stars | Women's Fiction |
| Little Shop of Happily Ever After | Jenny Colgan | 4 stars | Romance |
New to me authors.
Lyndsay Faye
Karen Rose
Holly Ford
Lucy Dillon
Christine Nolfi
Deborah Challinor
Scott Kauffman
Top Books for November
💝 Loved this one, I had never read Karen Rose, and now I have a new to me author whose books I will be reading in the future.
💝 I enjoy Barbara O'Neal's books and this one was no exception. Tanya Eby narrated very well and the story was thought provoking and I loved the characters.
In December Looking Forward to Reading...
Both published early January
Incoming Books.
Paperback Books Purchased:
None!
E Books Purchased:
None!
E Books Purchased:
Library Books:
Books coming from NetGalley or Edelweiss
Books from Hachette NZ
Reading Challenges Update.
I am on track I think to complete most/all my reading challenges for 2016. I thought I wouldn't achieve the audiobook one but I think now I will. I am deciding what I will do for 2017, not many. I plan to read less and more slowly in 2017!
So how did your reading month pan out?
What a great month to reading. Catherine Anderson book looks good, I need to read her again ( I didn't care for the last book by her I read so hopefully that series I like better.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking about book challenges too. So many out there!
Hi Viki. Thought you would be sleeping in your part of the world at this time!! I think this one by CA will be great, I am liking this series. I know, I say not going to do too many challenges but might succumb to a few!
ReplyDeleteHa ha. Wish I was sleeping, one of the kids is having a hard time sleeping!
DeleteIt sounds like November was a pretty good reading month for you - in the total of books as well as your ratings of them. I wish you much of the same in December!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jade, on the whole it was, and I aim to make it so this month of December as well.
DeleteI love your book summary! It is a great way to view the month. I noticed your top one this month is a suspense. I am starting to like that genre more and more. Have a great week Kathryn.
ReplyDeleteSuspense certainly keeps the interest up. I like it when the characters are great and there is a tiny bit of romance in there as well! Straight crime or suspense I am not so good with.
Deletegood to have so many 4 and 5 star reviews. I have Karen Rose on my list since reading your review and can't wait to get to it. Have a good December.
ReplyDeleteI will be reading more Karen Rose books, I see some think her books are too long and too many characters but with this one I sat with pen and paper till I had them sorted.
DeleteYou had a good month! Of your books I've read Jane Steele and the Barbara O'Neal book - loved them both.
ReplyDeleteYes Mary, I especially loved the Barbara O'Neal book, it is the kind of one that appeals to me. And... I had seen your rating on Goodreads before I bought it. Influence! Influence!
DeleteAnother great month of reading for you. I have yet to try Karen Rose, but certainly plan to do so soon. Looking forward to Breath of Fire too.
ReplyDeleteYes Breath of Fire will call my name very soon! Karen Rose I want to read more of - long and lots of characters but once I get my head around them a good read.
DeleteGreat month :)
ReplyDeleteIndeed it was. :)
DeleteHi Kathryn...you had a great month!!! I'm on track to finish all but one of my reading challenges this month and wouldn't you know it - it's the challenge of reading my own books yet again! I just can't seem to win with that challenge - all the new books and review books just call to me :) I'm hoping to read a few from my shelf this month, but probably won't reach my goal. Oh well!
ReplyDeleteYes same here, same kind of challenge is the most challenging when it comes to finishing. Oh well we'll see how December goes!!
DeleteWow how did it get to be December?? Thanks for sharing Kathryn!
ReplyDeleteI know, it is so scary thinking 2016 is on the way out.
DeleteYou had a great month! I've read two of the books you enjoyed this month: Second Chance Grill and Three Wishes, both from authors I've read before.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy December!
If I start a new author and you have read and rated it I know I will be getting a good story!
DeleteYou had an awesome reading month and you read a ton of new to you authors. I see you got a Catherine Anderson book (love her Comanche series!). I hope next month is just as good. Happy December reading Kathryn.
ReplyDeleteKimberley I have read her Comanche series, I think when they were reissued because up until then they had been hard to get. I really need to reread them right through to get the full impact.
DeleteWow...what a great reading month...I always slow down this time of year.
ReplyDeleteThanks Melissa, I can feel myself slowing down though now. I think December may be less reading!
Deletewow, what a great month! It went totally off for me. And I'm no longer on track for my planned 100 books, but it's ok
ReplyDeleteYou did amazeballs!!! Happy December!
ReplyDeleteAwesome November for you!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!!