The Bookmark Lit Bulletin wraps up the last month in reading and what was on the blog, as well as what’s coming up next. You can check out my book haul, books read, posts shared, challenge updates, etc. You can read past bulletins here. If you’re looking for more personal updates, you can check out my Lauren Lately feature; it highlights my life events and non-bookish fun from the previous 30 days.
I made the executive decision to stop reading once I hit my 115th book of the year, even though there were a few days left in December. I got sick the weekend before NYE and just decided to keep it at a nice round number for the year and give myself a break. I finished the book with 10 books read plus one DNF, which was a nice and easy way to end the year.
10 books in November
10 read • 0 reread • 1 DNF
Pages read: 3,114 • Average rating: 4.05 stars
Genres: 6 contemporary, 4 mystery/thriller, 1 graphic novel
Formats: 6 mixed format, 2 egalley, 1 ebook, 1 paperback, 1 hardcover
Sources: 5 review, 3 purchased, 2 borrowed, 1 library
Age Target: 11 adult
Here are all the books I read this month with ratings and one-line thoughts!
Good Novella
Fun Holiday Mystery
DNF 🙁
Cute & Snowed-In
LOVED
Great Continuation
Quick and Cute
Loved this Time Loop
GIMME MORE MOLLY
Super Fun Premise
<3 Janice Hallet <3
Popsugar Reading Challenge: 76%
52 Book Club: 77%
Must Read in 2023: 75%
Romanceopoly: 26%
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 96%
Breakdown: 4 BOTM | 2 review | 4 gifted | 2 purchased
All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review.
For Review
From Macmillan: The Break-Up Pact by Lord
From Simon & Schuster: People Will Talk by Scott
Physical Books
Purchased at Barnes & Noble: Bright Young Women by Knoll
Gifted from Meg With Books: The Charm Offensive by Cochran, Chapter and a Curse by Penney
Christmas gift: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Fawcett
Purchased via gift card: Saga vol. 11
Purchased at library sale: Zero Days by Ware
BOTM selections: Interesting Facts about Space by Austin, First Lie Wins by Elston,
The Fury by Michaelides, Only if You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham
- [8 Dec] The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett ★★★★
- [8 Dec] Tide and Punishment by Bree Baker ★★★★
- [14 Dec] Snowed In for Christmas by Jaqueline Snowe ★★★½
- [14 Dec] The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman ★★★★½
- [21 Dec] Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews ★★★★
- [21 Dec] Through the Snow Globe by Annie Rains ★★★★
- [5 Dec] Top Ten Tuesdays #432: Holiday Covers
- [6 Dec] Bookmark Lit Bulletin | November 2023
- [12 Dec] Top Ten Tuesdays #433: Winter TBR
- [19 Dec] Top Ten Tuesdays #434: Santa
- [26 Dec] Top Ten Tuesdays #435: Recent Additions
- [29 Dec] 2024 Resolutions and Goals
How was your reading month?
What do you have up next?
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