Monthly Recap! November 2018

December is upon us! It’s the season for all the Christmas things – hot chocolate, fires, all things peppermint and of course, all the Christmas movies and books! I’m excited! My November was good though, as Thanksgiving is another favorite holiday and I had a good month! It was a pretty busy month and the end of the year tends to keep picking up too so I haven’t had as much time to blog! Once the new year hits, I swear I’ll get into a better rhythm! What did you read and do in November?

Favorite Things in November:

I’m excited that I’ve been able to continue ramping up my miles in my recovery journey in running! My hip still bothers me if I go too fast, if my route is too hilly, etc but as I’m able to increase miles, I know I’m just slowly (oh so slowly) recovering. I’m trying to tell myself this is okay when I’m slower and I can’t do as much because this is progress! I had a fun meet up run with some runnings groups I’m a part of and running with other people always makes things more fun!

I got to meet Emily Suvada (author of This Mortal Coil and This Cruel Design)! It was a lot of fun to hear her and Fonda Lee discuss their books, their writing processes and their publishing journeys. I personally think This Mortal Coil is super underrated and I really loved it! I can’t wait to read the sequel!

Thanksgiving was a low key relaxing weekend that I definitely needed! I got some much needed reading done and ate lots of good food! I hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving weekend as well!

Month in Review:

• [8 Nov] Monthly Recap! October 2018
• [12 Nov] Mini Reviews: A Date With Darcy, This Mortal Coil, Furyborn
• [12 Nov] A Date With Darcy by Tiffany Schmidt ★★½
• [12 Nov] This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada ★★★★
• [12 Nov] Furyborn by Claire Legrand ★★★

Books Read In November: 5

Audiobooks Listened to in November: 5

Favorite read of the month: Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills was fantastic! And my annual reread of The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater is seriously a highlight every time. <3 Also, I read Lin Manuel Miranda’s G’morning and G’night in little snippets and honestly, they made my days so much better!

2018 Challenges Progress:

Goal: “Grand Slam” 21+
This month: 1
Progress so far:  21/21 – YAY challenge COMPLETE! Woohoo!

How was your November? Did you do anything exciting for Thanksgiving? Read anything good? Eat any delicious food? What are your plans for the end of the year?

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