Tomorrow marks the start of the festive period so I’ll be putting up my Christmas tree and stocking up on Ferraro Rochers – but before I get all festive, let’s officially wrap up November by taking a look at all my bookish activity. A very mixed reading month, this month, some books I absolutely loved and some just weren’t to my liking – I guess you can’t love ’em all! I read a total of 16 books this month.
The Books:
The standout five star reads of the month were:
Lie To Me by J.T. Ellison
The Last Girl by Nadia Murad
Hell To Pay Rachel Amphlett
Tennison by Lynda LaPlante
Also read this month:
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Bonfire by Krysten Ritter
Lies She Told by Cate Holahan
The Girl from the Sugar Plantation by Sharon Maas
The Puppet Master by Abigail Osborne
The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Zenka by Alison Brodie
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
Hello Again by Brenda Novak
The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr
Other bookish posts this month:
Urbane Unboxed: Box 7 – Don’t Mention Christmas
Book Box Unboxing: Ninja Book Box (Into the Future)
Criminally Good Book Club:
Looking for an online book club? Come and read some criminally good books with us over on Instagram – @criminallygoodbookclub.
December’s book is Abandon by Blake Crouch
On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote gold-mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins—and not a single bone was ever found.
One hundred sixteen years later, two backcountry guides are hired by a history professor and his journalist daughter to lead them to the abandoned mining town so they can learn what happened. Recently, a similar party had also attempted to explore the town and was never heard from again. Now the area is believed to be haunted. This crew is about to discover, twenty miles from civilization with a blizzard bearing down, that they are not alone, and the past is very much alive.
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And that’s a wrap, folks, I wish you all a festive and bookish December!
Keeper of Pages 
Wow 16 books how do you do it? 😃
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No social life, no tv 😆
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What a great reading month. I’ve only read one of your stand out books, Lie to Me but a few others are on the list.
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It was a very balanced month in terms of enjoyment levels but is always a good reading month when you get more than one 5 star read 🙂
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Hope you enjoy Abandon, it was one of my top reads (listens) last year.
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I haven’t heard much about it so I’m very happy to hear that!
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16 books .You are Insane.or I say #OfficialBookWorm.Always wanted this type of reading capability.Don’t you this is a POWER for you?
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Haha, thanks 🙂
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Guess what? I’ve got by arse into gear, and got a copy of Abandon ready to go for December! 😀
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Best news I’ve heard all day!! 😃🎉
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Can’t have been a very good day! 😂
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I must confess, it wasn’t 🤣 I didn’t read a single thing so it was dreadful lol
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Impressive! I LOVED Lie to Me, I can’t wait to hear what you think of it!
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Thanks 😊 My review for Lie To Me went up a few days ago: https://keeperofpages.wordpress.com/2017/11/15/book-review-lie-to-me-by-j-t-ellison/
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Thanks for the link, I love your review and it was very well said!
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Thanks 😊
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Wow, what a month 🙂 Happy December Janel!!!
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