Another month came and went! November wasn’t the best month of the year, was it? A certain election shook the world. My reading and blogging slump was real. Despite not working full-time anymore, I couldn’t achieve much because I couldn’t concentrate on anything. However, it wasn’t all bad. I celebrated my birthday! Well… I was actually sick on my birthday and had to spend it in bed, but I celebrated a bit anyway. And then the Gilmore Girls revival came, which I was so excited about, but it sort of disappointed me. Overall, November kinda sucked, but that’s okay! Ups and downs, right? December holds promise ❄☃🌲
BOOKS READ THIS MONTH
- A Deadly Affection was a slow-paced medical mystery with 1907’s New York as a backdrop, along with guilt, discrimination against women in science, and the beginnings of psychotherapy as some of its most intriguing themes.
- Nevernight was the first part of Mia’s tale, an assassin in training. With a complex world-building that really came to life with its unique narration, the story ended-up really captivating me and I can’t wait for the second book to come out!
REVIEWS OF THIS MONTH
- A Deadly Affection by Cuyler Overholt [ARC]
WEEKLY MEMES
Book Traveling Thursdays
Diversity Spotlight Thursdays
- Diversity Spotlight Thursday (#7) | I went with the theme of women of color in space!
TAGS
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Celebrating the Little Things Tag| A tag giving little shout-outs to the lovely people who have followed, liked, or supported my blog since I started. It’s a pretty nice and easy tag to do, so check it out if you’re looking for one like that!
OTHERS
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The Other Einstein Blog Tour: Author Interview | I interviewed Marie Benedict, author of The Other Einstein, and asked her about artistic licence, sources of inspiration, and fascinating women in history who have impressed her.
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“Meh” books: Hard to review, impossible to recommend? | A discussion on those books that aren’t that impressive, but that are still a part of our reading experiences.
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Hmm I might have to check out A Deadly Affection. I’m a psychology major and I love exploring the history of the field. Plus the mystery aspect of it sounds pretty appealing.
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That’s very cool! That aspect was very interesting. It shows how much psychology has advanced.
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November was a really bad reading month for me, I also took a bit of a blogging hiatus as well. I know this month will be better for me reading wise, and hopefully blogging wise too.
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I’m sorry November wasn’t that great for you either! I hope you do have an amazing December 😀
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I was defiantly not on the blog as much in November! I’m hoping December makes more time for it for all of us :).
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Yes! I’m really hoping it’s a better month for reading and blogging because I miss doing as regularly as I used to!
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Me too!! I started out good this month with reading so let’s hope it sticks! lol
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Me too! We’re on a good track 😁
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I super enjoyed Nevernight, I’m glad you liked it too! I also only read two books this month too, but I’m hoping for a better December with it being Christmas break soon.
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It was a really captivating book! It was so much fun to read. I’m sure December will be a lot better then! We’ll have more time to read 🙂
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November wasn’t a great month for me either The Gilmore Girls revival was very disappointing. And I was also in a blogging and reading slump. Let’s hope December is a better month for both of us. ☃️🎄🙂
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😦 I’m sorry it sucked for you, too. I still can’t get over the fact that Gilmore Girls pretty much failed. I’m still sort of glad to see the characters again, but what a shame that it was like that.
Yes! Here’s for a fantastic December 😀
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November was a pretty good reading month for me – I managed to tick quite a few things of the TBR pile. Everything else was just ok. I totally failed at NaNoWrimo lol
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I’m glad you had a good month 🙂 And it doesn’t matter if you only wrote a sentence, I don’t think you failed NaNoWriMo 😉 Just having an idea is something! I wanted to participate, but I didn’t have enough time and my idea was very raw. Hopefully next year though!
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I’m so glad you loved, Nevernight!! I can’t wait for the next book either 😀
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Yaay! I loved the world Jay Kristoff created, so I’m so glad we get to keep exploring in the next books 😀
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So glad you enjoyed Nevernight! It’s definitely one of my favorite reads of the year 🙂 Sorry you were disappointed with Gilmore Girls! I did enjoy it, mostly because I was happy to just get more of them, but I do understand that some of the choices that were made in terms of the characters and their development were just not consistent or did not make a lot of sense.
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Yeah, exactly! I was happy to see the characters and Stars Hallows again though ❤
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