November 2024 To-Be-Read

I am really good at forgetting to post these....let's see if I stick to the one I have for this month....

1. The Road of Bones by Demi Winters - My November 2024 Book of the Month selection. It follows a Nordic woman as she has to travel the terrifying Road of Bones to save herself or someone she cares about. I forget exactly which. It looked really good and I am definitely looking forward to diving into it when it arrives. 

2. The Book of Witching by C.J. Cook - My October pick from Book of the Month club. I've been gettin behind in reading them and I really do want to catch up. This one follows a mother after her daughter returns from the woods and is refusing to answer to her own name. I'm intrigued by the premise and want to know how it will eventually resolve itself. 

3. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer - This one was from...um...May? June? I don't remember. Possibly even from last year. I recently picked up The Lost Story, but wanted to read through her debut before picking that one up. I figured it was as good a time as any. This one follows a woman who is an avid fan of an author and enters a competition to win the one copy of his next book. There are stakes involved and she may not get what she wants. Remember the old addage: Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. 

4. The Book of Prime by Katy Baker - I have absolutely no idea what this is about. I could look it up, but that would probably spoil a lot of the fun. I think it's some kind of shifter smut? Don't know. It's a book I got a very long time ago for my Kindle and I have absolutely no memory of the synopsis. I'm just planning on reading the older ones first now. 

5. Kindred by Erica Stevens - Literally the same as the last one, only I think this one is about vampires? I have no idea. Wish me luck in not DNF'ing them....I just want to work my way through my horrific backlog...

6. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - When I get a long swath of nothing to do but the same task over and over at work, I like to put on an audiobook. In a week, I finished three. I set up a PickerWheel to select the book that I will listen to next from the ones available currently to me (I use Audible, ChirpBooks, and CloudLibrary) and it chose this for the next book. It's only 29:57 long. Not too terrible for the credits I spent on it...

7. Fall, or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson - As usual, this one is added onto the bottom of the TBR as a continuation novel. I am determined to finish it. I haven't made it to the exciting part yet, and I've even managed to misplace the book (again). Hopefully I can finish the blasted thing before the end of the year. I'm actually tempted to pick up the ebook/audiobook in order to help myself get though it faster...

8. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston - I loved her other book when I got it and read it. Who wouldn't? So now I'm hoping to get through this library book before the end of the month (really before 11/11 when it's due...) 

9. The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owens - It is about Greek gods who live on Earth and there is some kind of competition Hades is participating in. I know nothing else and it looks absolutely brilliant. I want to read it!!! It's another library book due 11/11. 

Currently Reading #21 [13 - 19 October 2024]

Currently Reading

- Fall, or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson [31%]

- Hellenistic Astrology by Chris Brennan [02%]

- Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah [64%]

- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston [18%]

- Phantasma by Kaylie Smith [54%]

- Small Favors by Erin A. Craig [33%]

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Yearly Goal

68/72

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I finished one book on Sunday, and felt awkward adding it to last week's post, so I've just tagged it to this one instead. Not like it was going to be all that different either way.

I realized I have to prioritize three books over the others: The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde (library book due back 21 October), Sons of Darkness by Gourav Mohanty (library book due back 28 October), and Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews (eARC due 29 October). These are the top books I absolutely need to get through this week.

There is another book that is in my BookFunnel, but we have not gotten the email about it that I think we were supposed to to talk about when it is due back. So, that will remain in reading limbo. 

Do not get upset with me! I completely forgot to upload the blog post last week and now I'm working on a double. I told you that I was terrible at remembering. Even with reminders on my phone and in my planner. I just get wrapped up in reading and forget about it completely! I'm sorry!

In slightly different news: I've finished both of those library books that I have borrowed previously and Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews (my preorder comes this upcoming week, on Tuesday, I do believe). I've now borrowed three new books. Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown (finished), One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (currently reading), and The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owens (to read next). They all looked really good and I cannot wait to get through them. I am very much looking forward. 

I have discovered that when they give me a task at work where I will be at it for a few unbroken hours, barring of course lunch and break times, I can make it through quite a bit of any book on 2-2.25x speed. I listened through two books this week. One of them was something like 12-14 hours? I don't exactly remember what the full thing was and I've already returned the book to the library. 

I love my literary friends, really, but this one is just denser than a box of rocks. I told her about a post I'd seen where the person was talking about reading their entire physical TBR. A grand feat, I assure you. I told my friend that if I were to do such a thing it would take me years to get through mine. Plural. She replies "Wow, a whole year!" and I'm like "Um, no. At my current reading speed, considering the size of some of the books I own, and the subject matter....we're looking at closer to sixty or seventy years before I get through everything. And that's only if I don't buy anything new or borrow anything from the library/Kindle Unlimited. I'd have a lot of reading to do.