I hope you all had a wonderful week and a wonderful Thanksgiving to those of you who had Thanksgiving. I took some time off of work, and I was able to spend some time reading.
I usually spend my Novembers catching up on my Book of the Month books and the Goodreads nominees, and that's exactly what I've been doing. I hate that the Goodreads Awards are so short now. We used to have a lot longer timeframe to read the nominees. I feel like I read pretty widely this year so that makes me happy.
Posted Last Week
Review | Unmasked by Lorien Lawrence ⭐⭐⭐⭐★ - I love this series. Check out my review if you enjoy (or have someone in your life who enjoys) middle grade books.
Finished Reading
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 - I loved this! I'll have a review posted later this week.
One Piece, Volume 7 by Eiichiro Oda ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - This is my favorite volume so far. I'm going to round up some mini reviews soon.
Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier [dnf] - This started out great, but it became too much for me. Too many POVs, too many storylines, too many timelines. I just don't have that kind of focus this year. This is probably my fault, and I could likely love it at another time.
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney ⭐⭐⭐⭐★ - I'm excited to have finally read this. I enjoy Alice Feeney's books. I'll have a review out for this later this week or next.
Currently Reading
I finished Daisy Darker this morning, and I have no idea what I'm going to pick up. I can't decide if I'll finish the books I've been stuck in the middle of or pick up something entirely new today.
Currently Watching
Where the Crawdads Sing - I enjoyed this, but "the book was better". 😊
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - This was great. It was a bit tough emotionally, but it was a great movie.
A Kismet Christmas - This was cute.
Nope - I loved Nope! This was a surprise for me, and I loved it. If you love scifi horror, please watch it.
This post is being shared as part of The Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz, Book Date’s It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Caffeinated Book Reviewer's The Sunday Post.
I haven't even looked at the goodreads nominees. Gah. Hope you had a great thanksgiving! I need to see Wakanda soon.
ReplyDeleteThe Goodreads Awards are so bad, but I'm addicted to them. I can't help myself.
DeleteI have already voted for the Goodreads Awards. I was surprised to see how many books I read this year that were nominated.
ReplyDeleteI've heard lots of good things about the Black Panther movie. Now that our local theater is open again, I hope to see more movies next year.
I was glad to see how many categories I was able to vote in this year.
DeleteOo I loved These Fleeting Shadows too! It kept me guessing for sure!!
ReplyDeleteYay! Yes!
DeleteI really enjoyed Daisy Darker. I always feel like I haven't read any of the nominees but there were some this year.
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
I like popular book lists which Goodreads definitely is to a fault.
DeleteI always thought the GR awards were around this time. Are they late this year? I commend you on trying to read them. I was simply excited to see several books I had read on the list.
ReplyDeleteLast year they eliminated what used to be the first round so they are much shorter now.
DeleteI did browse through but haven't read enough of the nominated books to make an informed vote, so I skipped it. I really liked Daisy Darker - I thought that dysfunctional family was wonderfully terrible! Looking forward to your review.
ReplyDeleteTerrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/sunday-post-26
I will vote on a book if I loved it enough to think it's worthy of winning. There was a category or two (that had books I had read) I skipped because I assumed there were better books on the list that I hadn't read.
DeleteSeems like you had a great week of reading and watching :)
ReplyDeleteI love those weeks!
DeleteI bet my grandkids would love the Fright Watch series! You finished quite a few books!
ReplyDeleteEspecially during the holidays, I do find it difficult to focus on complicated books. Daisy Darker sounds…spooky! 😊 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Yes - the Fright Watch books are perfect books to pass to your grandkids!
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