November Reading Wrap-Up
November was a busy month but one that I also was able to enjoy some reading in, even if it was a lot of shorter books. Overall it was 6 books I read and I cannot wait to share my thoughts.
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“Halfway to the Grave” by Jeaniene Frost. This is book 1 in the Night Huntress series.
I listened to the audiobook of this and was, at first, put off by some of the voices used for the characters, especially Bones. Luckily I kept going because I found that I really enjoyed a lot of this story. I liked how the world was built up slowly over the entire book and not just given to us as a word dump early on to keep the action moving. It felt organic and like we were with Cat, learning as she learned, the entire book. It also made the ending make more sense when we got to it because we understood Cat’s perspective. I didn’t want the book to end and when it did, I just wanted to find the next one and read it. My library didn’t have the next one on audiobook so now I’m hunting for it.
4.5/5 Stars
Started October 15th, Finished November 3rd
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“The Fae King’s Dream” by Jamie Schlosser. This is book 2 of the Between Dawn and Dusk series.
So, I really wanted to love this story. Damon was very interesting in the first book and I wanted to know his story. This just ended up being a bit lackluster for me. The characters fell in love so quickly and everything seemed to be moving so fast that I just couldn’t get into it. I also thought that Damon’s clue would be a bit more interesting but instead it turned out that his father found the girl and showed her to him in his dream. Seemed like a missed opportunity for Damon to accidentally run into another dream walker and be surprised. I don’t know if I’ll pick up the 3rd book even though I am curious, but if it is anything like this one was I know that I’ll just be disappointed again.
3.5/5 Stars
Started October 2nd, Finished November 14th
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“Wicked and the Wallflower” by Sarah MacLean. This is book 1 in the Bareknuckle Bastards series.
I listened to this on audiobook and just really devoured it. The characters were interesting and I really liked how Felicity and Devil interacted throughout. I also really liked the other characters and how they came into the story. It made me want to pick up the next book right away. The only thing I didn’t really enjoy was how Felicity seemed to not listen to Devil a lot of the time. I get that was part of her charm and she did need to be interacting with him in order to move the romance part along, but I think that it also could be that after the 2nd or even 3rd time she disregarded his rules that he could have become more curious about what she was up to when she didn’t show up or something. It’s minor but it did annoy me at times.
4.75/5 Stars
Started November 6th, Finished November 17th
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“The Christmas Cookie House” by Jennifer Griffith. This is book 1 of the Christmas House Romances series.
This book was adorable. It was very short, less than 200 pages, so it was a quick read. Leela and Jay are really good together and make the entire story just flow perfectly throughout. It is a clean romance with just a few kisses thrown in so perfect to read anywhere. There was a few moments where the story didn’t work for me though. The woman in charge of the Ladies’ Auxiliary who runs the events Leela has to find a home for, Mrs. Coldicott, is really annoying throughout. I get that she has some sort of vendetta against Leela’s mother and is trying to kill the Cookie House fundraiser as a result, but it didn’t make sense to do so since the event raised so much money for the Auxiliary. I can only assume that if it had failed and they couldn’t do everything throughout the year that they needed to do as a result that she would use that to blame Leela year-round, but that just seemed like a long way to go for something so beneficial to the group that she is in charge of. It would make more sense for her to try and change the event or take complete charge of it herself to make it more about her than cancel it altogether. Just a minor thing that popped up when Mrs. Coldicott makes an appearance.
4.5/5 Stars
Started November 19th, Finished November 20th
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“Resisting Maxu” by Victoria Aveline. This is book 6 of the Clecanian series.
I love this series so much. All the women are very different and the men are so interesting. I found this book so fun to read overall. Maxu doesn’t want to participate in the marriage contracts so always gets himself into trouble and arrested before he has to go in order to make himself ineligible, which I found really interesting. Meg wants nothing to do with marriage after her disaster of one she had on Earth prior to being kidnapped. Overall, the whole scenario of her fighting against Maxu’s advances and him having to compromise his possessive tendencies is just too adorable. The ending was a surprise and really made me want to pick up the next book right away, but it isn’t out yet. This book was just a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it.
5/5 Stars
Started November 19th, Finished November 22nd
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“The Sleigh Bells Chalet” by Jennifer Griffith. This is book 2 of the Christmas House Romances.
Another really cute Christmas read. We follow Bing, who we met briefly in the first book, who needs a vacation and heads out to the Bells Chalet, run by Ellery in honor of her grandfather who opened the hotel. Ellery needs to find a way to save the hotel and comes up with a hook to do so by rebranding as the Sleigh Bells Chalet and offering horse-drawn carriage rides. From the moment Ellery and Bing meet there is some chemistry. Bing, who is trying to get away from horses after 2 horse-related disasters in his life, finds himself helping Ellery get her carriage ride business off the ground and rediscovering his love for horses along the way. Although more disaster strikes and threatens to separate the two of them, the ending is incredibly sweet and I just loved the story overall.
5/5 Stars
Started November 23rd, Finished November 28th
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That’s all the books I read in November. Only have a few more to reach my reading goal. Can’t wait to finish this fantastic reading year!
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Book Of The Week Master List
A:
Angels’ Blood(Guild Hunter #1)
Animal Magnetism(Animal Magnetism #1)
At Wolf Ranch(Montana Men #1)
Axel(Corps Security #1)
A Brush of Darkness(Abby Sinclair #1)
A Blood Seduction(Vamp City #1)
Against the Ropes(Redemption #1)
Against the Cage(Worth the Fight #1)
Ace of Hearts(The Cursed Ravens MC #1)
A New Leash on Love(Rescue Me #1)
Allure(Brooklet Dreams #1)
Angels & Whiskey(Saddles & Racks #1)
B:
Burning Up(Flirting with Fire #1)
Born in Fire(Fire and Ice Trilogy #1)
Bitten(Otherworld #1)
Boomtown(Freebirds #1)
Black Wings(Black Wings #1)
Bender(The Core Four #1)
Burn for Me(Hidden Legacy #1)
Beard Mode(The Dixie Wardens Rejects MC #1)
Bad Blood(Crimson Moon #1)
Bentley(Vested Interest #1)
Book Boyfriend(Book Boyfriends #1)
Burnout(NYPD Blue & Gold #1)
Bringing Home the Bad Boy(Second Chance #1)
Blood of the Earth(Soulwood #1)
Blood Heir(Aurelia Ryder #1)
Blood of Eden(The Guardians #1)
Broken Compass(Supernatural Prison Story #1)
C:
Center Mass(Code 11-KPD SWAT #1)
Cast in Shadow(Chronicles of Elantra #1)
Cry Wolf(Alpha & Omega #1)
Cole(The Ride #1)
Coveted(Coveted #1)
Cowboy Bold(Longhorn Canyon #1)
Colton’s Salvation(Demented Sons MC #1)
D:
Dirty Magic(Prospero’s War #1)
Downshift(Skid Row Kings #1)
Dangerous Secrets(Callaghan Brothers #1)
Dominic(Slater Brothers #1)
Dragon’s Lair(Wind Dragons MC #1)
Dark Currents(Agent of Hel #1)
Dead Witch Walking(The Hollows #1)
Dr. OB(St. Luke’s Docuseries #1)
Dirty(Dive Bar #1)
Dead Until Dark(Sookie Stackhouse #1)
Delicious(Camos and Cupcakes #1)
Dropkick My Heart(Powerhouse M.A. #1)
Drop a Gear and Disappear(Kings of Vengeance MC #1)
Dark Gods(Academy of the Gods #1)
Dragon Marked(Supernatural Prison #1)
The Devil Inside(Morgan Kingsley #1)
Darkness Unbound(Dark Angels #1)
Drive Me Wild(Riggs Brothers #1)
Dragon Academy(Dragon Riders Academy #1)
E:
Eye Candy(Real Love #1)
Escape to You(Montana Heat #1)
F:
First Grave on the Right(Charley Davidson #1)
Forgiving Reed(Southern Boys #1)
First Drop of Crimson(Night Huntress World #1)
Forever Home(Forever Friends #1)
Forever Mine(Providence #1)
Fireball(Cheap Thrills #1)
Fallen Academy: Year One(Fallen Academy #1)
Full Moon Rising(Riley Jenson Guardian #1)
G:
Grit(Spartan Riders MC #1)
Grave Witch(Alex Craft #1)
Ghost(Lords of Carnage MC #1)
The Genesis of Evangeline(The Lost Royals Saga #1)
Great Sass(Family Ties #1)
Greywalker(Greywalker #1)
H:
The Hurricane(The Hurricane #1)
Halfway to the Grave(Night Huntress #1)
Hope Flames(Hope #1)
Haunted on Bourbon Street(Jade Calhoun #1)
Hard(Biker MC Romance #1)
Hail No(Hail Raisers #1)
Hardwired(Hacker #1)
Hide Your Crazy(KPD Motorcycle Patrol #1)
Herd That(The Valentine Boys #1)
Hissy Fit(The Southern Gentleman #1)
Hell’s Chapel(Caith Morningstar #1)
Harmony(The Club Girl Diaries #1)
I:
Indexing(Indexing #1)
Into The Storm
Inflame (Midnight Cove Series, #1)
Infernal Magic(Shadows & Flame #1)
J:
Just Kidding(SWAT Generation 2.0 #1)
K:
King(King #1)
Kindling the Moon(Arcadia Bell #1)
Kinda Don’t Care(Simple Man #1)
Knotted(Trails of Sin #1)
Kissed by Wildfire(The Cimmerian Cage #1)
L:
Lost Rider(Coming Home #1)
Lights To My Siren(The Heroes of The Dixie Wardens MC #1)
Lick(Stage Dive #1)
Loving Lo(Devil’s Knights #1)
Loving Cara(Love Under the Big Sky #1)
Lane(Grim Sinners MC #1)
Lock ‘N’ Load(Federal K-9 #1)
Legacy(The Four Horsemen #1)
Lies & Lullabies(Hush Note #1)
Lucifer’s Daughter(Princess of Hell #1)
Lucifer’s Bride(Married to the Devil #1)
Landen(The Murphy Boys #1)
M:
Mayhem(Mayhem #1)
Making the Cut(Sons of Templar MC #1)
Man Hands(Man Hands #1)
Moon Called(Mercy Thompson #1)
Magic Bites(Kate Daniels #1)
Marek(Knights Corruption MC #1)
Miss Mechanic
Mess Me Up(Bear Bottom Guardians MC #1)
Matt(Malloys of Montana #1)
Magic to the Bone(Allie Beckstrom #1)
Mountain Man(Smith Brothers #1)
Midnight’s Daughter(Dorina Basarab #1)
Miss Fix-It
Montana Fire(Small Town Romance #1)
Magic Bite(Supernatural Bounty Hunter #1)
Mark of the Demon(Kara Gillian #1)
Monsters(Prodigium Academy #1)
N:
Nuts(Hudson Valley #1)
Nickel(Fallen Lords MC #1)
Night Shift(Jill Kismet #1)
Nightlife(Cal Leandros #1)
Night Shifter(Magical Creatures Academy #1)
Nailed by You(Ross Brothers Trilogy #1)
No Rep(Madd CrossFit #1)
The Negotiator(Harbor City #1)
O:
On the Edge(The Edge #1)
On the Rocks(Last Call #1)
Once Bitten, Twice Shy(Jaz Parks #1)
Once Burned(Night Prince #1)
Owl and the Japanese Circus(The Adventures of Owl #1)
Officer Next Door(Lock and Key #1)
Over the Fence
Olympian Challenger(Olympian Challenger #1)
P:
Pitch Please(There’s No Crying in Baseball #1)
Pestilence(The Four Horsemen #1)
Protector(Night War Saga #1)
Playing by Heart(Love, Hate, Rock-n-Roll #1)
Q:
Quinn(Wyoming Sky #1)
R:
Real(Real #1)
Rosemary and Rue(October Daye #1)
The Return of Brody McBride(The McBrides #1)
Red-Headed Stepchild(Sabina Kane #1)
Ride Hard(Raven Riders #1)
Rugged Hearts(The Kinnison Legacy #1)
The Rule Book(The Rule Breakers #1)
Royal Street(Sentinels of New Orleans #1)
Rush(Montgomery Men #1)
Renegade(Moonshine Task Force #1)
The Reluctant Cowboy(Morgan Ranch #1)
Repeat Offender(Souls Chapel Revenants MC #1)
Ransom(Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team #1)
S:
Skinwalker(Jane Yellowrock #1)
Some Girls Bite(Chicagoland Vampires #1)
Spider’s Bite(Elemental Assassin #1)
Southern Pleasure(Southern Heart #1)
Saved by the Rancher(Hunted #1)
Shock Advised(Kilgore Fire #1)
Street Magic(Black London #1)
Storm(Storm MC #1)
Sit…Stay…Beg(The Dogfather #1)
Shades of Wicked(Night Rebel #1)
Storm Front(The Dresden Files #1)
Second Chance Cowboy(Crossroads Ranch #1)
Surrender to You(SAPD SWAT #1)
Somethin’ About That Boy
Shadow Hunter(Rosie O'Grady’s Paranormal Bar and Grill #1)
Supernatural Academy: Year One(Supernatural Academy #1)
Something Wicked(University of Morgana: Academy of Enchantments and Witchcraft #1)
T:
Taming Him(Bishop Brothers #1)
Taking Shots(Nashville Assassins #1)
Truthseeker(Worldwalker Duology #1)
True Blue(The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Peaceful Harbor #1)
Touch the Dark(Cassandra Palmer #1)
Texas on My Mind(The McCord Brothers #1)
Temptations(Tattoos & Tears #1)
Torch(Devils Souls MC #1)
Trailer Park Fae(Gallow and Ragged #1)
Three Mages and a Margarita(The Guild Codex: Spellbound #1)
Tap Out(Reaper’s Den #1)
U:
Until Harry
Urban Shaman(Walker Papers #1)
Until Fools Find Gold(Providence Gold #1)
Untamed Magic(Academy of the Elites #1)
V:
W:
Whiskey Neat(Uncertain Saints MC #1)
Working for the Devil(Dante Valentine #1)
Wild Hunger(Heirs of Chicagoland #1)
What You Do to Me(The Haneys #1)
X:
Y:
Z:
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Today we bring you Lost in a Story’s meme Down the TBR Hole! Where you bring up your Goodreads list, order your books in ascending by date added, then decide if you are keeping or dropping the first five listed based on their description!
Kayla:
Personality Plus by Florence Litauer – Something I’d like to learn more about but not now. Drop.
Song in the Silence by Elizabeth Kerner – I really want to read this still. Keep!
Skinwalker by Faith Hunter – I’ve been eyeballing this for the longest time. It just looks very badass. Keep.
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs – This comes out next month! I’m currently re-reading all the books so I’ll be read for it. Can’t wait! KEEP KEEP KEEP!
Dealing with Dragosn by Patricia C. Wrede – This sounds like a sweet book, it’s only just over 200 pages. Keep.
Kept: 4 Dropped: 1
Neko: So I am going to cheat a bit and skip all of the Anne Boleyn books… I have waaay too many listed and won’t drop any, I love the topic too much to do that ^_^ So here we go with something new!
A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith – I’m torn on this one, it sounds so good but we are dealing with a soon to be death in the family… I’m gonna keep it, She’s from Seattle hometown for the win, but it won’t be read anytime soon… Keep
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFevers – but the God of death bestowed powers on her! How can I not read this! I love the gods of old! Keep
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) by Jeaniene Frost – This is such a hard meme for me… So many of the books sound so good! I have awesome taste I guess. Keep.
The Assassin’s Curse (The Assassin’s Curse #1) by Cassandra Rose Clarke – Pirates! and other stuff! Keep.
Archangel’s Kiss (Guild Hunter #1) by Nalini Singh – Hey one to cut! Yes! But I added the first in the series so… Angels, Vamps, it’s like Supernatural! I’m just hoping the romance doesn’t turn it into an erotica… Cut
Keep: 4 Cut: 1 Add:1 (whoops)
Come on guys! Post some TBsR that you can’t live without knowing more about!
Down the TBR Hole… Today we bring you Lost in a Story’s meme Down the TBR Hole! Where you bring up your Goodreads list, order your books in ascending by date added, then decide if you are keeping or dropping the first five listed based on their description!
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