November Wrap-up

Two days, two belated stacks. ✌🏻 If I’m also wearing a leather jacket right now, does that make me a rebel? 😎⚡️🤘🏻🤷🏼‍♀️

For real though 😜—this was my November wrap-up! ✨📚✨

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Last month was a really good reading month for me! Not only did I finish quite a few more books than I have been as of late (9 👏🏻), but there were some pretty hefty reads in there. Particularly the 800 page behemoth of a novel, The Goldfinch. 🕊 And, there were some seriously magical powerhouses. ✨💪🏻

I can say with all honesty that I haven’t had a more pleasurable reading month in a long time. I really, reallyyy loved almost everything I read (/devoured). 🙏🏻🖤

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The Goldfinch became by far my favorite book of the year, and, after The Unbearable Lightness of Being, perhaps my favorite book period.

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Not pictured are two audiobook listens: 

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith (a Tournament of Books 🐓longlister, brought to my attention by @armyofwords, and a really powerful read), and Girl Wash Your Hair by Rachel Hollis (the one book that was a total wash for me… har har 😜… but really, that one was not my jam, nor what I expected going in).

In true mood reader fashion, I did not get to all of the books on my November list, but what I ended up with was 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻, so I’m more than happy with my choices. 🔮🌝

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As I did last month, I’ve also included in the list (but not in the 📸) books I began, but have yet to finish, and this time around those are all transferring over to my December TBR, because I LOVE THEM all.

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Finished:

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The Goldfinch by Donna Tart –

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Putney by Sofka Zinovieff – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (with some caveats haha)

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Circe by Madeline Miller – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Bluets by Maggie Nelson – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Calle Florista by Connie Voisine –

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern –

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

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So Lucky by Nicola Griffith – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Girl, Wash Your Hair by Rachel Hollis –

⭐️⭐️

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Not Finished:

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The Lonely City by Olivia Laing 🖤

Art as Therapy by Alain de Boutton 🖤

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswell 🖤

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LOVE 🥰

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How’s your Monday so far, y’all?? 🤓