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December of Dragons (December TBR)

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As I mentioned at some point earlier in the year, I decided early on that I would create a book event for myself all about reading books about dragons. I decided early on what books I’d be reading this month. This list is a priority list. Anything that I do not get to I’ll end up reading next year’s December.

This isn’t particularly a challenge, as I have no real prompts for this month outside to read as many books about dragons as I possibly can. (To get dragon-ed out, I suppose. Is it even possible?) I have saved on reading so many great books about dragons this year. I’m not sure you understand how much my heart has wept.

With as many dragon books that there are in this world –trust me. I would know. I’ve checked — this event will be going on a long while. I also don’t plan to actually finish all the series I have listed here. I had hoped to read the Pern novels this time around (I have not), but there are too many other series I need to complete that are going to take the place of those books. The same applies to the Going Down in Flames series.

Next year. Next year.

Either way I have a lot of books to read.

Without further ado, my list for this December of Dragons.

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November Reading List

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November Reading List

I think that this is the first time since August that I finished… no not even in August did I finish my TBR. This is intense. Well, I finished it excluding Fire & Blood, but that’s like a text book and did we actually expect me to finish it? No.

The October FairyLoot Box was a book I read in October, as a note, so that didn’t end up getting read. I feel like I would have read more if I had The Blood Mirror on hand when I finished The Broken Eye. I did not. Without much more to say, let’s get into this.

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November Review Archive

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November Review Archive

A complete Archive of all reviews from the month of November (2019):

Total Number of Reviews : 8

          Books : 5

          Novellas : 1

          Series Reviews : 2

          Series Reading Time Reviews: 0

           Poetry : 0

BOOKS

Inkheart (Series Review) by Cornelia Funke
– Inkdeath

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

Spindle Fire (Duology Review) by Lexa Hillyer
– Winter Glass

The Folk of the Air by Holly Black
The Queen of Nothing
The Lost Sisters (Novella)

When you decide not to do reviews for half the books you read in a month, the number of reviews drop like flies. December will probably have a lot of reviews or nearly none at all, I feel as if it is going to be determined by how I want to split up the reviews for the month with all the dragon books. Truly, I have no clue.

Until Next Time!

MM

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The Special Orders of Castell Novels

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Sebastien De Castell, I have read many of his books in the recent months and if there is one thing I can say for sure it is that I love his books.

I could go on for days on how I like how he writes and directs his stories. I like how they spin and the directions they take, because I don’t expect it. Does that mean there is no set up for how they will go? On the contrary, there is lots of support for why they turn the way they do, I’m just used to stories that go the way I expect.

His books don’t do that.

I could speak on the characters who I have fallen for in all the books. How they make me laugh and cry, how I love them.

But that is not what strikes me the most from his works.

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Year End Update

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I know, I know, we have a little less than two months yet for the end of the year. I am not sure, if you are aware just how little time that is for the end of the year.

It’s not a lot of time.

I figure I will take this chance to tell you about upcoming Wednesday content for the end of the year.

Dragon books have been mostly bought. Mostly, not all, but mostly. So December is basically good to go. (Although I do have to say a lot of these books were much smaller than I thought they would be. This is great for me, because it means that I will be reading most quick for most of them. (Priory has an actual chance of being completed? WOW)

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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookmarks

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You know what today is? Tuesday! You know what that means? Top Ten Tuesday! (Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018.) 

November 12: Favorite Bookmarks 

As in book marks I use or the ones I think are the prettiest of what I have. Because I have pretty book marks that I don’t use.

I’m going to go with my favorite book marks that I use.

This list is going to be my favorite book marks to use. Rated by how often I reach for them. As a note. I only really reach for bookmarks on rare occasions, because most of the time I finish a book I one go.

10.

9.

8.

7.

6.

5.

Actually, any of the Book Depository book marks I reach for a lot. I have a copious amount of them.

4.

3.

I’m actually left this bookmark somewhere and I do not know where. As such I can not find it, but I’m going to describe it.

It’s a black book mark with a weight on the end of the tassels. It has a quote on it that I can not think of right now.

2.

A sticky note folded in half when I need a book mark but don’t have my black bookmark (or any of them) near me. Mostly done when I’m reading at work.

1.

Leaving the book open on a surface, facedown. So that the pages are spread apart on the counter surface as I quickly do what ever needs my attention.

I don’t know what else to say so…

Until Next Time,

MM

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Let’s Talk: His Dark Materials

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Let’s talk about HBO’s new His Dark Materials adaptation. I wasn’t planning on watching this series, if we were being honest.

Well, no. I wanted to watch it, but I was afraid.

I love His Dark Materials as a series. I didn’t hate the movie when it came out, but it wasn’t right. So seeing this, seeing actors I love in it, I was tempted. But I also don’t want to be dragged into a series where I look at the page to screen and scream “WRONG.” I just don’t. Not for this series. Not again.

And then the reviews came out. Oh, the reviews came out. And people who have never read the books are apparently confused AF, and the book readers love it? A big criticism is that there aren’t enough dæmons? (Which I did hear was because of budget constraints and to try to keep people focused. I understand that.) There have been some reviews that say it still it isn’t good enough, but it is better and reviewers I trust are saying its good.

I’m shocked. Stunned. Amazed. Enthralled. Excited.

Thus, I will be rereading the books as soon as I finish A Dance with Dragons and I will be starting the TV show as soon as I can. I may be writing weekly reviews for the series as a book to screen adaptation review. IDK. Would you even want that? If you do, would you want me to give spoiler side by sides, or just reviews? Let me know.

Best!

MM

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Love at First Bite: FairyLoot Box

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We begin November with the box from October. I think I’m just going to have to accept that I will get my boxes the first week of the next month instead at the end of the previous month. It’s actually kind of sad, because I used to get my Tea box, FairyLoot Box, and Unicorn Crate all around the same time. Now I do not. ANYWAY.

Limited edition box for QoN should come in soon. The book drops on the 19th. I will be getting a Unicorn Crate for Nov too. I got the shipping notification for the Girls of Storm and Shadow. I also need to order the books for the December of Dragons. I’m super excited for December’s Fairyloot box that will have two books! This is going to be an epic next few months. Enough about that? No?

FairyLoot Box: Love At First Bite (October 2019)

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