Monthly Review – November 2018

In November I read 25 books.  You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading !

I started the following series:

• A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, Book 1) by Marie Brennan, Narrated by Kate Reading (4/5 stars)
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 1) by Jessica Townsend (4/5 stars)
• #Hockey (Check, Please!, Vol 1) by Ngozi Ukazu (4/5 stars)
• The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, Book 1) by Melissa Albert (4/5 stars)
• Dungeon Born (Divine Dungeon, Book 1) by Dakota Krout, Narrated by Vikas Adam (4/5 stars)
• Ice Station (Shane Schofield, Book 1) by Matt Reilly (3/5 stars)
• Embers in a Dark Frost (Fire and Frost, Book 1) by Kelly Keaton (4/5 stars)
• The Apprentice Witch (The Apprentice Witch, Book 1) by James Nicol (4/5 stars)
• The Magic Misfits (Magic Misfits, Book 1) by Neil Patrick Harris (3/5 stars)
• Sky in the Deep (Sky in the Deep, Book 1) by Adrienne Young (4/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• None!

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (5/5 stars)
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (5/5 stars)
• Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling (Delilah Dirk, Book 2) by Tony Cliff (5/5 stars)
• Ancient Magus Bride Vol 9 by Kore Yamazaki (5/5 stars)
• A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti (5/5 stars)
• Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules by (Delilah Dirk, Book 3) Tony Cliff (5/5 stars)
• Wild Swans by Jung Chang (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:

– Goodreads Reading Challenge (Progress: 265/200) COMPLETE!
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge (Progress: 131/100)  COMPLETE!
– New Release Reading Challenge (Progress: 78/31-60) COMPLETE!
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (Progress: 66/52) COMPLETE!

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, Book 1) by Marie Brennan, Narrated by Kate Reading (4/5 stars)
2. The Price Guide to the Occult by Lesley Walton (4/5 stars)
3. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (5/5 stars)
4. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 1) by Jessica Townsend (4/5 stars)
5. #Hockey (Check, Please!, Vol 1) by Ngozi Ukazu (4/5 stars)
6. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (5/5 stars)
7. Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling (Delilah Dirk, Book 2) by Tony Cliff (5/5 stars)
8. The Hunt (The Wilds, Book 2) by Donna Augustine, Narrated by Angel Clark (3/5 stars)
9. The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, Book 1) by Melissa Albert (4/5 stars)
10. Bluecrowne (Greenglass House, Book 3) by Kate Milford (3/5 stars)
11. Ancient Magus Bride Vol 9 by Kore Yamazaki (5/5 stars)
12. Dungeon Born (Divine Dungeon, Book 1) by Dakota Krout, Narrated by Vikas Adam (4/5 stars)
13. A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti (5/5 stars)
14. Ice Station (Shane Schofield, Book 1) by Matt Reilly (3/5 stars)
15. Embers in a Dark Frost (Fire and Frost, Book 1) by Kelly Keaton (4/5 stars)
16. The Tropic of Serpents (Memoirs of Lady Trent, Book 2) by Marie Brennan, Narrated by Kate Reading (4/5 stars)
17. Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente (3/5 stars)
18. Herding Cats (Sarah’s Scribbles, Book 3) by Sarah Andersen (4.5/5 stars)
19. Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules by (Delilah Dirk, Book 3) Tony Cliff (5/5 stars)
20. The Apprentice Witch (The Apprentice Witch, Book 1) by James Nicol (4/5 stars)
21. My Plain Jane (Lady Janies, Book 2) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (4/5 stars)
22. The Magic Misfits (Magic Misfits, Book 1) by Neil Patrick Harris (3/5 stars)
23. Catching Stars by Cayla Keenan (3/5 stars)
24. Sky in the Deep (Sky in the Deep, Book 1) by Adrienne Young (4/5 stars)
25. Wild Swans by Jung Chang (5/5 stars)