Monthly Review – December 2020
In December I read 45 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:
- From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, Book 1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/5 stars)
- Obsidian (Lux, Book 1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (3.5/5 stars)
- A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Fatma el-Sha’arawi, Book 1) by P. Djèlí Clark (5/5 stars)
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hill Cycle, Book 1) by Nghi Vo (5/5 stars)
- Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part 1 by Robert Mandell, Larry Niven, Sean Lam (2/5 stars)
- Blue Exorcist Vol 1 by Kazue Kato (4/5 stars)
I finished the following series:
- The Alchemist’s Illusion (The Accidental Alchemist, Book 4) by Gigi Pandian (4/5 stars)
My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
- From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, Book 1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/5 stars)
- To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (5/5 stars)
- A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Fatma el-Sha’arawi, Book 1) by P. Djèlí Clark (5/5 stars)
- Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels (5/5 stars)
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff (5/5 stars)
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hill Cycle, Book 1) by Nghi Vo (5/5 stars)
- Peppermint and Pentacles (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 3) by Melanie Karsak (5/5 stars)
- A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill (5/5 stars)
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (5/5 stars)
- Fangs by Sarah Andersen (5/5 stars)
Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge (Progress: 248/200) COMPLETE!!
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (Progress: 61/52) COMPLETE!!
The full list of books that I read this month are shown below:
1. East of West, Vol 3: There is No Us by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta (4/5 stars)
2. From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, Book 1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/5 stars)
3. The Blushing Bounder (Iron Seas Novella) by Meljean Brook (4/5 stars)
4. Obsidian (Lux, Book 1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (3.5/5 stars)
5. The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (3/5 stars)
6. East of West, Vol 4: Who Wants War? by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta (4/5 stars)
7. East of West, Vol 5: All These Secrets by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, Rus Wooton (4/5 stars)
8. Airships and Alphas (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 2) by Melanie Karsak (4/5 stars)
9. To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (5/5 stars)
10. East of West, Vol 6 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta (4/5 stars)
11. A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Fatma el-Sha’arawi, Book 1) by P. Djèlí Clark (5/5 stars)
12. Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels (5/5 stars)
13. The Hedge Knight by George R. R. Martin, Ben Avery, Mike S. Miller (3/5 stars)
14. Murder on the Orient Express (A Hercule Poirot Mystery) by Agatha Christie (4/5 stars)
15. Thicker than Water by Tyler Shultz (3/5 stars)
16. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff (5/5 stars)
17. East of West, Vol 7 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta (4/5 stars)
18. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf (4/5 stars)
19. The Elusive Elixir (An Accidental Alchemist Mystery, Book 3) by Gigi Pandian (4/5 stars)
20. Windhaven by George R. R. Martin, Lisa Tuttle, Elsa Charretier (3/5 stars)
21. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Fatma el-Sha’arawi, Book 2) by P. Djeli Clark (4.5/5 stars)
22. East of West, Vol 8 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta (4/5 stars)
23. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hill Cycle, Book 1) by Nghi Vo (5/5 stars)
24. Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part 1 by Robert Mandell, Larry Niven, Sean Lam (2/5 stars)
25. Peppermint and Pentacles (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 3) by Melanie Karsak (5/5 stars)
26. Murder by Other Means (The Dispatcher, Book 2) by John Scalzi, Narrated by Zachary Quinto (4/5 stars)
27. Blue Exorcist Vol 1 by Kazue Kato (4/5 stars)
28. East of West, Vol 9 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta (4/5 stars)
29. An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard (4.5/5 stars)
30. Blue Exorcist Vol 2 by Kazue Kato (4/5 stars)
31. A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill (5/5 stars)
32. Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn (3/5 stars)
33. Blue Exorcist Vol 3 by Kazue Kato (4/5 stars)
34. Blue Exorcist Vol 4 by Kazue Kato (4/5 stars)
35. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (3.5/5 stars)
36. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone (4/5 stars)
37. Blue Exorcist Vol 5 by Kazue Kato (4/5 stars)
38. Bitches and Brawlers (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 4) by Melanie Karsak (4/5 stars)
39. Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (5/5 stars)
40. Blue Exorcist Vol 6 by Kazue Kato (4/5 stars)
41. The Alchemist’s Illusion (The Accidental Alchemist, Book 4) by Gigi Pandian (4/5 stars)
42. Fangs by Sarah Andersen (5/5 stars)
43. Howls and Hallows (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 5) by Melanie Karsak (4/5 stars)
44. Make Mine Magic by Shanna Swendson, Narrated by Karissa Vacker (4/5 stars)
45. A Cat Story by Ursula Murray Husted (4.5/5 stars)