May rewind

MAY READS

So, May has been quite the month! Usually it's one or the other but in May I had a ton of fun reading wise even though the month has been very hectic and a lot of stuff happened but I actually feel like May has been a great month overall.


In May I...

• Read 18 books which adds up to 4934 pages
• I listened to 2 audiobooks, read 2 ebooks and 14 physical books! 
• I read 13 books by female authors and 5 by male authors
• I read 6 new releases
• I read 8 YA, 1 middle grade, 1 new adult and 8 adult books! 
• I read 14 books in Danish and 4 in English
• I read 11 books I'd received for review, 1 of my own, 2 library books and 4 from storytel!
• Had an average rating of 3.53
• DNF'ed The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye 
• Bought 13 books, received 1 from my mom and received 14 for review! Only one of those 14 is in English though - although there's 1 from Hot Key on the way. 
• Continued reading both the Wildwitch series by Lene Kaaberbøl and the Calendar Girl series by Audrey Carlan
• Finished 2 series; The Selection by Kiera Cass and Slide by Jill Hathaway
• Technically started a new series, but since I'm unsure whether I want to continue I don't know where to put it. It's the Reaching out of the Shadows by Mannah Pierce. 

That was quite the mouthful! I like having these statistics on hand though and I really like sharing them with you! 

reading goals

I can't believe I managed to read 18 books this month and there's a chance that I might reach 19 books before the month is over! Because I'm writing this in advance on Monday and I post this wrap up on Tuesday, so I might finish one more book! I'll make a tiny update if that's the case.

The 18 books I read this month is...

1. Kys by Lone Diana Jørgensen ★★★
2. Viridians blod (Vildheks, #2) by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★
3. Hambros Allé 7-9-13 by Lone Kaa Andersen ★★★
4. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover ★★★★★ (first impressions)
5. Som i et spejl by Lise Lotte Frederiksen ★★★★.5
6. The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent ★★★★
7. Argentineren der kom sejlende på en cedertræsplanke by Morten Vittrup ★★★.5
8. Stalker by Michella Rasmussen ★★★
9. Forget You by Jennifer Echols ★★★★
10. Cast Adrift (Reaching out of the Shadows, #1) by Mannah Pierce ★★★ (review, first impressions)
11. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami ★★★★
12. 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad ★★★.5
13. April (Calendar Girl, #4) by Audrey Carlan ★★★.5
14. May (Calendar Girl, #5) by Audrey Carlan ★★★.5
15. Slide (Slide, #1) by Jill Hathaway ★★★
16. Impostor (Slide, #2) by Jill Hathaway ★★★
17. The Invoice by Jonas Karlsson ★★★★
18. The Crown (The Selection, #5) by Kiera Cass ★★★

It looks unbelievable! I can't believe I managed to read so much in a single month!

My favorite book of the month is the only one with a 5 star rating and that is Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover - I LOVED it! I also really enjoyed Som i et spejl which is a nonfiction book about literature! It was such a joy to read both of those books!

Last month my 'finished series' total was 9 and since I managed to finish 2 series this month I've reached my goal of 10 finished series this year! So that's the first goal reached!
I didn't reread anything or read any classics so I'm still at 2 out of 5 rereads and 5 out of 10 classics!
My YA ratio this month is still quite high but I managed to read just as many adult books so I call it a win! I had so much fun reading this month!
I focused on review books this month, just like I did in April, which is why I only read a single book from my shelf which was Slide by Jill Hathaway.
Once again I forgot about The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin but I'm thinking about starting over and reading 6 months at once.. Maybe I should do that tonight!


blogging goals
I finally got into blogging again! So even though I read a ton I also blogged a ton! I've also written a ton of reviews for my Danish blog and I finally got my blog plan in my bullet journal to work for me. I'm quite proud of myself to be honest and I definitely count May as the best month of the year so far!


On a more personal note
I wanted to talk a bit about what I actually did during May so here it is;

• I went on a date with my boyfriend and I brought my baby brother along! We went to the cinema and watched CIVIL WAR and it was great! 
• I went on another date with my boyfriend, this time just us on a lunch date since we'd been together for 3 years and 5 months and we wanted to do something special! 
• My boyfriend got picked up by an ambulance and held at the hospital until the day after. It was quite nerve breaking and I'm happy he's okay! 
• I began taking zumba classes again and I've definitely missed it! 

I'll share the books I got in May soon so look out for that! 

And it's a wrap for April

READ IN APRIL

Another month gone! It's now May and I'm so excited because of my TBR this month but I'll talk more about that in another post!

In March I...

• Read 10 books and 1 novella! 
• 5 by female authors and the last 5 by male authors
• 3  new releases
• 6 adult books, 3 YA and 1 middle grade
• 7 paperbacks, 2 ebooks and 1 audiobook
• 5 in English and 5 in Danish
• 6 for review, 3 from storytel (like audible) and 2 of my own. (I listened to one of the review books on storytel). 
• Bought 15 books and received an extra 5 for review
• Started 2 new series; The School for Good and Evil and Flawed

reading goals

So, as mentioned I read 10 books in April even with a reading slump thrown in! I'm also feeling a reading slump coming on so I'm looking for the perfect read to get me out of it! Nonetheless, the 10 books I read added up to 2845 pages! 

1. February (Calendar Girl, #2) by Audrey Carlan ★★★★
2. March (Calendar Girl, #3) by Audrey Carlan ★★★★
3. Half Irish by Peter J. S. Waugh  ★★★★ (review)
4. I'm Still Here by Clélie Avit ★★★★★ 
5. The Premature Death of Ana Ivan by Mikkel Rosengaard ★★★★
6. The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1) by Soman Chainani ★★★.5
7. The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig ★★★★.5
8. Princess Bari by Hwang Sok-Yong ★★★
9. Violets & Violence by Morgan Parker ★★
10. Flawed (Flawed , #1) by Cecilia Ahern ★★★.5 (audiobook)

My favorite book this month is definitely I'm Still Here it was such a great read but The Girl from Everywhere is a close runner-up. A review of The Girl from Everywhere will be up later this week. 

I didn't finish any series this month so I'm still at 9 finished this year so far! I didn't reread or read any classics in April so those numbers haven't changed (2/5 and 5/10). 

My YA ratio is lower than any other month, I believe, so that's good! 

Since I focused on review books for the month of April I didn't read that many books from my shelves - only 2 so I'm happy with that number. Hopefully I'll read a bunch of my own books in May!

Just like last month I totally forgot about 365 stories and The Happiness Project but I've decided to drop 365 stories since I'm not enjoying it and just focus on The Happiness Project - which I love. 

The single novella I read was Black Box by Jennifer Egan which is a spy log written in a twitter format and with a second person narrative - quite an intriguing read! 

I want to do separate book hauls so look out for one! 

March recap

MUG FROM SOCIETY6

So, March has felt like quite a long month to be honest! I got a ton of books in the first weeks and I read a ton in the beginning of the month too! I feel both accomplished and disappointed, weirdly enough. But March was a good month for me and I hope it was a good month for you too.

blogging goals
Well, I haven't really blogged that much this month and I'm quite sad about that! I've been neglecting my memes and to be honest, I just haven't been in the mood to blog at all. 

I'm still using my review spreadsheet which I found in January and I'm still loving it! I just added a new feature to it so I can keep track of my read short stories, novellas and graphic novels. I don't count those as books but I still want to keep track of them. 

Even though I've updated libib with all my new books this month I haven't fully updated it. I still need to update my status, tags etc, for each new book. 

I haven't used my blog planner this month, well, I've looked at it but I haven't actually used it. I've therefore tried to transfer it into my bullet journal for April because I hope it's a better format! Hopefully it works! 


reading goals
I'm actually quite proud of myself when it comes to my reading goals this month! At the moment of typing this I've read 9 books which adds up to 3366 pages! I hope to finish A Clockwork Orange before the month is over but I don't think it's realistic since I'm in a reading slump at the moment. The  9 books I read this month is;

1. The Shamer's Daughter + The Shamer's Signet (The Shamer Chronicles, #1-2) by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★
2. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt ★★★.5
3. The Serpent Gift + The Shamer's War (The Shamer Chronicles, #3-4) by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★.5
4. Silverhorse (Katriona, #1) by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★
5. The Ermine (Katriona, #2) by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★
6. Midnight (Katriona, #3) by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★
7. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ★★★★
8. The Wondrous and the Wicked (The Dispossessed, #3) by Page Morgan ★★★★
9. January (Calendar Girl, #1) by Audrey Carlan ★★★★.5

This actually means that I finished a total of 3 series this month! And I read two complete series, out of those 3, this month! My total of finished series is now up to 9 and my goal was 7-10 so that's quite good - if I may say so myself. 

1. The Shamer Chronicles by Lene Kaaberbøl
2. Katriona by Lene Kaaberbøl
3. The Dispossessed by Page Morgan

I didn't read (much) less YA this month since 6 out of those 9 books are YA - but I enjoyed all of them! 5 of those is also written by a Danish author, whom I absolutely love, so I enjoyed them nonetheless! And that was actually my reason for reading less YA - I didn't enjoy the majority of the ones I read last year. 

I reread the first book in The Shamer Chronicles, The Shamer's Daughter, this month and I really enjoyed it! The series got better and better for each book! 

8 out the 9 books I read were from my shelves (one from my digital shelf!) and I think that's the best I've done so far this year! I've read a total of 15 books from my shelves towards my goal of 50! So I need to get a move on - but April won't help with any of my goals... You'll find out why soon enough. 

I read a single classic, so now I've read 5 classics this year! I didn't finish a single audiobook and I've totally forgotten about my two yearlong reads; The Happiness Project and 365 stories. 

I almost forgot! I read a single graphic novel this month which is; Nimona by Noelle Stevenson! I gave it 5 out of 5 stars and I'm just waiting for my paycheck so I can buy myself a copy! It's definitely one of my favorite reads of the year so far! 

New on the shelf

Somehow I managed to acquire 24 new books this month - but I got rid of 15 books I'm not going to read. I also got rid of 3 books I know I'm not going to reread so at least I had space for all my new books! 

BIRTHDAY BOOK HAUL

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February recap

FEBRUARY READS

That was February! It has been an okay month for me since I had a break from my practical course but I've also been sick. I didn't get a whole lot of reading done but I managed to reach my major goal for the month; to read The Complete Chronicles of Narnia cover to cover. 

blogging goals
Well, I've been doing fine on my blogging goals! 

I've been keeping up with my 'for review' spreadsheet and I've also been using libib.com! So, at least I'm doing great in that departement.
I haven't used my blog planner a ton but I haven't totally neglected it! 

The goal I didn't reach last month was to update my review archive so it was up to date - but I did it this month and now I just have to update it on a regular basis! 
I also updated my drop down menu so the blog got a tiny makeover too! 


reading goals
Again, I'm doing fine but I've totally butchered my goal of reading from my shelves according to my spreadsheet! Apparently I have to read 5 books each month to reach my goal - but if I buy 2 books I have to read 7 to stay on track and since I received a whole bunch of books this month (review books don't count though) I'm now 16 books behind.. 

I read 9 books in February which adds up to 3048 pages! 

1. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell ★★★.5 
2. Hidden Bodies (You, #2) by Caroline Kepnes ★★★.5 (review)
3. Omega Beginnings Miniseries (Omega Beginnings Miniseries, #1-8) by Lizzy Ford ★★★★ (review)
4. 62 dage (=62 Days) by Cilla Naumann ★★
5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë ★★★.5
6. Hvor intet bryder vinden (=Where Nothing Breaks the Wind) by Leonora Christina Skov ★★★★★
7. The Storied Life of A.J. Fiery by Gabrielle Zevin ★★★★
8. The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis ★★★★
9. Ildprøven (Vildheks, #1) (=The Fire Trial (Wildwitch, #1)) by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★.5

I also read The Grownup by Gillian Flynn which was okay. If you've been with me for a while you know that I don't count short stories, novellas, children's literature and graphic novels as books which is why I count them on the side! 

With these books I managed to finish 3 series once again! Which means I now have to finish a single series and then I've reached my goal of finishing 7-10 series! The series I finished (and started) is;

• You by Caroline Kepnes
• Omega Beginnings Miniseries by Lizzy Ford
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 

I only read 1 YA book this month which was one of the Danish books on the list 62 Days and it was okay but again, I find I'm often disappointed by YA. At least I did great on my 'read (much) less YA' goal. 

This month I technically reread 3 books since I read the first three books in The Narnia Chronicles last year, but since it's the entire series in one book I can't really count it as a reread - but I did technically reread! 

This month I read 5 books from my shelf, which is the goal for each month so that's great! A bunch of these, 4 I believe, is on my 20 before 20 list so I did great with that list too! 3 of these were also classics so now I've read 4 towards my goal of 10 classics! 

I didn't finish any audiobooks but it's fine since I listened to 4 last month! All in all I count this month as a win! 

New on the shelf

WON IN A DANISH GIVEAWAY, MR. MERCEDES BY STEPHEN KING

SHOPPING SPREE WITH MOM

BOUGHT, GIFT TO MYSELF

I wish you all a great March! It's also my birthday on March 2.

Wrap up for January

Physical reads of January

January has been quite a hectic month. I'm taking a practical course as a pedagogue until April 1st. and I think my future is headed in another direction. I've been quite behind on my blogging because of this course and while I'm sad about it, it's also been kind of freeing and quite the experience. It's nice with something to do after almost 2 months of not doing anything except singing in the church.
I got a head start on all of my challenges so I think this month is a win - just not blogging-wise.

blogging goals

In the beginning of the month I wrote about all my goals and challenges throughout the year and January have definitely been a great month when it comes to reaching goals!

I made a blog planner! Although I'm not entirely satisfied and I actually stayed up late to finish another addition to the blog (monthly to do and summary pages). I'm really enjoying making my own blog planner, which is basically taking the pages from the free printables that I find useful and making the rest myself - nothing too fancy though. I'll probably write a post about it once I'm satisfied and maybe make some of my own available to download.

I made a 'for review'-spreadsheet! I actually made my own and started using one Carina from All About Books have created. I quite love her spreadsheet since it's automatic. I only have to put in a couple of informations and then it's quite manageable from there on out. Also - a page with statistics, who doesn't love that?

I updated libib! So, I didn't think I was going to complete this one in January. I didn't even want to do it this month but I got quite into audiobooks, as you can see below, and I needed something useful to do while listening. I ended up scanning all of my books and removing the ones from my shelves I didn't want anymore. It is quite freeing to only have books you want to read and not the ones you're unsure about. I also realized how many unread books I have on my shelves, 177 to be exact.

Now the real challenge is to keep up with all these!


reading goals
I definitely have a fair amount of reading goals this year! I have no idea if I'll manage to complete all of these but I probably will if this month is a picture of how the year is going to go.

While I of course haven't reached my goal of 100 books yet I'm on my way there! I read a total of 10 books in January and I think that's a great amount! I also started tracking my reading habits with another spreadsheet by the lovely Carina from All About Books (yes, her again). I love how you can practically add anything and she taught me how to add another feature so I can see how many books I read for review a month or a year. I also love that you get to see how many pages you read - which I find more precise that goodreads' page count.
Nonetheless; I read 10 books in January and here they are;

1. Us by David Nicholls ★★★★
2. P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2) by Jenny Han ★★★★
3. Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom ★★★★ (audiobook)
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ★★★
5. The Heir (The Selection, #4) by Kiera Cass ★★★★★ (audiobook)
6. The Sin Eater's Daughter (The Sin Eater's Daughter, #1) by Melinda Salisbury ★★★★ (audiobook)
7. Moth Girls by Anne Cassidy ★★★ (review to come)
8. Bookishly Ever After (Ever After, #1) by Isabel Bandeira ★★★.5
9. Summer in the City (The Carrie Diaries, #2) by Candace Bushnell ★★★ (audiobook)
10. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ★★★★.5

I also managed to reread a children's book I'd received from Netgalley; Tales from Christmas Wood by Suzy Senior. A novella which was released in January; Never Never: part three by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher. And lastly I also read a just released comic - which I LOVED; Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (Issue #1) by Amy Chu. 

I began two books in January which I didn't manage to finish before the month was over; 1984 by George Orwell and Hidden Bodies (You, #2) by Caroline Kepnes

With all of these books I managed to finish a total of 3 series. I also continued reading The Selection series and I began The Sin Eater's Daughter and Ever After - which I'm not sure I'll be continuing. Carina, of course, has a great spreadsheet to help you keep track of your series! 

I finished these 3 series;

• To All the Boys I've Loved Before
• The Carrie Diaries
• Never Never

While I didn't exactly read (much) less YA which is basically my main goal this year I'm going to cut myself some slack this month - especially because I like listening to YA as audiobooks since they're easy to follow, also because I managed to reach so many goals. I read 7 YA books this month, and that really is to much! I find it quite funny that I read 3 of my own books this month and none of those overlap (meaning all the YA books I've read this month have been for review, audiobooks and a library book). 

When it comes to rereading I didn't manage much. I had to reread the childrens book since I needed to write a review and I've started reading The Happiness Project again - and I still love it! 

Reading my shelf.. As I mentioned before I read 3 of my own books this month and I don't include review books in that count. I actually enjoyed taking books of my shelves and deciding which ones to read - and I stuck to my TBR for the first time! Back to topic: I didn't read as many books I already own as I would have liked, but at least I read some! 

I feel like I'm doing quite well with my Netgalley goal since I read 2 titles, reread a third and began a fourth! I've definitely been enjoying not having to read a bunch of books from Netgalley all the time! I love reading books before they're released and forming my own opinion before the hype kicks in, but I also like reading physical books and I think I've found the way to go. 

My goal of 10 classics a year is also going fine; I read The Picture of Dorian Gray which I definitely count as a classic and I began 1984 just before the month ended! 

Since I've read 4 audiobooks towards my goal of 1 a month, I think I'll count that a win! I've definitely enjoyed my audiobooks this month but now that I've read all the ones on my immediate audiobook TBR, I'm quite unsure as to what to listen to next. 

Lastly; my yearlong reading experiences. I've begun my rereading of The Happiness Project and I've started 365 stories although I'm a bit behind with that one. 

All in all I count that a win - even though I didn't manage to read as many books from my shelves as I wanted and I didn't read (much) less YA. 

personal goals

To be honest I didn't do that much towards to personal goals; I drank a bit more water yes and completing the blogging goals definitely helped towards me getting more organized. I'm not sure I'm going to learn French this year though but I'll give it a bit of room. 

All in all I think January was a succesful month! What about you? 

December wrap up

December has been quite hectic even though I didn't have any things to do. Quite weird actually. I started singing in our local church choir again last month so I've been quite busy with church stuff, I also had my second bookclub meeting where we discussed Fight Club by Chuck Palaniuk.
I kind of neglected blogging in December, I also neglected reading to a certain point. I feel a bit bad for 'leaving' you but hopefully I can do better now!

In the course of December I managed to read 7 books, not bad but I've read more in a month;

1. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1) by Jenny Han ★★★★★
2. Dublin or Princes of Ireland (The Dublin Saga, #1) by Edward Rutherford ★★★
3. Sanddrømmeren (Sanddrømmeren, #1) by Sidsel Katrine Slej ★★★★★
4. Runemagikeren (Sanddrømmeren, #2) by Sidsel Katrine Slej ★★★★★
5. The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann ★★★
6. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga ★★★★
7. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt ★★★★★

I hadn't expected to love To All the Boys I've Loved Before as much as I did! I panicked afterwards because I didn't have the sequel on hand.. Now that I have it I'm scared to read it because I know it's the end. It's a mean thing to do Jenny Han! 

I finally finished Dublin, which is normally called Princes in Ireland. I enjoyed it but definitely not as much as I thought I would! Also, it's quite a big book - 760 odd pages! 

So, I read 2 Danish books, or rather, books that are actually written by a Danish author. I have no idea how to translate the titles but it's about Northern mythology and it's YA. Again, I didn't expect to love them that much, I expected to really enjoy them! I'm definitely anticipating the next (maybe last?) book in the series because of the ending - quite a cliffhanger. 

I received all 6 of the Penguin Christmas Classics from an online book store but the only one I managed to read in December was The Nutcracker and I was quite disappointed. I'm going to give it a couple more chances though. 

The Danish translation of My Heart and Other Black Holes was released a couple of months ago and the publisher kindly sent me a copy for review. I definitely enjoyed it but it doesn't exactly stand out from all the other books with similar topics, if you catch my drift. 

Lastly we have Tell the Wolves I'm Home which I finished on New Year's. To be completely honest with you guys; I loved it. It's so different from all the other young adult books and I just really enjoyed it. 

I can't remember whether I told you guys about my Christmas calendar I made myself with shorter pieces of literature. I had made a list with titles and dates.. Sad thing is that I totally failed. I managed to read a few though; 

1. The Chimes by Charles Dickens ★★★★
2. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party by Samuel McChord Crothers ★★★★★
3. The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen ★★★★
4. A Country Christmas by Louisa May Alcott ★★★★
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss ★★★★★ (childrens book, reread)
6. The Polar Express by Chris van Alssburg ★★★ (childrens book)

That was the last month of 2015! It was definitely a great year! Happy New Year guys and may your new year be filled with books! 

Monthly wrap up for September, October & November!

November wrap up

Apparently I've forgotten to make a monthly wrap up for both September and October - so here you go; a 3-month wrap up, all in one!

Books read

September

1. The Carrie Diaries (The Carrie Diaries, #1) by Candace Bushnell ★★★
2. Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3) by Stephanie Perkins  ★★★★
3. Counting Stars by Keris Stainton ★★★ (review)
4. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf ★★★★★

I started studying comparative literature at the university so 4 books is not that bad in comparison to how much homework I had to do! I also found a love for Virginia Woolf this month and I've acquired the majority of her books since then...
The Carrie Diaries is basically my favorite tv-show so I couldn't wait to read it. Turns out the show is sooo much better than the series! I didn't like any of the characters and I just didn't get the same 'old'-times feel as I do watching the series.

October

1. Prometheus by Aischylos ★★★★
2. King Oedipus by Sofokles ★★★★
3. Svøm med dem som drukner (Swim with those who drown) by Lars Mytting ★★★★
4. Medea by Euripides ★★★ (re-read)
5. When I Was Me by Hilary Freeman ★★★ (review)
6. Beowulf by anonymous ★★★
7. The ACB of Honora Lee by Kate De Goldi ★★★★ (review)
8. Everyman by anonymous ★★★
9. You (You, #1) by Caroline Kepnes ★★★★★ (audiobook)
10. George by Alex Gino ★★★★ (audiobook)
11. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ★★★★
12. The Shamer's Daughter by Lene Kaaberbøl ★★★★

Definitely did a lot better reading wise in October than in September! I read a bunch of plays and a bit of medieval literature since it was a class I took and I had to read 5 books from medieval times and 5 books from ancient times - I quite liked everything I read! 

I also found my love for audiobooks once I again, as I do once in a while! 

November

1. Odes by Horats ★★★
2. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon ★★★★
3. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov ★★★
4. Fight Club by Chuck Palaniuk ★★★
5. Cloud 9 by Alex Campbell ★★★ (review)
6. Lily and the Christmas Wish by Keris Stainton ★★★★★ (review to come)
7. Anything That isn't This by Chris Priestly ★★★ (review)
8. I nærheden (Nearby) by Peter Hugge ★★★★★
9. The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box, #1) by Richard Paul Evans ★★★

November! Quite a hectic month to be honest. I decided to take a break from studying so I'm currently looking for a job! I might apply for the same course in a year or two or I might choose something different. I just want to do something else!
Since I got a bunch of freetime I decided to start participating in our local book club for young adults and I also started singing in our church choir again! I didn't manage to read as much as I wanted, but since I've read almost 600 pages in Dublin (or Princes of Ireland) I'm quite happy with what I managed to get through!


Novellas and short stories read

September

1. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad ★★★
2. The Dead by James Joyce ★★★★
3. The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe ★★★

October

1. Sildig Opvaagnen by St. St. Blicher ★★★
2. Odour of Chrysanthemums by D.H. Lawrence ★★★
3. The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ★★★★
4. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka ★★★
5. The Other Boat by E.M. Forster ★★★★
6. The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway ★★★★
7. A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner ★★★

November

1. The Midnight Hour by Andrea L. Wells ★★★★★ (review)
2. Tales from Christmas Wood by Suzy Senior ★★★★(children's book)

Since I dropped out of university I probably won't read that many novellas or short stories as I did in September and October - since I don't really read short stories or novellas on my own. 

I'm finally up to speed with my monthly wrap ups and I have some different things planned for December! It's my favorite time of year so look forward to some exciting times!