What did you read in December?

[ufcasey]

Ratings, recommendations etc.

[rainbowchip]

I read a lot of novellas to try to meet my yearly goal (which I did!)

Empire of Storms 3* - I wish these books were shorter. They are so boring until around 1/2-2/3 of the way through.
And I highly recommend reading the novellas before reading this.

Love Story 2*
Snow Queen 3*
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord 4*
The Assassin and the Desert 4*
The Assassin and the Underworld 4*
The Assassin and the Empire 3*
- I liked these novellas much better than the books in this series. Although I still don't understand what drives Celeana and her relationship with Sam.
The Witch of Diva 4*
The Language of Thorns 3*
Artemis 4* - I really enjoyed this. It had the wit and the science-y stuff of The Martian. And the main character has the best name ever! I honestly just walk around saying her name because it sounds so awesome.

[ufcasey]

2 stars:
Haunted Blade (#6 in series) by J.C. Daniels
Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James

3 Stars:
Amour Amour by Krista Ritchie
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Master of Crows by Grace Draven
The Silent Waters by Brittainy C. Cherry
Fury of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

3.5 stars:
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield
Arcana by Jessica Leake

4 stars:
Burn by Suzanne Wright
Married By Morning (#4 in series) by Lisa Kleypas
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

4.5 stars:
My Cousin by Rachel Daphne du Maurier
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

5 stars:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

[Vespasia]

Broken Harbor by Tana French 3.5*

Artemis by Andy Weir 4.5*

[abs]

Not a big month of reading for me but I loved the two books I did read!!

The Teagirl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng were both outstanding.

[kelliebeans104]

I had a lot this month b/c I decided to read a bunch of poetry books and those read pretty quickly.



Poetry
Salt by Nayyirah Waheed ***
Exits, Desires and Slow Fires by J.R. Rogue **
Broken Wishbones and Empty Spaces by Pyrokardia ***
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur ***
In the Absence of the Sun by Emily Curtis **

Fiction/Non-Fiction
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson ****
Sourdough by Robin Sloan ***
The Baker's Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan ****
Red Rising by Pierce Brown **
The Raven Boys (reread) by Maggie Stiefvater *****
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman *****

[rootbeerfloat]

Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega #1) by Patricia Briggs - 3*
Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega #2) by Patricia Briggs - 4*
Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore - 3*
Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell - 5*
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin - 4*
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz - 3*
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 4*
The Game Plan (Game On #3) by Kristen Callihan - 2.5*

[minzy]

In December I finished:
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Sherman Alexie ****
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman ****
The Introvert's Way - Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World - Sophia Dembling 3.5*
The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far - Why are We Here? - Lawrence M. Krauss 3.5*
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles ****
The Water Will Come - Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World - Jeff Goodell *****
Gray Mountain - John Grisham 3.5*

[charlatti]

The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey 2*

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 2* (So many people enjoyed this, including my H, but I really hated the way it was structured. Some parts of the writing were lovely but the format was just too choppy for me.)

Death in St. Petersburg by Tasha Alexander  3*

The End We Start From by Megan Hunter 4*

The Changeling by Victor Lavalle 4.5*

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 4.5* (re-read)

[litskispeciality]

I only read one Eleanor and Park, I give it 3.5 *'s.

[travella]

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard 2*
The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman 3*
Glass House by Louise Penny 4*

[mrspez07]

Finished listening to Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng on 12/1 4*
Murder In Plain Sight by Marta Perry 2*
The Light of Paris by Elenor Brown 4* (this one struck me just right, not a earthmoving story or anything, just enjoyed the main character)
The Next Always by Nora Roberts 2*
Sourdough by Robin Sloan 4*
Where’d you Go, Bernadette? 3*




This is the Most I have read in 1 year since keeping track. My highest was 40 about 8 years agoand I read 51 this year! I started doing more audio books, but not that many more! I also have been more likely to have more than one book going at a time, which I rarely used to do.

[pinotgrig]

Toddlers Are A**holes 4*
Testimony 2*
What Happened 5*
Bird Box 4*
Fates and Furies 3*
Before We Were Yours 4*