I like reading. And I like collecting books. I also like to share the books I've read as I don't quite have the same tastes as many 30-odd-year-old women and enjoy shouting about the things I think need more love. It's been said that I rate too highly and rarely mention anything under a 3-star, however, it must be said that I only read for pleasure and so I choose things that I'm pretty sure I will love. Life is too short (and there are far too many good books to get around to), to waste time reading books that aren't my thing!
So, anyway, here is everything I read throughout October, November and December.
Check out the previous post here >
What I Read Last Quarter // July - September
What I Read Last Quarter // April - June
What I Read Last Quarter // January - March
October
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The National Trust - Ghostly Haunts by Michael Morpurgo & 9 others. 🌟🌟🌟
The House on Hoarder Hill by Mikki Lish & Kelly Ngai (Audiobook) 🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Magician's Map by Mikki Lish & Kelly Ngai (Audiobook) 🌟🌟🌟🌟
A Treasury of Spooky Stories [chosen] by Jane Olliver 🌟🌟🌟
The Spellbound Tree by Mikki Lish & Kelly Ngai (Audiobook) 🌟🌟🌟
I was going to say that this was a fantastic reading month, however, it was more like an average reading month with two particularly wonderful reads at the beginning. I can't tell you how great those first two books were - so eery and magical, Island of Whispers in particular is up there for one of my favorite reads of the year.
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November
The Worlds We Leave Behind by A.F. Harrold 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Whispering Hollow by Rachel Burge 🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Adapted by Brian Sibley (Audiobook) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Gravebooks by J.A. White 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Forest of Forbidden Magic by Eve Wersocki Morris 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Hag Storm by Victoria Williamson 🌟🌟🌟🌟
November ended up being the reading month I had planned October to be, many of the books were originally on a giant (overly optimistic) October TBR and so were carried on through to November.
Yet again, the month began with an incredible book - the type of book that is so special that anything you read around the same time fails in comparison. And that is saying something because as you see from the ratings it was a wonderful month.
A stand out not only in genre but also enjoyment-wise was the BBC Radio 4 dramatization of The Complete Chronicles of Narnia. Some of my favorite books ever in and audio movie?! Loved.
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December
The Children of Lir by Laura Ruth Maher 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
In All Weathers by Matt Gaw 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by Clare Harlow 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Howling Hag Mystery by Nicki Thornton (Audiobook) 🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Poisoned Pie Mystery by Nicki Thornton (Audiobook) 🌟🌟🌟
Still Waters & Wild Waves by Angela Harding 🌟🌟🌟🌟
And we rounded out the year with some beautiful books. Beautiful writing and beautiful art, a really nice way to wind down for the start of winter. In All Weathers was a book I won online through The Wildlife Trusts back in June and I really wanted to get around to it in a wild weather month. It was nice to read about someone else love for those weathers that most people would describe as 'horrible'.
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Just some quick stats...
Total books read in the final quarter of 2024 - 19
Physical books - 13
Audiobooks - 6
Longest book - Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit (303 pages)
Shortest book - The Children of Lir (32 pages)
Favorite book from each month...
October - Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge
November - The Worlds We Leave Behind by A.F. Harrold
December - Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by Clare Harlow
That is where I am going to leave this post and hopefully, my annual reading round-up won't be too far behind this...
I'd love to hear what you read in the final quarter of 2024 and what your favourite reads of these latter months were.
