Hello, lovelies! I decided to do a November Wrap-up because this month was quite a great one, in my opinion. We’ll discuss everything that happened in this month, I decided to add a section about blog posts that I loved to support my favourite bloggers (this idea came from Marie who does it frequently on her blog).
So, let’s get right into this wrap-up and we shall start with the books I’ve read this month.
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy – 3/5 stars (my review)
- The Wrath and The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh – 5/5 stars (my review)
- maroon daydreams by cheyenne raine – 4/5 stars (my review)
- Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten – 4/5 stars (my review)
- charcoal thunderstorms by cheyenne raine – 5/5 stars (my review)
- The Rose & The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh – 5/5 stars (my review)
- The Mirror & The Maze by Renee Ahdieh – 3/5 stars
- The Moth & the Flame by Renee Ahdieh – 5/5 stars
- The Crown & the Arrow by Renee Ahdieh – 5/5 stars
- Sea of Strangers by Lang Leav – 3/5 stars (my review)
- Wild Embers by Nikita Gill – 5/5 stars (my review)
- Fence by C.S. Pacat – 4/5 stars
- #MeToo by Lori Perkins – 3/5 stars (my review + discussion)
My Blog Posts this month:
- Book Discussion : Why You Should Make a Blog (x)
- Book-to-Movie Adaptations (x)
- The Struggles of Being an International Blogger (x)
- Bookish Playlist (x)
- U.S. Covers vs Romanian Covers (x)
Book Tags :
Posts from other bloggers that made my month so much better :
- Marie wrote an amazing post on why we love the books that make us cry and she also offered recommendations (x) + she celebrated 3 years of blogging, so perhaps head to her blog and congratulate her? (x)
- Dani recommended diverse books and her post was very on point. (x)
- Ioana wrote about Stranger Things and what she enjoyed/what are her hopes for the third season and her post was a lot of fun, especially since I adore Stranger Things. (x)
- Emme wrote a beautiful post on why we should read reviews and I agree with her so much (x)
- Rachel wrote a very interesting post about where her books come from and she gave some great recommendations along the way (x)
- El wrote a post about her all time favourite tv shows and I got some amazing recommendations from it (x)
- Lara wrote a post where she described her experience with book box subscriptions and it was very relatable to us, international bloggers (x)
Things I’m Watching/Have Watched :
- Alias Grace – I just started watching it and it’s amazing, feminist ftw!
- Buzzfeed Unsolved – please can you all watch it? Shane and Ryan are amazing and sooo funny, I’m a huge shaniac (because his jokes get to me every damn times and also his silly movie references that make no sense).
- Tulip Fever – It was a meh movie, a bit too much of a soap opera, tbh. But I really love Dane Dehaan and Alicia Vikander and they had lots of chemistry in the movie, it was just too rushed and a bit of a rush.
- Vikings – I will watch the first episode soon, but I already know it’s going to be the best thing ever. I’m a huge fan.
- Stranger Things – it was perfect (unless you count that awful scene between Max and Eleven).
Songs I’ve been listening to :
- Zayn ft. Sia – Dusk till Dawn (this is a cover I especially love)
- Ruelle – The Other Side
- Blackbear- i needed you
- Miia – Dynasty
- Daughter – Still
- Oh Wonder – Without You
- Banks – Weaker Girl
- London Grammar – Interlude
Did you have a great month for reading? And do you have a December TBR?
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THANKS FOR LINKING MY VERY FANGIRLY POST!! (I didn’t think my absolutley rambly “asdfghjkl” review would be any good BUT HEY I’m infinitely glad that I have someone to fangirl with 😂).
Buzzfeed Unsolved is the best show I’m watching because I don’t watch TV on the actual TV anymore. It’s thw funniest thing and I love Shane he’s such a meme.
And how did you even manage to read 13 book WHAT HOW tell me your secrets.
(Also kinda Happy B-day to our country that’s nice I love staying at home)
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Hahahaha, Ioanaaa, it was kind of hard to decide on what post from yours I wanted to share because your content is awesome! ❤ ❤
I've watched so few tv shows lately, I don't know what's up with me, but it's probably because I read so much more and I find it so much better to read a book for an entire day than to watch 45 minutes per episode, hahaha!!!
Hahahaha, I've read 4 poetry books and a comic book, some novellas, so if you count it like that, I haven't read all that much. But thank you very much! ❤ Happy B-day to you too, Ioana!! Hope you enjoyed it! 🙂 Staying home was amazing, even though I had to finish some projects and study. Meh.
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It seems like you had such a great reading month, and you reminded me that, despite having read and loved The Wrath and The Dawn series, I haven’t read the short stories! Did you think they are worth a read, or not? 🙂
Thank you so, so much for sharing my posts, that’s so, so sweet of you!! I hope you’ll have an amazing month xx
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It was a pretty good month, indeed!! But I can’t wait for the winter break to come, so I have more time to read because college stress me out even if I don’t have projects/assignments. Well, Marie, I’d recommend you read at least The Moth & the Flame because it shows us how Despina and Jalal met. I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge fangirl when it comes to them!!! ❤
Thank you very much and it's never a problem, your posts are always worth sharing! ❤
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AHHHHH OKAY. Will buy The Moth & The Flame as soon as I can then. I LOVED Despina and Jalal SO much, I’m a HUGE fangirl as well. We need a whole book about them ❤
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You had a fantastic month!! Where did you find the time to do all this???
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I try to schedule my posts as much as I can, also this month was pretty free for me when it comes to college. I probably won’t have as much time in January/February when I have my exams. But eh… Thank you very much!! xx
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Really great month! I just finished watching Alias Grace! All the episodes in one night. SO. GOOD. I want to read the book now. I’d love to chat about it once you’re done watching ‘coz I have so many theories!!!
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Thank you very much! ❤ I have three more episodes and I think I'm going to watch them tonight, it's been an exceptional tv show so far. I love the feminist aspects from it, I love every thing, especially how it's mind-twisting. I'll have to check out the book, maybe if I have time, I could read it. (Maybe do a buddy-read, hahaha?) Definitely! ❤
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Yes to the buddy-read haha! 😀
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Aww, thanks for sharing my diverse reads recommendation post! And you had a great month of reading in November; so did I and my wrap-up will be posted in about a half-hour. I’m hoping I can read a lot of my TBR books for December–I have 14 books planned so we’ll see what happens.
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No problem, it was a really great and useful post, I’m always looking for more diverse books to add to my TBR and to read and I think I’m not the only one. Good luck with your TBR and happy reading! ❤
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And I think the more we read and promote diverse books, the more they start to become normalized within the industry. The past couple years publishers have been making progress when it comes to diversity.
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Thanks for linking to my post! I’ll have to check out some of those other posts you mentioned! ❤
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No problem! ❤ It was really amazing!
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Ooooh, so many 4 and 5-star books! You definitely had a great bookish month!
Hope you have an awesome December! ❤
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Thank you very much, I really hope it’s going to be at least as good as November was! ❤ And the same goes to you!
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Omg you read The Wrath and the Dawn duology!! My heart!! One of my favorites of all-time! I did not expect to fall in love with the duology like i did! ❤️
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Read it and absolutely adored it!! 😍😍 Neither did I, I had huge expectations from the plot, but I ended up falling in love irrevocably with the characters!
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I see you read the novellas as well. I own them and haven’t gotten around to reading them. Would you say they are worth reading?
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I’m a huge fan of Despina and Jalal and I consider The Moth & the Flame amazing because it shows how they met and how they first got together. ❤ The other two didn’t add all that much to the plot, but they have some Shazi/Khalid feels in them…
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Great! I’ll probably end up reading them since I already own them!
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It seems like you had a great reading month! Wrath and the Dawn sounds so good, glad you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for sharing my post! 🙂
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The Wrath and The Dawn is sooo good, definitely check it out when you’re in the mood for a bad-ass read, the characters are all so amazing and the romance is A++ without taking the focus from other more important things. No problem, loved your post! ❤
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You had an amazing month! I’m glad you enjoyed TWTD duology and Fence! I absolutely loved these books! Hope your December is even more better and happy reading! 🙂
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Yesss, I definitely loved them! I can’t wait for the next issue in Fence, I feel like an eternity will pass until we have the second one. But I’m very interested in those characters so far! I hope the same for you and thanks! ❤
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Loved London Grammar’s “Interlude”! 💕
Also, wow, 13 books! Congrats. 🙂
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London Grammar is so good, I adore them! ❤
Thank you very much! Happy reading!
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Whoa! That’s amazing how many books you have read this month! You must have superpowers haha :’)
I enjoyed The Captive Prince by CS Pacat and I’ve been hearing about her new graphic novel series Fence! Glad that you liked it! I’ll have to look into that one 🙂
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Hahaha, I wish I had superpowers, but I just read lots of novellas and poetry books, so it was easier to fly through them! I loved The Captive Prince so much and Fence is great, I feel like there’s going to be a similar hate-to-love relationship. I just adore this kind of dynamics. 🙂
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Ooooh now I want to read this book even more! I love reading about this kind of hate-to-love dynamic too 🙂
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I actually squeaked when I seen Buzzfeed Unsolved mentioned in your post! I freaking loveeeeee Shane and Ryan sooo much! None of my friends will watch it and I have no one to talk about it with!
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Nooo, no way!!! A friend of mine watches it because I mentioned it to her and she adored it! I’m behind with a few episodes, I should probably go and watch them right now. If you want, you can fangirl with me whenever. ❤
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I am behind a couple episodes as well, I need to catch up! I would love to fangirl with you anytime!
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Oh hello another Buzzfeed Unsolved fan! I love this series and this season has been really creepy due to the addition of the ghost box xD
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Buzzfeed Unsolved fans united!!! Hahaha, definitely been creepier, but I also feel like Shane got even more sarcastic and sceptical about everything, which is always so funny😂😂
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Ah I love the way you set up your monthly wrap-up! I love Buzzfeed Unsolved. I still haven’t seen all of the episodes though so I need to get on that ASAP. I also need to rewatch Stranger Things season one because I don’t remember what happened in the middle and end .___. and then hopefully after that, season 2! Have you seen Mind Hunter yet? I think you would really enjoy it.
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