Well, that’s it then – we’re moving into the last month of the year!  I had a busy month this month.  I managed to read 10 books.  I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t complete Morning Star before the end of the month but it wasn’t to be.  Too much socialising just got in the way!.  I still managed to read three books for Sci Fi Month 2016 and enjoyed all three.  Plus, I started my first book for the second stage of the SPFBO.  I still have a couple of reviews to write but I’m not too badly behind.  And, two readalongs to look forward to now.

Books read: (with links to reviews)

1. Faithful by Alice Hoffman
2. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel #RRSciFiMonth
3. Kushiel’s Mercy by Jacqueline Carey
4. Dominion by Peter McLean
5. The Apartment by S L Grey
6. Congress of Secrets by Stephanie Burgis
7. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff #RRSciFiMonth
8. The Facefaker’s Game by Chandler J Birch – review to follow
9. The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis #RRSciFiMonth
10. SPFBO 16 – The Shadow Soul by Kaitlyn Davis – review to follow

Last month’s covers are here.

Backlist books

1. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
2. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

Unfinished series completed:

1. Kushiel’s Mercy by Jacqueline Carey (the third instalment of Imriel’s trilogy)

Books Bought: 

1. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
2. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
3. Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey

Review Books: (with links to Goodreads)

1. Skitter by Ezekiel Boone
2. In Calabria by Peter S Beagle

 

I’m still not requesting books to be honest (or very few – even though I really want to go crazy).  I have too many to catch up with and want to carry on getting on top of my tbr during December.

My Cover Compare this month.

I had no idea there were so many covers for this one.  And, okay, call me crazy but there’s a lot of webs and spiders going on on these covers (gulps!).  My favourite.  Well, I’m really attracted to the red cover but my absolute favourite is the fourth one.  It matches the other books I have by this author.

Events:

Backlist Backburn is an end of month event organised by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. If you’ve caught up on any of your backlist then call over and link up.   I find this a good incentive to dust off some of my books – two this month.

Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and Bookish (every Tuesday)

Waiting on Wednesday is an event hosted by Breaking the Spine where every week we get to shine the spotlight on a book that we’re looking forward to.

The Friday Face off by Books by Proxy

Friday Firsts is a weekly event hosted by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. which is a great way to let everyone know the first sentence and first impressions for your current read.

Readalongs:

1. Readalong for Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
2. Readalong for A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Classic Clubs read:

Unfortunately none this month.

Previous months in review:

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October