Hello, and Happy New Year! I hope your celebrations went well, and that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy.

Onto the December 2018 Wrap-Up! — I didn’t have a TBR for this month, because I knew that with Chirstmas this last month, things and life in general would be incredibly hectic. Yet I managed to read 10 books! Considering it was the busy hustle-and-bustle of the Holidays and Celebrations were to be had, I did pretty well with my readings!

I bought a LOT of books in December. I only received one, which I’m not at all complaining about. I’ve read the book, and I honestly, genuinely enjoyed it. I know I’m going to re-read it this 2018 (hopefully).

10 Books Read:

The Glass Spare (The Glass Spare, #1) by Lauren DeStefano — ★★★’s
Frostblood (Frostblood Saga, #1) by Elly Blake — ★★★★.5 ‘s
Winter Wonderland, by Belinda Jones — ★★.5 ‘s
My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff — ★★★★’s
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1) by Alison Goodman — ★★★★’s
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson — ★★★★★’s
*The Earl and The Fairy (Volume 1) by Mizue Tani — ★★★★’s
The Wood by Chelsea Bobulski — ★★★★’s
*The Ancient Magus’ Bride by Kore Yamazaki — ★★★★’s
Torn (A Wicked Saga, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout — ★★★’s
Wallbanger (Cocktail, #1) by Alice Clayton — ★★’s

I read quite a few Winter-y/Christmastime novels last month. I wanted to get into the Holiday spirit, since there weren’t really any holiday decorations around my house.

* Manga Read

09 Book Reviews:

The Goal by Elle Kennedy — ★★★’s
Christmas with a Bite by Patricia A. Wolf — ★★★★’s
The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans — ★★’s
The Inquisition by Taran Matharu — ★★★★★’s
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan — ★★★★’s
Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones — ★★★★’s
My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff — ★★★★’s
The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano — ★★★’s

Manga Reviews:

He’s My Only Vampire, Vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto — ★★★★’s
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 1 by CLAMP! — ★★★★’s
The Earl and The Fairy, Vol. 1 by Mizue Tani — ★★★’s

Posts from this month:

Books I Received and/or Bought: 30

Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (Grisha Verse, 0.5, 2.5, 2.6) by Leigh Bardugo, Sara Kippin (Illustrator)
Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) by Colleen Hoover
Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5) by Colleen Hoover
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) by V.E. Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) by V.E. Schwab
Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi
The Empress (The Diabolic, #2) by S.J. Kincaid
Copy Cat by Alex Lake
Brave (A Wicked Trilogy, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Play (Stage Dive, #2) by Kylie Scott
Lead (Stage Dive, #3) by Kylie Scott
Deep (Stage Dive, #4) by Kylie Scott
Zero Repeat Forever (The Nahx Invasions, #1) by Gabrielle Prendergast
Warcross by Marie Lu
Quests for Glory (TSfGaE: The Camelot Years, #1) by Soman Chainani
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6) by Sarah J. Maas
Outrun the Moon by Stacy Lee
The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas
Wayfarer (Passenger, #2) by Alexandra Bracken
The Wild Hunt (Faerie Sworn, #1) by Ron C. Nieto
Urban Mythic: Thirteen Novels of Adventure and Romance by Multiple Authors
Wintersong (Wintersong, #1) by S. Jae-Jones
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1) by Rin Chupeco
180 Seconds by Jessica Park
Noir (The Illumination Paradox Book 2) by Jacqueline E. Garlick
Garden of Thorns by Amber Mitchell
Beauty and the Beast (Fairy Tale Retellings Book 1) by Rachel L. Demeter
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

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That’s it for my December 2017 Wrap Up & Book Haul. Thank you so much for reading!

What’s the best thing that happened to you this month, and what’s the most interesting thing you’ve read this past December?

The best thing that happened to me this month is perhaps that my sister bought me two funko pops! The most interesting thing that I read this month was… oh man. I can’t choose just one! Here are the three most interesting books I read in December: The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano; Frostblood by Elly Blake; and, An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson.

— Adele