The best thing about last month was the transformation of the blog. I was getting bored with my minimalist look so I thought it was high time for a change. It still looks relatively zen but at least it has a bit of colour now. Anyway, I'd like to thank the fabulous, Dreamy Sim for her skillz, yo. I think we only exchanged one or two emails to figure out the look I was going for. Seriously, she's amazing.
Anyway, I read some this month but I wasn't as productive as I'd like to be, I'm afraid. I'm hoping December will be different but I'm not holding my breath. Christmas is upon us so, hectic, hectic. No Christmas trip for us this year which means we'll be busy carting the kiddies around from one family shindig after another.
As far as my Goodreads goal (300) is concern, I know I won't make it so I'm just shooting to break my record last year (289).
Here's what I read last month:
- Night Thief by Lisa Kessler
- Tempting the Player by J Lynn
- Innocent Fire by Brenda Joyce
- Dark Fires by Brenda Joyce
- Fire Storm by Brenda Joyce
- Violet Fire by Brenda Joyce
- Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
- Fifteen Shades of Gay by T. Baggins (reviewed on GOODREADS)
- Fires of Paradise by Brenda Joyce
- Scandalous Love by Brenda Joyce
- Rockoholic by CJ Skuse
- Splintered by AG Howard
- Broken Hart by Ella Fox
- In Flight by RK Lilley
- Mile High by RK Lilley
- The Edge of Never by JA Redmerski
- A Political Affair by Mary Whitney
- The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred
- Serial Summer by Angel Lawson
- Sanctum by Sarah Fine
Average Rating for November: 3.05 out of 5 Stars (stingy, much?)
RECOMMENDED READS: Sanctum by Sarah Fine, The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred
The very first purge giveaway on the blog was won by:
Zemira Djedovic
She won the Violet Eden Series by Jessica Shirvington.
Up Ahead...
TOUR STOP: December 10th. Hosted by A Tale of Many Reviews.
TOUR STOP: December 12th. Hosted by Winterhaven Books
TOUR STOP: December 18th. Hosted by Romantic Maidens Book Tours.
The other blog still needs a bit of tweaking so I'm not sure when we're going to launch it now. It may happen this month or maybe we'll do it in 2013. We'll see.
That's what happened last month.
How was your November?
I was totally ROFL-ing on that Fifty Shades of Gay... seriously now Joy!!!! I didn't even knew a book like that existed lmao! hahaha i have high hopes you can break that record! :P
ReplyDelete~Jay
We Fancy Books
Duude. Don't knock it until you read it. This book was surprisingly good!
DeleteI am seriously impressed. 300! I felt good about myself because I read around 40! I'm going to try to keep pace with you this year!
ReplyDeleteHahahhah. It's the combination of complete disregard for life that enabled me to read so much....jk. Husband's very understanding but I don't procrastinate (much) when it comes to chores. :)
DeleteWow 300! I'm surprised you wont make it. You are always reading something!! My November was not near as productive as yours but I managed to get a bit ahead only to fall behind :(
ReplyDeleteI know right? but sadly, 46 books to read for the month of December is simply not feasible. Sigh.
DeleteI love the colors on your blog layout. I thought I noticed something different the last time I stopped in but wasn't sure. It really looks great. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I bow down to your reading skills. Almost 300?! That is crazy awesome. I'll be happy to beat my goal of 85. lol
Thank you! I like it a lot :) I think I bit more than I can chew. Realistic goal is 220 so maybe next year, I'll shoot for that instead.
DeleteLike new header, J.! I can see why your Christmas tree is white now. Very minimalistic and clean too *wink* 300 books would have been too uncomfortable for me. Even my 250 this year was pushing it. Good luck on breaking your last year's score, darling!
ReplyDelete:) Thanks, K. I'm pretty much like that in real life...hoarding books on the other hand, is a different matter altogether. I typically can't read when a room is cluttered; the irony of it all is that my bedroom is cluttered with books and that's where I do most of my reading.
DeleteNovember was good, till yesterday. My father lost his job. He's been working in the same company for 17 years, and they fired him just like that...
ReplyDeletebtw. I'm happy that Zemmy, my coblogger and dear friend won the Embrace Giveaway. It's kind of my fault, I linked her to this giveaway. LOL
Aw man. That's unfortunate. :( I hope things look up pretty soon.
DeleteAnyway, I also hope your friend Zemmy is close enough so you can borrow her copies. :)
I do love the look of your blog :D It always look amazing. <3 Sigh. November was a good month. But it was a bad reading month for me :p Not read much at all :\ Hoping to change that. Maybe. We'll see. lol :) Glad you got to read a lot ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope so too. I need a much more realistic goal in 2013...that is, if we're all still alive by then. :)
DeleteThat's a lot of freaking books to read in one month, Joy! I also loved Sanctum and The Sweet Gum Tree. I'm going to check out your review for Sanctum. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rachel! I do believe I was pressured to read Sanctum because of everyone's mutual love for it. :) And The Sweet Gum Tree is just...beyond words.
DeleteOh hey NEW blog design! I love it, Joy! I think it really suits you!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to stop by and congratulate you on finishing 20 books last month! That's awesome! And also for convincing me to add Sanctum to my wishlist! ;)
I need to look into The Sweet Gum Tree. I believe it's good, I just don't know if it would be for me!