The holiday season is finally upon us! Goodbye November! I can’t wait for December- a month of cold weather, songs, hot drinks, rain, reading, sparkling lights, reds, greens, and golds. And to top it all off, at the end of December my husband and I are going to Iceland! Hooray for long airplane rides, which equate to more reading! I suppose I should be talking about November, but it bored me, so I’ve moved on.
Books Read in November
I had a decent reading month. I got through 3 audiobooks (I am the Messenger, The Hike, and The Bronze Horseman) and 3 normal books (Gemina, Ever the Hunted, and The Mime Order). Click the links for my reviews. Those without links will have reviews coming up soon. Favorite read of November was hands down The Bronze Horseman. This book was one of my favorite reads of 2016. Possibly one of my favorite reads of ALL TIME (gasp, that’s a big deal!). 
November’s Book Reviews
- [2 Nov] Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo ★★★½
- [16 Nov] A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas ★★★★½
- [26 Nov] The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ★★★★
- [26 Nov] The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ★★★★
Miscellaneous November Posts
- [8 Nov] 10 Books I’ve Recently Added to my To-Read List
- [14 Nov] Mystery Monday: Can you guess these WWII books?
- [23 Nov] WWW (Or, My Book Line-up) Wednesday
- [30 Nov] November Wrap-Up
The Bone Season Series Read Along
If you have read The Bone Season series, we’ll be discussing The Mime Order, The Song Rising prologue (click here to read the prologue if you haven’t yet!), and our theories on The Song Rising at our final twitter chat. These chats are hilarious, so don’t miss out!
The Best of Bookstagram
Here were November’s most popular bookstagram photos. Don’t follow me on Instagram? Go check it out!
How was your November for reading? What was your favorite read this month? Do you have a bookstagram? Comment your username below so we can be friends!
A.S. Thornton has evolved from book blogger to author with a particular fondness for writing forbidden love in ancient deserts. When not writing, she’s caring for dogs and cats as a veterinarian. You’ll never find animals at the center of her writing, though, because those fictional worlds don’t have veterinarians and her literal brain can’t accept that the poor critters would be without parasite prevention. Thornton’s debut, DAUGHTER OF THE SALT KING is available wherever books are sold.
Brittany's Book Rambles
Wow, your bookstagram photos are gorgeous! I actually also DNFed Vassa.. after reading more than 75% of the book. It made me sad because I wanted to love that book SO much lol. Great wrap-up! ^_^
Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
Ali
You got farther than I did! I only read 25% 😂 at least I know it didn’t get any better!
Kat Impossible
I just saw that you DNFd Vassa in the Night and I can so understand that! I am heading over to your review right now though!
Ali
Hahaha it just wasn’t for me at all!! 😂
Kat Impossible
I get it!!!
Marie @ drizzleandhurricanebooks
Ohh I LOVE your bookstagram pictures, I need to follow you on here 🙂
Ali
Yes! Let’s me bookstagram friends! And thank you 😊
Transhaan
What a fantastic month of November! 🙂 Got to say that your pictures are always so on point. Absolutely beautiful! Hope December gets you to find a book that can actually get a 5 stars from you! Happy reading! 🙂
– Lashaan
Ali
Thanks so much for your compliment about my pictures (: Means so much! And yes, I hope to read a 5-star read in December, too. Those are the best, after all (:
luvtoread
Iceland!! What fun!!! I’ve heard wonderful things about traveling to Iceland!
Ali
Yeah! I am excited because it will be winter so a lot of time will be spent huddling up and reading 😀
Diana
You are super creative! Your bookstagram photos are really beautiful. Have a wonderful December and enjoy your trip:-)
Ali
Thanks Diana! (:
Bec (@booktineus)
I’ve heard so many good things about The Bronze Horsesman. I should really check it out sometime.
November wasn’t an amazing reading month for me in the sense that I didn’t get through many books. Exams and starting clinical rotations made it hard to find reading time 🙁
Iceland would be so exciting to see! I hope you have a great trip
Ali
Thank you! And when you’re ready for a fantastic love story – pick up the Bronze Horseman, I think there’s a good chance you’ll love it!
Adalyn @ Glittering Reads
Ooh, I really want to read Ever the Hunted! What did you think of it? I’m also excited to read Vassa in the Night, but it has mixed reviews, so I’m kind of nervous. I really want to read The Bone Season as well, but it’ll porbably be awhile until I get to it. I only read four books last month, but my favorite was probably Blue Lily, Lily Blue. My bookstagram account is @districtrebxls 🙂
Ali
You know, Ever the Hunted wasn’t my favorite (it was very trope-heavy, which normally doesn’t bother me too much, but this time it did). I do think it didn’t help that I read one of my favorite books of all-time before reading Ever the Hunted! I think people are going to like it, and I hope that you do when you get to it!
I’m not a fan of absurdities and disjointed worlds, which is basically what Vassa was, so that book wasn’t for me at all! People who like absurdities seemed to love that book, though!
I really loved Blue Lily, Lily Blue. I hope that you enjoy the finale as well (: And I have followed you on bookstagram! Yay friends!
Curious Daisy
The Bronze Horseman has been on my TBR for longer than I care to admit hehe 😀 http://www.curious-daisy.com/reading-wrap-up/november-reading-wrap-up/
Ali
Hahha, well if you like love stories I suggest you read it ASAP, because you’ll LOVE IT.
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence
Oh wow Iceland! That sounds so amazing, I hope you guys have a wonderful trip. The Bronze Horseman was sooo good omg. I love your bookstagram, it’s just so aesthetic!
Ali
Thank you Jeann (: I try! I am glad you loved the Bronze Horseman, too! I’m desperately trying to finish the book I’m reading now so that I can read the next one in the series!