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December has come and gone and with it we had our final days of 2023. I hope you had a blast!  Having some days off from my corporate job has been amazing. I did a lot of reading, even if not as much as I was hoping. I know my TBR was overly ambitious, but that’s ok. I read and I finished books and for me it’s a goal achieved, maybe 70%. Still, I am content. Here’s what I managed to complete:

  1. Cinderella and the Duke by Lydia Drake – 4 stars (review already posted)
  2. If You Must Know by Jamie Beck – 4 stars (review already posted)
  3. Butterfly in Frost by Sylvia Day – 3.5 stars (review already posted)
  4. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros – clearly a 5 star read, pending review as I am lost for words
  5. A Seat for the Rabble (A King Without a Crown #1) by Ryan Schuette – pending review
  6. The Thief and the Historian (The Runetree Chronicles #1) by Brendan Corbett – pending review
  7. Cursebreakers by Madeline Nakamura – pending review
  8. Second Duke’s the Charm by Kate Bateman – 4 stars (review already posted)

I know, it’s significantly less than what I was planning, but considering the amount of work in organizing and writing articles that I did in between, I am reasonably content.  For January so far I have 7 book reviews for which I have already a committed date (the first ones below) and I took the liberty of adding some from December, which are a must to complete in the first half of January:

  1. Irresistibly Dangerous by J Saman
  2. Hesi-Dating by Zoe Forward
  3. Beckett by Scarlet Avery
  4. Rhys by Scarlet Avery
  5. Phoenix by Scarlet Avery
  6. Back to You…: The astonishing fate of John Fisher by Richard Plourde
  7. It Takes a Rake by Anna Bennett
  8. Crushing on the Drumline Badboy by Ramona O’Cahane
  9. Sacrifices for Kingdoms by Patricia D’Arcy Laughlin
  10. Perfect In Death by Reily Garrett

I leave some room for the backlog, the NetGalley titles and I am also hoping to attend some more book tours. Let’s see what the month has in store 🙂

That’s it for now. I’ve started 2024 working on my TBR and prepping some reviews, as well as working for my sewing stuff. In less words, I’ve been working on the things I love. Let me know in the comments below what are your reading plans for this month and how you spent this first day. Until next time, Happy Reading!