When not in Narnia Karen wants to climb Everest! COMPLETED 22/11/2023!

[CinCO]

Congrats!

[Karen]

Thanks CinCO!

[K.L.]

Congratulations, Karen!

[Karen]

Thanks K.L.

102. Looking Good Dead by Peter James.

3 stars. An improvement on the first book.

On TBR since approx 13/12/2021.

[Karen]

NOVEMBER

Total books read in November: 14
Total qualifying for this challenge: 11
Total qualifying for Virtual Mount TBR challenge: 2
My Making Out series challenge: 28 out of 28 so far - COMPLETED
23 in 2023: 14

NOVEMBER READS

I read Sexing the Cherry and Wuthering Heights

Books I need to read in December:

- The Red and the Black by Stendhal (1001 challenge)

and to finish challenges:

- The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca West
- Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago
- Another book my partner picks as the one he picked originally at the start of the year has not turned up!
- The amorous history of the Gauls by Roger de Rabutin, Count de Bussy
- the remaining 9 books on my 23 in 23 list (not happening!)

And I cannot renew from the library:
- The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper
- A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

And I want to read some seasonal books.

I almost forgot to add this section - The Peter James book above is my first December read.

[Karen]

Additions to Mount TBR in December 2023.
(I will cross them out if I read them this year). Hoping if I have to keep updating this it might put me off buying books...Although they will all count for this challenge...in 2024.

Physical Books Acquired

1. The First Muslim by Lesley Hazleton.
2. MBS Rise To Power Of Mohammad Bin Salman by Ben Hubbard.
3. A Gilded Age Christmas: A Convenient Winter Wedding / The Railroad Baron's Mistletoe Bride by Amanda McCabe etc.
4. The Sword and the Scimitar by David Ball.
5. Collapse Feminism: The Online Battle for Feminism's Future by Alice Cappelle.
6. Death Comes at Christmas by Gladys Mitchell. Read December.
7. The Power and Vulnerability of Love: A Theological Anthropology by Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo.
8. Framing Medieval Bodies by Sarah Kay and Miri Rubin.
9. Flesh is Weak: Ups and Downs of the Church of England by Andrew Barrow by Andrew Barrow.
10. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.
11. Viking Heat by Sandra Hill.
12. Story of O by Pauline Réage.
13. Two Houses, Two Kingdoms: A History of France and England, 1100–1300 by Catherine Hanley.
14. What Would Boudicca Do by Elizabeth Foley.
15. Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by Kathryn Harkup.
16. Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2024: Foreword by Justin Welby by Selina Stone.
17. Sandringham Church by Patrick Ashton.

Kindle Books Acquired

1. The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan by Beth Merlin. Amazon 1st read.
2. Church by K.G. Reuss.
3. Endgame by Omid Scobie.
4. Pheromone by C.M. Stunich.
5. Seminal by C.M. Stunich.
6. Venery: A Why Choose Alien Romance by C.M. Stunich.
7. The Ritual by Shantel Tessier.
8. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes.

[Karen]

103. The Envy of Idols by C.M. Stunich.

4 stars. This series never seemed to have the tension it needed to.

On Kindle TBR since 23/10/2020.

104. Hidden Truths by K. Webster.

3 stars. Bland and with no depth.

On Kindle TBR since 10/02/2020

[Karen]

105. Serpents by Logan Fox.

4 stars. Enjoyable read.

On Kindle TBR since 29/09/2021.

[Karen]

106. The Amorous History of the Gauls. Written in French by Roger de Rabutin, Count de Bussy, and Now Translated Into English. by Roger de Rabutin.

3 stars. A real life Princess de Cleves or Dangerous Liaisons.

On TBR since 27/12/2022.

[Karen]

107. Devilishly Damaged by Abigail Cole.

2 stars. Book was all over the place. Characters were not communicating even in life and death situations. Disappointing.

On Kindle TBR since 05/11/2020.

108. Baltasar & Blimunda by José Saramago.

4 stars. Strange, thought-provoking and with a maddening ending.

On TBR since 06/08/2019.

[Bev]

Congratulation on making the top of Everest again!

[Karen]

DECEMBER

Total books read in December: 17
Total qualifying for this challenge: 7

DECEMBER CHALLENGE

I read the library books I needed to. I ran out of time to read The Red and the Black. My partner swapped out the missing book from his list and I read it and finished it along with Baltasar and Blimunda. I read 17 out of my list for my 23 in 2023 challenge. I failed to read Clarissa.

Mixed bag. Roll on 2024.