December Mid Month Check In

Current TBR List: 18
Currently Reading: 8
Books Finished in December: 15

I cannot believe how quickly this year is coming to a wrap! I also cannot believe the amount of books I have read this year! I am so excited to see the yearly wrap up that GoodReads does. I think this is my best reading year ever and its not just the quantity of books read. Being part of The Charmed Book Club and having wonderful reading friends has really pushed me to read not only more books but more diverse books as well. I was also introduced to BookTube so I was able to see more books and diverse opinions on books as well as discovering Libby by Overdrive which allows me to check out audiobooks and ebooks from my library right on my phone for ease of listening! I cannot wait to see what the new year brings! Especially now that my kiddos are getting older and I am able to read more to them so I am getting to dive into picture books and young chapter books with them!

Anyways, I digress. My next little wrap up is…

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, this book absolutely wrecked me. I listened to the audio book while pulling reports for work and I was hooked. I did see the movie first so I knew the plot and was prepared for an exceptionally emotional tale but as we all know, movies only scratch the surface of books. The book is a million times better. I really enjoyed the full cast audio too. It really gives you a different feel when the POV shifts for the couple chapters sprinkled throughout. Ugh… It will take me a while to recover from this one.

I then finished a physical borrowed copy of Dating You Hating You by Christina Lauren. Not going to lie, for the first 150-200 pages I was entertained but had no idea what all the hype was about. It was cute, funny, easy to read and entertaining but there was no real WOW factor. Then the real hating game started to play out and I got what I was missing through the first half. I literally laughed out loud during the first part of them really diving into hating each other. It was the perfect co-worker romance. The end was cute, tied everything into a nice little bow but really the part that made this worth the reading was the hating game.

A quick easy read to keep my book a day streak going, I picked up I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young from the library. The artwork is amazing. I love the bright colors, the cute little fairyland things and how it contrasted with all the blood and gore. What I didn’t care too much for was the way the story was executed. The content is mature but the language was “fluff this” and “fluffing that” and then “hey pig…why do you assume everyone is a cop” line was so random and unnecessary. If I pick up the rest its because I borrow them and it will mainly be for the artwork.

I also finished Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking by Jerry L Wyckoff. I really enjoyed the setup of this book. Each idea was basically its own chapter. Though only a couple chapters applied to my family right now I can see this as a good reference tool for when certain unwanted behaviors pop up. Every family is different and every child is different so this may not be the perfect read for everyone and like all advice books should be taken with a grain of salt. I think it was good ideas I can test with my kiddos for sure.

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