December Wrap Up | 2020

Goodbye 2020 and hello 2021! I will be doing a general year wrap up at some point and my TBR will be delayed a little whilst I work out the challenges and what not. But I wanted to write about my reading in the last month of the year because I really did read quite a lot.

On with the wrap up:

• 13 books read
• 0 e-arcs
• 4689 pages
• 17 blog posts published (not including this one)
• 106/100 books read for Goodreads Challenge (6 books ahead)
• 49/50 prompts completed for the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
• 24/26 letters completed for the A-Z Reading Challenge
• 48/52 prompts completed for the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge.

• The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon| I am so glad that I got to end the year on such a good reread, this book is one of my absolute favourites and listening to the audiobook was a whole new fantastic experience.
• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami| Another reread, this was a book that I had read during university and love and I ended up loving it all over again, such brilliant characters and I adored the story.
• These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong | I picked this one up at last minute and I really enjoyed it, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect but this one was interesting enough and I enjoyed the fantasy elements.
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie | There were a lot of rereads this month and I was actually glad to have reread this one. I loved it first time round but felt that some parts dragged a little, but this time around I didn’t seem to have that issue.
• The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf | I’m not usually a massive fan of poetry but I think because this one had a story line that I was already aware of made it a more enjoyable experience.

• The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward | Like I said, this month was a month of rereads and this one was definitely a fun easy read to end the year with. There are some really great characters and a good concept!
• The Sandman by Neil Gaiman | I ended up reading the first 8 volumes of The Sandman and LOVING it, the artwork is phenomenal and the story was so well done!
• Pine by Francine Toon | This was such a cover buy and I’m sorry to say it didn’t hit the mark. There was so much not happening in this book it became a little monotonous and dull.
• The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black | I am so happy I finally got to the end of this series, I will say it was a little underwhelming but I’m glad I gave it a shot!
• Year One by Nora Roberts | This one started off so well and I thought I had found a new favourite but there was so much that was underdeveloped and cringe-worthy that I wish I had DNF’d it.

• Sold on a Monday by Kristina M. Morris | I really enjoyed the concept of this one, but it fell a little flat in the end for me and I wish there had been a little more meat to the story.

• [2 Dec] NANOWRIMO 2020 | Another great year
• [4 Dec] November Wrap Up | 2020
• [6 Dec] December TBR | 2020
• [8 Dec] The Wicked King by Holly Black ★★★★½
• [10 Dec] The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black ★★★★
• [12 Dec] The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt ★★
• [14 Dec] Year One by Nora Roberts ★★½
• [16 Dec] Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris ★★½
• [18 Dec] Pine by Francine Toon ★★
• [20 Dec] The Sandman Vol #1 - #8 by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Todd Klein, Karen Berger, Daniel Vozzo ★★★★½
• [22 Dec] The Potion Diaries by Amy McCulloch ★★★★
• [24 Dec] Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin ★★★★½
• [27 Dec] Best books of the year | 2020
• [31 Dec] Worst books of the year | 2020

What did you manage to read this month? Anything good? Let me know in the comments!