November Wrap-Up

November was another great month for me, both blog-wise and reading-wise. Traffic continued to increase, I read a whole bunch of books, and *finally* got caught up on my reviews from the read-a-thon. :)

Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update

I started November with 204 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* … 209! Not too shabby, considering the amount of time I spent in bookstores this month. If only I could extend that iron-clad willpower to the realm of BookMooch.

Let’s take a look at the breakdown:

**Neutral books – Read, but don’t affect the TBR pile**

Audiobooks
– Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire
– Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

Read but not owned
– Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (and Days) by Bill Willingham
– Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham
– Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham
– Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham

**Changes to the TBR pile**

Cleared from my TBR pile (huzzah!)
– Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bones by Brandon Sanderson
– A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
– Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
– The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
– Abarat by Clive Barker
– The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent

Added to, then promptly cleared from my TBR pile (um… huzzah?)
– The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
– The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones

Other removals from my TBR pile (meh?)
– Shield of Three Lions by Pamela Kaufman – I got to page 160 and I just couldn’t get into it, so it’s getting abandoned.

Added to my TBR pile (shame!)
– Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg
– Feed by M. T. Anderson
– Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
– Tunnels by Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams
– First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
– Blindness by José Saramago
– Hitler and Mars Bars by Dianne Ascroft (from the Author)
– The Glister by John Burnside (ARC from Random House)
– In the Woods by Tana French
– Buried Treasure: Travels Through the Jewel Box by Victoria Finlay
– The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (ARC from Random House)
– The Children’s Hospital by Chris Adrian

Other Non-TBR Book Acquisitions
– Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (on loan, so not pictured)
– The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Commenters

Many thanks to this month’s commenters!

– Alyce from At Home With Books – Amanda from Life and Times of a New New Yorker – Anastasia – Ann from Booklorn – Anna from Diary of an Eccentric – Bart from Bart’s Bookshelf – BooksPlease – bookworm from The Bookworm – Carey from The Tome Traveller – Carrie K from My Middle Name is Patience – Charley from Bending Bookshelf – chartroose from Bloody Hell, It’s a Book Barrage! – Cheryl Kaye Tardif – Corinne from The Book Nest – Dani in NC from Average Girl Reads – Dawn from She Is Too Fond of Books – Debbie Nance from ReaderBuzz – Devourer of Books – Ivan Chew from Rambling Librarian – Jessi from Casual Dread – Jessica from The Bluestocking Society – Joanne from Book Zombie – Kathy from Bermudaonion’s Weblog – Kim from Sophisticated Dorkiness – KT from What KT Reads – Ladytink_534 from The Movieholic & Bibliophile’s Blog

– Laura – Lenore from Presenting Lenore – Lezlie from Books ‘n’ Border Collies – Lightheaded from Everyday Reads – Literary Feline from Musings of a Bookish Kitty – Literate Housewife from The Literate Housewife Review – Mari from Mari Reads – marineko from Dreaming Out Loud – Matthew from Matthew – Meghan from Meghan – Memory from Stella Matutina – Michele from A Reader’s Respite – Nancy from Bookfoolery and Babble – Natasha from Maw Books Blog – Nymeth from Things Mean a Lot – Ramya from Ramya’s Bookshelf – Ruth from Bookish Ruth – Serena from Savvy Verse & Wit – Shana from Literarily – softdrink from Fizzy Thoughts – Stephanie from Stephanie’s Written Word – Tamara Baff from Books by TJ Baff – Tanabata from In Spring it is the Dawn – Trish from Trish’s Reading Nook – unfinishedperson from Just a (Reading) Fool – Vasilly from 1330V

Also: anonmyous, Casondra, Dave, emmegail, jessidee, Johanna, John Endicott, Justa, miki, Prinia, Taja, webwiz592

Search Terms

Not a lot to work with this month, but I’ll toss in a few:

clive cussler abarat
Ha! So it’s not just me that got this mixed up! (Abarat was actually written by Clive *Barker*.)

what are the 8 planets in “the host“
Oh, shoot… Well, Earth, the home planet of the invaders, the bat planet, the underwater planet, the bear planet… was there a flower planet, or is that the same as the underwater planet? My memory’s not that good – a little help, anyone?

pictures of stargirl herself,not the book
See, the thing is, Stargirl wasn’t an illustrated book, and, well, I hate to break it to you, but Stargirl’s not a real person.

one color crochet afghan patterns
There’s none here, but you might have some luck with the LionBrand Pattern Finder.

can fairies be included in a christian
I suppose if they ate enough of them, yes.

blog style of bram stoker
Probably lots of long, dark, rambly posts and a black color theme.