Bookwyrm Breakdown: One More Month of 2021!

Happy Holidays!

I can’t believe we’ve made it to December 2021 and therefore the last leg of the year. November has been pretty busy all around especially with people going last minute holiday shopping and all the issues that come with the Pandemic (supply chain, etc. etc.).

It’s been a lot of this:

And this:

This Month’s Posts

• [7 Nov] Bookwyrm Breakdown: October 2021
• [12 Nov] You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson ★★★★★
• [12 Nov] I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee ★★★★
• [12 Nov] A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown ★★★★★
• [12 Nov] The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco ★★★★½
• [12 Nov] The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant ★★★★½
• [12 Nov] The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter ★★

Books Hoarded

Nothing. Nothing at all. My wallet does appreciate this restraint that didn’t know as much restraint last month.

Books Devoured

The streak that’s begun since January has maybe slowed down in the middle of the month when things at work started picking up and I just have less brain power because whatever remaining brain cell is just in scream mode. Rest in pieces to my one November ARC that didn’t get finished by release date.

I’m honestly surprised this lasted as long as it did. Usually I’ll read a lot for a few months, abandon reading for a month or two, repeat cycle again. #LifeOfAMoodReader

Except it seems to have come to a hard brake stop two weeks ago since I’ve touched maybe one audiobook and had a deep fascination with Stardew Valley lately. (I don’t think I’m getting out for a hot minute.)

Some Books I Read:

• Kingdom of Slumber and Kingdom of Cinders by Deborah Grace White
• Hollywood Ending by Tash Skilton
• From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
• The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon
• Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong (ARC)
• The Wedding Tamasha by Sudha Nair

November was like September, where I realized, “Oh, yeah, I have a Netflix and I should actually use it,” and also I finally watched Mockingjay Part 2 because that was really the first thing I thought of when I realized I have Google Play credits expiring soon.

Other Things I Watched:

• Dumplin’
• Vivo
• Bromance – Partially this leaving Netflix at the end of November was why I abandoned reading because 30 episodes in a few days for me is a challenge.
• Space Sweepers
• Train to Busan
• The Princess Switch 3 – I know I found The Princess Switch so cringe and bad (even for a Christmas movie) it was funny and therefore the likelihood of me watching the other Princess Switch movies is low when there are better Christmas movies, but here we are. And yeah, it was bad. At least the first one was fun.

As for music, I haven’t really stayed in touch with music releases this month even though all I’m listening to at work is music currently. Every Friday when Spotify refreshes their New Releases playlist for me is when I’ll waddle in, add a few interesting songs and new releases from artists I’ve listened to in the queue, and then waddle away.

A Handful that I Remember Liking:

• No Limit (mini album) by Monsta X
• Maverick (single album) by The Boyz
• Blood Moon (mini album) by Oneus
• Formula of Love: O+T=<3 (full album) by Twice

The Breakdown

What catastrophes have the universe handed us throughout the month? Let’s find out. 🧐

You know you’re currently a mess when you’ve been utilizing your bullet journal steadily for most of the year, then all of a sudden you forget to make spreads and just use the same spread for two weeks in a row. I’ve also not filled out anything in my November favorites even though there are favorites.

I maybe have a fraction of a brain cell holding on by like a finger currently.

But hey if anything, that finger grip is very strong and has not actually flown away with the rest of the brain cells. Unfortunately, said brain cell is currently attached to Stardew Valley.

Other than that, I think the biggest thing that really happened was finding a new web host (just in time for Black Friday deals, though) since the one I’ve been with is closing. It’s a little weird not doing the migration myself this time and going back to managed WordPress.

Let’s talk, bookwyrms: How was your November? What do you hope to complete in December?