Welcome to November’s Monthly Minutes at Midnight!
Here’s the deal: I’ll share the books I’ve obtained, posts of interest from others, giveaways I have happening, and just general random shenanigans. You know I love a shenanigan. Also, covers all link to Goodreads, because I am awesome. As always, I link up with the Wrap Up Round Up, too!
The Books
For Review/From Publishers:
Hugest of thanks to the publishers for these lovelies! They were both fabulous and reviews are coming soon!
eARCs:
Huge thanks to the publishers for these lovelies!
Purchased:
Seven Dirty Secrets ♦ The Reckless Kind ♦ A Face For Picasso ♦ A Psalm of Storms and Silence ♦ Our Violent Ends
Not too bad this month, eh?
Won/Gifted/Traded:
Thanks to Amber for The Buried, Breathless, and The Corpse Queen for my birthday! Lena got me a book too but it is at my parents’ house so I will include it next month!
Shenanigans Since Last Time:
I read only 12 books this month. I don’t even know why, just time ugh.
A mostly good bunch- and the kicker is, some of these were books I actually bought myself, gasp!
Giveaways: Click Here, or on Sidebar
Blogosphere Bulletin
Here are some of the loveliest/most entertaining/super helpful/just plain interesting posts I found this month!
Guys I am so sorry I failed at blog hopping this month, again but I did the best I could!
- Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books reflects on 7 years of blogging
- Tammy @ Books, Bones, & Buffy shares her 21 best sci-fi books of 2021
- AJ @ Read All the Things! shares a great list of non-fiction recommendations
- Hasini @ Bibliosini talks about what to do when a blog post tanks
- Malka @ Paper Procrastinators asks how you choose your ratings
- Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction shared the very fun zombie apocalypse book tag
- Lory @ Entering the Enchanted Castle wonders if Extended Reality will replace reading
- AJ @ Read All the Things! shares her non-fiction book recs
Fancy & New Since Last I Saw You!
I love looking at pretty covers! So here are some new ones that I have fallen in love with since our last update!
Pretty covers are pretty. Not a lot of new ones this month, but alas.
Things we need to talk about at this juncture:
- Whew boy, I think I failed worse than last month, at like, everything! Here’s the thing- this month flew by. I haven’t the foggiest idea how! But it just did. I didn’t even take any pictures of Thanksgiving, whoops? But it was very nice to see family that I hadn’t been able to see in almost two years. Also, the kids are fully vaccinated now too, so that is big cause for celebration! I assume December will be even more hectic than November so… wish me luck, and don’t expect much 😂 Hope that you have a wonderful holiday if you celebrate any, and if not, just have a wonderful month- and hopefully you get to enjoy a few days off too! Here, have a picture. Fun fact: I edited our Christmas card because the kids look weird in this picture, but I looked weird in the only one they were both looking at the camera. Olé! That file was too big though, so here, have this one.
Thanks for the shout out, Shannon! I think November and December are always tough months for getting anything done. I just love that photo, and cool, there’s snow in the background! (Can you tell I live in Calufornia?🤣)
Ohhh now I am jealous that you live in a place withOUT snow bwhaha. And you make a good point, the holiday months generally are harder- hopefully the Christmas break will help me play catch uP!
I love your blogosphere bulletin! Always helps me find good content I’ve missed out on. Also, your kids are so big! OMG! Tell them to stop growing. I’m still in shock over your little boy being not so little anymore. How has he grown up so fast?! They’re both so precious!
Genesis @ Whispering Chapters
Aw thank you so much! And right!? He was not even BORN when I started this blog and yet here he is now. It’s rude frankly, I gave no one permission to be so old 😂
I love all those beautiful books!!
Aw yay thanks!
I think the kids look adorable! I hope you have an awesome December and get some reading done between all the chaos.
Aw thanks!! And I hope you’re having a great month too!
Love the shirts. You guys are adorable. I am insanely jealous that you have the new Mangle book. I am eager to read that, The McManus too, but I know the Library will have that book.
Aw thank you!! And yesss, I am hoping it is awesome! I really liked the McManus one too, I hope you do too!
November did fly by, but I’m glad you and the kids had a good holiday! I saw a show in Philly last weekend, and I set up a new desk in the apartment (so I could shove all the work stuff in the corner), but I think that’s about as productive as I got outside of work, lol.
Aw thanks!! And hey, that isn’t bad! A show is great, and setting up a desk is progress too! Hope you are having a great December!
Thank you so much for the shoutout, Shannon! I love the pic with your kids too! And I think it’s totally understandable to struggle to balance blogging and real-life responsibilities! I am living it right now! Also, your eARCs look so good!!!!!
Aw thank you so much! And of course! It really is rough- I keep hoping for it to let up, but alas. Hope you are having a wonderful month!
November sure did fly by! I realized as everyone was leaving my house after Thanksgiving that we didn’t take a single picture! Oh well. I guess we will try for Christmas.
As always, I love the pretty book covers.
Have a blessed December!
I hope you got to take those Christmas pictures!! And thanks so much, hope yours is going great!
Aw, cute family photo. I’m glad you were able to see family for Thanksgiving and yay for the kids being fully vaccinated! That’s definitely cause for celebration. My November reading was kind of blah…in terms of amount, though I did read some good ones, so I guess it’s okay. LOL I do hope to read more this month but it’s also the month of all the holiday things, so we’ll see how it goes!
-Lauren
Aw thank you!! Oh yes, quality is definitely more important than quantity, yeah? Hope you got some more reading in this montH!
Sounded like an awesome month, 12 books sounds good to me! Enjoy December.
Here is my wrap-up: https://wordsandpeace.com/2021/12/01/2021-november-wrap-up/
Aw thanks! Hope you are having a good month too!
“I think I failed worse than last month, at like, everything!”
Wanna trade? LOL. Seriously, you wrote a bunch of awesome reviews, and I’m sure you managed to visit more blogs than I did! Also, happy belated birthday (what? you got BOOKS? 😮 😂).
“Also, the kids are fully vaccinated now too, so that is big cause for celebration!”
It is!
Awww that is so sweet of you! I do feel like a whole mess, but I appreciate it! And thank you for the birthday wishes too! Hope you are having a great December so far!
Congrats on getting *any* reading done, and it being books you bought is pretty huge. Yay! This is the time of year where nobody has any time for anything, so anything beyond the keep-yourself-alive activities is a bonus and you deserve to acknowledge that. I hope things aren’t as stressful or exhausting as feared, and that you have a good holiday season!
Aww thank you! You are right- it IS a rough time of the year! You are too kind! (Nevermind that I literally have 3 or 4 of your posts open in tabs as I am typing this 😂)
I’m so excited for Seven Mercies! The end of the year is just chaos!
It was quite good! And right!? Exhausting!
Yeah, my blog hopping wasn’t great last month either. NOt starting out great this month either. But I’m hoping over my holiday break from school I can get more done. I loved The Corpse Queen, hope you enjoy it as well!
Lisa Loves Literature
Bwhahah SAME considering I am just getting to all these comments NOW 😂 Makes me feel better that I am not the only one! I was hoping I’d get a lot done over the break too, but I have been sick so.. it isn’t going great! I hope you fare better!
Merry Christmas, Shannon! I love the matching holiday shirts in your photo. November was all over the place here and December has been the same and I’m just treading water now it seems. I loved seeing all the pretty covers and can’t wait to read The Last She.
Aww thanks love! I feel you SO MUCH. I hope things have calmed for you a bit, too. I really liked The Last She, so I hope you do too!
Aw thank you so much for sharing my post, Shannon! Love the family photo so much, my heart! <3 I hope you'll have a lovely holiday season, take care of yourself! <3
Aww of course! And thank you so much, I hope you are having a great holiday season too!
Honestly November flew by. I have barely any memory of it at this point. I think I read a bit? I know I went away, but only after you reminded me that Thanksgiving was a thing. I’m surprised I even posted last month, but apparently I did, and in a wonderful turn of events you decided to share it, so I guess it was good? Imma go reread it to find out!
But all jokes aside, that holiday card of you and your kids is absolutely adorable! I hope you’re having a wonderful end to the year and that you get to enjoy the upcoming holidays!
Bwhahah I do always enjoy your posts, glad I could refresh your memory 😂😂 But I DO feel you- I am so out of it I can’t tell which way is up! I hope you have been having a calmer December, at least! And thank you so much, I hope you had a wonderful one as well! ♥♥