December 2017 Month in Review

I’m not going to write about December here because I think I covered that in my two year end post. I still wanted to do a monthly wrap-up to review the books I read and the posts I wrote in December, though.

Books Finished

• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Embassytown by China Mieville
• War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Janet Brennan Croft
• Greenglass House by Kate Milford
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan Mcguire
• Tolkien at Exter College: How an oxford Undergraduate Created Middle-Earth by John Garth
• A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (read Oct. – Dec.)
• White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Books Reviewed

• The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
• The Break by Kathrena Vermette
• Drift & Dagger by Kendall Kulper
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
• The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea
• Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nation, Inuit and Métis Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

Features

• My mom and I discussed Hazel Gaynor’s The Cottingley Secret for Family Reads.
• I posted my fifth Diversity Spotlight Thursday.
• I shared a list of all the books I purchased in 2017 .
• I posted photos of the books I received for Christmas.
• I completed the 2017 End of Year Book Survey, for the fourth time.

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— Olivia-Savannah (@Writing4joy) December 12, 2017

These questions should be on the wall of EVERY EDITOR and EVERY WRITER. https://t.co/7W6KNa3u3q

— Debbie Reese (@debreese) December 14, 2017

Great day for skating at the duck pond! Yay winter. @assiniboinepark pic.twitter.com/b7ljNaWwxP

— Jenna 🧜🏻‍♀️🐚💦 (@fallingletters) December 23, 2017

Ok, this is really frustrating. REALLY frustrating. As one of the authors quoted here, I'd very much like to add something which I specifically said in my interview was important to me to get across, & which was not remotely touched on here. (Thread.) https://t.co/mmTwNZJgwe

— Kate Milford (@KateMilford) December 26, 2017

Which Is It: Prescription Drug or Tolkien Elf? https://t.co/xSGjUOhc40

— Jenna 🧜🏻‍♀️🐚💦 (@fallingletters) December 29, 2017

So, after that horrible VOYA review, how about a thread of the ace YA coming your way in 2018 that I can confirm?

— Julie PREORDER LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE (@DailyJulianne) December 29, 2017

I very occasionally do this when I’m not sure if I should DNF a book. https://t.co/8dQi3XhfMh

— Jenna 🧜🏻‍♀️🐚💦 (@fallingletters) December 31, 2017

Upcoming in August

• 9 Jan. – Publication of Beneath the Sugar Sky, Wayward Children #3 by Seanan McGuire (I can’t help but get over-hyped for this one because of how much I loved the first two.)
• 23 Jan. – Publication of Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (Black biromantic ace MC! I love the cover – happy girl, pretty purple, AND a pun.)

What books, or bookish events, are you looking forward to this month?