Welcome to The Monthly Round-Up. Join me as I look back on the past month to see which books I’ve read, the reviews I’ve posted, the goals I’ve completed and my all important Book of the Month!
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December has come to an end and we’ve crossed the threshold into 2016 – and what a year it has been! I’m currently compiling my year in review but December alone was a great month of phenomenal fiction. With a hefty pile of novellas bulking up the number, I’ve discovered some fantastic authors, read some thrilling tales and been taken to some truly amazing worlds.
And in the process of devouring – my Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge was well and truly surpassed, I fell just short of the mark on my Dragons and Jetpacks 2015 Reading Challenge and I well and truly flopped on my personal goals for December… But nevermind! This has been a fantastic month and here are the books to prove it:
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| 2. |
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds
| 3. |
13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
| 4. |
A Reaper of Stone by Mark Gelineau and Joe King
| 5. |
Rend the Dark by Mark Gelineau and Joe King
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The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
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Best Left in the Shadows by Mark Gelineau and Joe King
| 10. |
The Builders by Daniel Polansky
| 11. |
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
| 12. |
Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship by Aliette de Bodard
| 13. |
by Claire North
| December Goals |
To finish at least one of the poor neglected novels which I am currently reading
(The Daylight War, NOS4R2 or Emma)
Status: 0 of 1 Complete
Status: Incomplete
To read at least one Christmas themed novel
Status: 0 of 1 Complete
Status: Incomplete (though started!)
| Goals for 2015 |
Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge: 115/100 Books Read (115%)
Status: Completed
Dragons and Jetpacks 2015 Reading Challenge: 41/50 Books Read (82%)
Status: Incomplete
| Reviews Posted |
The Serpent by Claire North
Superposition by David Walton
A Reaper of Stone by Mark Gelineau and Joe King
13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds
Falling Sky by Rajan Khanna
| Other Posts From December |
December brings with it a new feature – The Friday Face-Off – where I pit cover against cover to discover the best cover art from across both sides of the pond.
The Monthly Round-Up: November 2015
The Month Ahead: December 2015
Cover Reveal: Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie – UK Edition
Cover Reveal: Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Cover Reveal: Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie – US Edition
Bookish ‘Sci-Fi’ Beats: Oblivion OST
Bookish ‘Sci-Fi’ Beats: Ex Machina OST
Bookish Beats: Massive Attack – Heligoland
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten… Debuts from the Gollancz Festival 2015
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten… Newly Read Authors 2015
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten… Classics of 2015
Top Ten ‘X-Mas’ Tuesday: Top Ten… Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten… Most Anticipated Releases of 2016
‘Sci-Fi’ Teaser Tuesdays: December 01 – Rising Tide by Rajan Khanna
‘Sci-Fi’ Teaser Tuesdays: December 08 – Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
Teaser Tuesdays: December 15 – The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
An X-Mas Teaser Tuesday: December 22 – The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
‘Sci-Fi’ Teaser Tuesdays: December 29 – Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
The Friday Face-Off: December 18 – The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
The Friday Face-Off: December 25 – The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
Books by Proxy 
Wow 13 books completed over the busy Christmas holidays is an amazing amount! While I was still enjoying my reading I didn’t complete much. I wish you even more great reading in 2016 🙂
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Thank you so much 😀 The novellas definitely bulked my numbers up but they were such amazing reads that I’m so glad I read them! Best of wishes to you too! 😀
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So jealous that you got to read 13 Minutes already, who knows when that will get a US release date? 🙂
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