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November 2016 Wrap Up

Oh my goodness, I am so glad November is over!  First, because I LOOOOVE Christmas but also because November was a giant suck fest for a variety of reasons.  Despite all that, I managed to have the best reading month I've had in years (probably).  I pretty much gorged myself on Christmas romance novels and it was pure heaven.  I plan on continuing to do that for the rest of the year because they're full of fluffy goodness. I feel bad for reading so many of the same genre but that's about all I can handle right and I have big reading plans for the new year so I'm going to enjoy myself until then.

I hit my raised goal of 80 books and am now only 11 books shy of 100!  Most of what I read was library books so like I every year, I've pretty much failed at reading my own books.  I think the ones I did read this month were books I just purchased instead of just ones I've had for a while.  I did beat my non-fiction total from last year; I know I wanted to finish with 20 total for the year but I don't think that's going to happen.  I know I've missed a lot of reading goals for the year but I'm okay with that.  I'm kind of tired of putting pressure on myself to read things.  It's kind of fun to read what I want for a change!

Here are my stats for November:

-20 books read
-1 nonfiction
-7 historical fiction
-1 review book
-16 library books
-3 books I own
-7 ebooks

What I read in November:

1.) Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses by Lawrence Ross
2.) Corsets and Cuffs by Shanna Hatfield
3.) Trading Christmas by Debbie Macomber
4.) Mistletoe on Main Street by Olivia Miles
5.) Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber
6.) A Creed Country Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
7.) The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber
8.) A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
9.) Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
10.) Dashing through the Snow by Debbie Macomber
11.) The Christmas Angel by Jane Maas
12.) Christmas in Snowflake Canyon by RaeAnne Thayne
13.) An Outlaw's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
14.) Starry Night by Debbie Macomber
15.) The Christmas Quandary by Shanna Hatfield
16.) The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
17.) Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne
18.) There's Something About Christmas by Debbie Macomber
19.) A Cold Creek Christmas by RaeAnne Thayne
20.) Mr. Miracle by Debbie Macomber

How was November for you?  Are you on track to meeting your reading goals?


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