November Reading Wrap Up | 2020
I read five books in the month of November! Two graphic novels, and three novels! I also completed one of my 2020 reading goals by completing my re-read of the Harry Potter series with adult eyes for the first time!
I think I’ve reached a point in this storyline where there is a major plot shift. Where Ms. Marvel goes from “friendly neighborhood superhero” to possibly “potential avenger”. Going to keep nibbling on this series! I read this using the Libby app!
This was an impulse (unplanned) read! It was under 200 pages, and was a powerful read! It covers grief and denial. It’s a book everyone should read. I read this using the Libby app!
I did it. I finished my first official re-read of this series, and it was with adult eyes. You’d think, as big as a Harry Potter fan I’ve been I would have re-read this series over and over. Nope! I have gravitated towards the movies more growing up. That’s probably because my first exposure to the series was watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in theaters with my father. I’ve watched that movies hundreds of times in my life, and I anticipate watching it more.
I understand the issue the book community has with Rowling, and I’m with ya. But I won’t be bullied into not enjoying this series all because a bunch of internet strangers are deciding to disown it. They can do whatever they want with their lives, and the same goes for me.
All of that said, I really enjoyed reading these books as an adult. Because I went ten to fifteen years since reading the later books, it was like reading it for the first time. I saw so much I didn’t recall as a kid. I also understood both sides of every conflict more as adult. I was also able to keep up with all of the information and details (which I struggled to do as a kid). Naturally, there were things in the books I wished were in the movies, and there are things the movies did better than the books. This isn’t counting the game lore I played while growing up as well.
I read my paperback physical copy of Deathly Hallows!
Oh boy… So, I DNFed this book which was super disappointing! This was my book club pick for my monthly book club READ WITH ME. I hope the other ladies enjoyed this book more than me, because I just couldn’t get through it. I DNFed it 200 pages in, and just read what happened on online.
Listen, this book was beautifully written. The writing was lyrical, flowery, and so well done in regards to setting the atmosphere. I love atmospheric books, and have always been ok with slow building books (young adult horror for example, which I love at this point). However, the story itself was very boring. The rules weren’t explained, I didn’t care about any of the characters, and it was overall a giant drag. I flipped ahead and the main characters didn’t figure out what they were supposed to do until 460 pages in or something. Like, really? How am I supposed to care what happens if I’m giving no information for 90% of the book? I know not all adult books are like this, but experiences like this turn me off from picking up another adult book any time soon (or circus themed, which sucks because I have two circus themed books sitting on my TBR shelf). But, we’ll see.
Thank you for stopping by and reading what stories I ate in the month of November! I’m hoping to end 2020 with re-reading the A Court of Thorns and Roses series to completion. If I somehow fly through those books, I have some other books I might re-read as well, but we’ll see.