December is here, so we’re almost done with 2021. And I can admit that I’m really happy about that. 2021 wasn’t my year and with covid hanging around again like an old friend, I’m eagerly awaiting Spring. November felt like a more difficult month for reading, but I still managed to finish quite some books so this is more like a feeling than a fact.
Read(ing)
I started the month with ‘Love in time of cholera’ for the classics club. I found this one easier to read than expected but had some feministic issues with the plot. Next, I read two library loans I was really looking forward to. I enjoyed ‘Where the crawdads sing’, but was disappointed by ‘The doll factory’. In between, I read ‘The butcher bird’ on the train, the next historical mystery in the Somershill manor mystery series about Oswald De Lacy. An entertaining light read.
Number of pages read: 1.410 pages
Number of books finished: 4
Favorite read: ‘Where the crawdads sing‘
Centuries visited: 14th century, 19th century, 20th century,
Countries visited: Columbia, England and America
Currently reading: ‘The Romanov empress’ by C.W. Gortner
Next up: I have no idea yet :).
Reviewed
- Love in time of cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Broken faith by Toby Clemens
- Argo by Mark Knowles
- The catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Blogged
Added to my TBR
- City of masks, the next Oswald De Lacy mystery.
- Cloud Cuckoo land by Anthony Doerr
- Wildevrouw (translation: wild woman), a Dutch novel set in 16th century Antwerp
What was your favourite read in November?
In Another Era 
I read Crawdads earlier this year and really enjoyed it as well. I read several really good books this month, but I’ll put Vespertine and the ARC of After the Romanovs at the top of the list. Hope December is another good reading month for you!
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Thank you, after the Romanovs sounds interesting!
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