Monthly Update (01/12/2019)

How is it the last month of the year already? I started reading again in October and November has flown by, despite me being stuck indoors, ill with a chest infection for most of it.

I had a fairly bad reading month this month, I got stuck reading the entirety of the Maze Runner series for pretty much the entire period I was ill and I didn't enjoy it very much. After that nearly every book I read seemed to be disappointing, although I ended on a high note with The Lie Tree and Goblet Of Fire.

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Read This Month







Whew. 14 books in total and here's the ratings and short review summary:

Ten Thousand Doors Of January - My favourite book of the month and likely the year too. Somehow managed to remind me of every book I loved as a child. 5/5
The Knife Of Never Letting Go - I found this to be overhyped and too focused on extreme violence. The plot was basic and too much of the story was just walking from one place to another. 2/5
The Starless Sea - quite a lot like January with all the doors, I thought this one was trippy as hell but I loved it. And I totally shipped Zachary and Dorian. 5/5
The Maze Runner - the idea was better than the execution, characters were lacking but this an old favourite all the same. 4/5
The Scorch Trials - suffered from very little character development and new characters should have been intriduced. Theresa was intensely annoying. 3/5
The Death Cure - A very poor ending, suffered from the same problems as Scorch Trials. It felt like the author was emotionally detached from the series. 2/5
The Kill Order - Just absolutely pointless and added nothing to the series. 1/5
The Fever Code - Finally added something to the series, all I wanted was to spend some time with the original Gladers, which I got, so I was happy. 4/5
Alice In Wonderland - my Bookishly edition of the month and a great way to kick off my subscription, I love Alice so much. 5/5
Winterwood - one of my pre-orders, so an anticipated book, this suffered from too much purple prose, plot holes and a very weak ending. 2/5
Crown Of Oblivion - another of my pre-orders, this felt like a first draft with so much thrown at it and nothing stuck. 2/5
Wayfarer - sequel to Passenger, this really, really plodded along and I was only able to finish due to a mammoth 3 hour binge reading session. The ending was good though! 3/5
The Lie Tree - my mood really picked up reading this one, and Chris Riddell's illustrations helped. I loved this late 1800s tale of science, feminism and religion.
Goblet Of Fire - The illustrated edition is out now and as it's my favourite book of the series I thought why not? Most of the illustrations are freaking gorgeous but emo Krum had me and an Instagram friend in stitches. 5/5

Comments

  1. Aj @ Read All The Things!2:15 pm GMT

    I hope you’re feeling better! I never made it past the first Maze Runner book. Have a good December!

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