A Monster Reading Month! | December 2023 Wrap Up

being mortal which is one of my all-time favorite non-fiction books

Bridget Jones is an absolute mess at times but she is so lovable it's impossible not to root for her you want the best for her even as she's making a total hash of things

I love her writing it's beautiful but the fact that this book lacked a central Focus in the way that her other two books didn't and the fact that I am just really not in the mood to read these quiet reflective books that are centered around the natural world right now it didn't really agree with me

there was so much interesting food for thought in this book so many interesting things to chew on I'm going to be think thinking about this one for a long time to come

this is just way more of a quiet introspective book than I was in the mood for and again it was so different than what I was expecting

I personally found that there were far too many casual pop culture references it really disrupted the flow of the history

part one of this was shocking part two I feel like I barely understood

honestly I found this one to be a bit of a slog largely because of the writing it's very stilted very choppy

this one just didn't have a lot of plot beyond what I've already said and also I just didn't like it

this book is messy but it's messy in the way that life is messy

this was decent there were things to like in here but it wasn't all that memorable and I don't really feel inspired to keep going with the series

it didn't quite make my top non-fiction books of the year list I had a very strong list this year but I think if I would have made it an honorable mentions list this probably would have been on it just very well done

I love spana alexovich secondhand time was brilliant

I think the best one that I can remember in recent memory that I've read in recent years is the bear and the Nightingale

this is just a really good book if you are interested in the topic you might want to check this one out just be prepared because it's very long

this was incredible but it's going to take me a little while to recover from this