Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! How are you all doing today? I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these uncertain times.

Wow, who am I? Three posts in three days? This last happened a long time ago. Another thing that happened a long time ago was a monthly wrap-up. But I’m finally back after a long time non-announced hiatus and therefore I’m back with a wrap-up.

November was also the month of NaNoWrimo, and I am so happy that I managed to write 33K Words. It’s not the 50K but I’m still happy with the amount of words I’ve written in just 30 days. How about you? Did anyone participate in this contest? I would love to hear it in the comments below! 

And now without further ado, let’s start with this post!

📚 – #1 – A Trio of Sophies by Eileen Merriman | e-book (library copy) | Penguin NZ | 228 pages | 4 bookish stars | Review to come

Goodreads Synopsis:

Secrets, lies and love.

Mystery and unsettling revelations keep up the suspense in this page-turning novel.

The last time I saw Sophie A, she was kissing James Bacon. She could have any guy she wanted, but she was kissing an English teacher who was eight years older than her.

Right back when Sophie MacKenzie started primary school, she was befriended by Sophie Twiggs and Sophie Abercrombie. Although they developed different interests, the threesome have stuck together through high school. But now Sophie Abercrombie is not just The prettiest Sophie, she is also The missing Sophie. As Sophie MacKenzie confides to her diary, Sophie A went missing sixty-four days ago and, despite police investigation, she has not been found.

📚 – #2 – Tu comprendras quand tu seras plus grande by Virgine Grimaldi | Paperback | Le Livre de Poche | 480 pages | 5 bookish stars | Review to comme (bilingual)

English Synopsis: (How to find Love in the Little Things)

A funny, moving and ultimately uplifting read from international bestseller Virginie Grimaldi that will enchant and entertain fans of Cecelia Ahern, Jojo Moyes and The Little Paris Bookshop. 

‘Welcome to Ocean View. You don’t know it yet, but you’ll be happy here…’ 

Julia’s not running away. Not exactly. She just needs a break from Paris and Marc and all the sad stuff that’s been going on lately. A little time to pull herself together.

The job offer felt like a lifeline. But now she’s back in Biarritz, suitcase in hand, she hasn’t the faintest idea what she was thinking.

What Julia doesn’t yet know is there’s more to the odds and ends of Ocean View than meet the eye. Behind the double doors lie broken hearts, lifelong secrets, a touch of romance and an unwavering passion for life. And sometimes it’s the most unlikely of places and people who help you find your way.

📚 – #3 – The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai | Modern Love #1 | ebook (library copy) | Avon | 387 pages | 5 bookish stars | Review to come

Goodreads Synopsis:

Alisha Rai returns with the first book in her sizzling new Modern Love series, in which two rival dating app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom.

Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she only swipes right on her career—and the occasional hookup. The cynical dating app creator controls her love life with a few key rules: 

– Nude pics are by invitation only 

– If someone stands you up, block them with extreme prejudice 

– Protect your heart 

Only there aren’t any rules to govern her attraction to her newest match, former pro-football player Samson Lima. The sexy and seemingly sweet hunk woos her one magical night… and disappears. 

📚 – #4 – L’Apprenti Epouvanteur by Joseph Delaney | Wardstone Chronicles #1 | Paperback | Bayard Jeunesse | 275 pages | 3 bookish stars | Review to come (bilingual)

Goodreads Synopsis: (The Spook’s Apprentice)

Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard, the Spook is distant and many apprentices have failed before Thomas. Somehow Thomas must learn how to exorcise ghosts, contain witches and bind boggarts. But when he is tricked into freeing Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the County, the horror begins..

📚 – #5 – Wie die Ruhe vor dem Sturm by Brittany C.Cherry | Chances #1 | ebook (Buddy read) | LYX | 437 pages | 5 bookish stars | Review to come (bilingual)

Goodreads Synopsis: (Eleanor & Grey)

Greyson East left his mark on me. 

As the young girl who first fell for him, I didn’t know much about life. I did know about his smiles, though, and his laughs, and the strange way my stomach flipped when he was near. 

Life was perfect…until it wasn’t, and when we were forced to go our separate ways, I held on to our memories, let go of my first crush, and wished for the day I’d find him again. 

When my wish came true, it was nothing like I imagined. 

I couldn’t have known when I took the nanny position that it would be his children I looked after, that my new boss would be that boy I used to know, that boy who was now a man—a cold, lonely, detached man. 

The smile and laugh I had loved so much were gone, now distant memories. Every part of him was covered in a fresh pain. 

When he realized who I was, he made me promise to do my job and my job only. 
He made me promise not to try to get to know him, not to recall the memories I’d treasured all this time. 

But, sometimes, I saw the boy I’d once known in his stormy eyes. I saw the Greyson who smiled and laughed, who had stolen a young girl’s heart, and there was no doubt in my mind that this boy was worth fighting for. 

I was given a second chance with the one who’d left his mark on me. All I hoped was that somehow I’d leave a mark on his soul, too. 

📚 – #6 – After by Anna Todd | After #1 | Paperback | Gallery Books | 608 pages | 4 bookish stars | Review to come (bilingual)

Goodreads Synopsis:

There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there’s everything AFTER…Life will never be the same.

Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way. But as soon as she arrives at WCU she runs into Hardin, her mother’s worst nightmare. With his tousled brown hair, tattoos and irresistible British accent, Hardin is undeniably attractive but completely different to what Tessa is used to. 

But he’s also rude – to the point of cruelty, even. Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does…until she finds herself alone with him in his dorm. His dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss, something ignites within her – a passion she’s never known before…

He’ll call her beautiful, then insist he isn’t the one for her and disappear without a word. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, but every time she pushes back she winds up being pulled in further still. 

Will Tessa risk everything for someone she can’t trust?

📚 – #7 – Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo | Paperback (buddy read) | Hot Key Books | 417 pages | 3.5 bookish stars | Review to come

Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people…

In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal’s office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash.

Separated by distance – and Papi’s secrets – the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they’ve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.

Papi’s death uncovers all the painful truths he kept hidden, and the love he divided across an ocean. And now, Camino and Yahaira are both left to grapple with what this new sister means to them, and what it will now take to keep their dreams alive.

In a dual narrative novel in verse that brims with both grief and love, award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.

📚 – #8 – Obsidienne by Jennifer L.Armentrout | Lux #1 | Paperback | J’ai Lu | 380 pages | 5 bookish stars | Review to come (bilingual)

Goodreads Synopsis: (Obsidian)

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring… until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something… unexpected happens. 

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. 

If I don’t kill him first, that is.

📚 – #9 – Wild like a River by Kira Mohn | Kanada #1 | audiobook (Bookbeat) | Argon Verlag | 11 hours | 4 bookish stars | no review planned

📚 – #10 – Blutasche: Ein Stephen Lang Thriller by Sage Dawkins | Stephen Lang #3 | ebook* (review copy: Bloggerjury) | beThrilled | 4 bookish stars | German Review

And that’s all for this month. This is a total of 10, TEN, books. I had an amazing reading month. I’ve listened to 1 audiobook, 4 ebooks and 5 physical books. And one of these was a review copy.

What about you? How many books did you read this past month? Please let me know in the comments below.

*DISCLAIMER: A review copy of this book was sent to me by the publishing company in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts were my own!

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