November Wrap-Up + It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…

Well. November just flew right by me.

Though it was gone before I could blink, November was a month to remember. I had a lot of wonderful things happen book wise, blogging wise, and in real life. 🙂

In this post, I’ll be sharing how my November went, as well as talking a little bit about the upcoming month of December. I’m so excited for December, I can hardly contain myself. Ahhh!

Throwing all the confetti, because I think my reading slump is finally over!

After last month, when I didn’t even read one book, I managed to read 4 books in November. Not the best, but also pretty exciting for me. I was starting to worry I’d be in a reading slump for the rest of my life.

I was able to knock a few books off of my TBR, and absolutely adored some of the books I read- especially Starfish and Windfall. Possible reviews coming eventually?

Hey, and I got some cute pictures of books. 😉

I just looked at my reading goals I set for November, and I didn’t do so well on achieving them. I’m still happy with how this month turned out, though.

• Read 5 books ❌
• Finish all 3 I’m currently reading ❌ (I DNF’d one of them)
• Choose reading over Netflix more ✅
• Look into ARCs ❌

Here are my goals for December:

• Read 7 books (I’ll be on break for a long time, so I’ll have a lot of free time)
• Review Starfish or Windfall
• Look into ARCs

November was a successful blogging month! I’ll share the posts I did, posts I loved by other bloggers, and then discuss goals. 🙂

Posts I Did This November:

• Why Reading Slumps Aren’t Always Bad // I discuss my opinions on reading slumps and how you can make the best of them!
• The Book Blogger Test// ft. Book Confessions & Recommendations // Another tag, but it was really fun to do.
• 5 Reasons I Love YA Contemporary Books // Don’t you love ’em?
• 10 Tips for Newbie Bloggers {What I Wish I Knew a Year Ago} // Tips! tips! and more tips! A lot of you guys said this post helped you, which made me so happy.

Posts I Enjoyed By Other Bloggers:

• May talked about stats and our views on them, which was so interesting to read and really got me thinking…
• Brooke explained the simple steps to converting your non-reader friends, a witty and hilarious post that I thoroughly enjoyed.
• I participated in the comment-a-thon hosted by Clara, which was so fun! I’m trying to make every week a comment-a-thon now. 😉
• Maddy gave some gift suggestions for bookworms, which was perfect with the holiday season upon us!
• Dani talked about owning multiple copies of the same book, which provoked some interesting thoughts and got me thinking about the books I own.

Of course, I enjoyed many other posts, but these were just a few highlights I remembered from over the month. If you read any great posts, leave the link in the comments!

Looking back at my blogging goals for November, I didn’t do that bad.

• Reach 100 followers. ✅
• Stick to blogging schedule ✅
• Do a tag ✅
• Do a discussion-y post ❌

December Blogging Goals:

• Reach 140 followers
• Winter themed posts!

I’m not going to set any more goals, but I am going to tell you that I have some things planned for this month that I am so excited for! It’s gonna be a great month. 😉

November was just a great month for me! It’s hard to imagine December topping it, but since Christmas is involved, I think it has a good chance.

What Made My Month So Wonderful:

• I had my fall show for dance, which was so fun! It was great to see all our hard work over these past few months pay off.
• Taylor Swift’s new album came out
• I had a week off from school for Thanksgiving break!
• I got to go to my grandmother’s house.
• The weather has been pretty fall-y. And hopefully it’ll get winter-y soon.
• CHRISTMAS IS COMMMINGGG

I hope you enjoyed this month’s wrap-up post! As always, I enjoy writing these. I can’t wait for all that is to come in December!

How was your November? What are you looking forward to in December? Would you want to see a review on Starfish or Windfall? Let’s chat in the comments!

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash >> Credits for the amazing image I used for my featured image!