Monthly Wrap-Up: November 2025

I have been feeling a lot better mental health-wise, and you can tell! My reading is up, I'm actually enjoying my books, and I even started writing and posting reviews again! It's been a rough year, but I am trying to let go of things I can't control. There's really no use winding myself up about such things. So I'm just living life and finding things to do that I enjoy. And it also helps that I switched birth control to one that hasn't been giving me completely awful side effects. Lol.

All that being said, this month I read 7 books, which is a total of 2331 pages (about 200 pages MORE than last month!)

• 6 were full-length novels, and 1 manga
• I started 1 series and finished none 😅
• 4 were part of a series, and 3 were standalones
• All 7 were finished copies
• 5 were physical books, and 2 were ebooks
• 4 were 5-star reads (!!!), 1 was 4.5, 1 was 4 stars, and 1 was a 3-star read
• 5 were traditionally published, and 2 were indie published
• 4 were by authors I've previously read, and 3 were new to me
• 6 were adult books, and 1 was YA
• 6 were fiction, and 1 was non-fiction
• 1 was sci-fi, 1 action, 1 high fantasy, 2 horror, 1 self-help, and 1 cozy mystery

Books read this month:

   

I ended October and started November with a readathon. During that readathon, I read The Kraken of Cape Madre, and I fell in love 😍 At the time, I didn't know it was gonna be a sign of good things to come 😆 Anyway, I love this series. It's SO fun! I read the first two books this month, and next month I'm hoping to read a couple more in the series.

I also read a non-fiction book with a bunch of anti-affirmations, and it was honestly so soothing. Lol. It was great!

I also read another Andy Weir book. And while I didn't love Artemis as much as Project Hail Mary, it was still a pretty fun, solid read.

  

And then I fell down the Cosmere rabbit hole once more, and honestly, I'm happy to be here 😆 The Well of Ascension was SO freaking good! The ending was insane and I had to start the next book immediately after. I'm actually reading the sequel (The Hero of Ages) right now, and I am still having the time of my life. Lol.

This probably wasn't a good idea, but I read The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society at the same time as The Hero of Ages, and let me just say, the latter is a masterpiece compared to the former 😅 I just didn't love it. Idk if cozy mysteries are just a hit-or-miss for me, or if it's actually the book. You see how it mentions demons? Yeah, that was backburner stuff. It was disappointing.

However, I ended the month with reading another solid volume of Spy x Family, so it's all good. Lol.

Favorite book(s) of the month:

I refuse to pick between my favorites. I refuse! It's been so long since I really loved a book, and this month I read not one, but THREE amazing books, so I'm not picking between them 😆

Least favorite book of the month:

This book wasn't bad, but it was a case where I liked the premise more than the execution.

Books reviewed this month:

  

Mortuary Manor (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #21) by J.L. Bryan | ★★★★★ Only Rogue Actions (Galactic Bonds #5) by Jennifer Estep | ★★★★⯪ Robber's Road (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #22) by J.L. Bryan | ★★★★★

  

Dark Quasar Reckoning (Friends of a Former Space Janitor #3) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry | ★★★★☆ She Waits for You Beyond the Dark (Death Games #2) by Kristen Simmons | ★★★★☆

Other posts:

October 2025

Let me know what your favorite read this month was and what you are looking forward to reading next month!