All The Book Blog Names Are Taken: 2024

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Nora Reads! December Edition

You might notice a little change here, Eleanor has decided to go by Nora now. One of the things I loved about the name from the start - besides the fact that Eleanor of Aquitaine was a badass queen - is that it is versatile; my girl could choose what she wanted to be called, whether it was Eleanor, Elle, Ellie, Nor, or Nora.

Each month Nora and I share the chapter books we read either together or that she's read on her own. I love that she is exploring new genres and finding new authors to love.

Currently Reading Together

Read Together

Currently Reading Independently

Nora's Independent Reads

Nora's Rereads

Nora's DNFs

None

Do the kiddos in your life have an interest in any of these?

Happy Reading,
Nora and Sarah

State of the ARC #67

State of the ARC is a monthly feature hosted by Evelina at Avalinah's Books - and now me, too! I took over temporary hosting duties back in early 2020. A couple months ago Evelina asked if I would like to co-host and of course I said yes! If you are new to the meme, you can check out the guidelines HERE.

Links go to my review. The majority of the ARCs I receive are through NetGalley. I sometimes find a book or two via Edelweiss or BookSirens. Others have come from authors, publicists, or were offered to me from a publisher who specifically approved me for it on NetGalley; I will always note in the review how I acquired the ARC.

Currently Reading

Gun Barons - May, 2022 (NetGalley)
Urban Nomad - Aug, 2022 (Publicist Gift)
Egypt's Golden Couple - Nov, 2022 (Publicist via NetGalley)
Glow in the Fucking Dark - Feb, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
Let This Radicalize You - May, 2023 (Publisher Gift)
The Summer of 1876 - May, 2023 (Publisher via NetGalley)
The Girls of Summer - June, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
Life in Victorian Era Ireland - Aug, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Kingmaker's Women - Aug, 2023 (NetGalley)
Monumental Lies - Sept, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Clapham Train Incident - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
UFO Science - Oct, 2023 (Author Gift)
The Last Outlaws - Nov, 2023 (NetGalley)
Following Caesar - Dec, 2023 (NetGalley)
God Save Benedict Arnold - Dec, 2023 (Gift via NetGalley)
Dark Parts of the Universe - Apr, 2024 (NetGalley)
A History of the World in 12 Shipwrecks - Apr, 2024 (NetGalley)
Women in the Valley of the Kings - Jul, 2024 (Gift via NetGalley)
The Cure for Women - Dec, 2024 (NetGalley)
Reclaiming the Black Body - Jan, 2025 (Gift via NetGalley)

Finished, Review to Come

American Demon - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)
Nothing but the Night - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)
The Night in Question - May, 2023 (NetGalley)
Expletives Not Deleted - May, 2023 (Author Gift)
The Women of Rothschild - Oct, 2022 (NetGalley)
Dead of Winter - July, 2023 (NetGalley)
Thin Air - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
Let Him In - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
Suddenly a Murder - Sept, 2023 (NetGalley)
After You Vanished - Aug, 2023 (NetGalley)
Tangled Vines - Aug, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
The Clinic - Jan, 2024 (NetGalley)
Last Girl Breathing - Nov, 2023 (NetGalley)
No One Can Know - Jan, 2024 (NetGalley)
Who Haunts You - Sept, 2023 (NetGalley)
That's Not My Name - Jan, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Merciless King of Moore High - Apr, 2024 (NetGalley)
The One that Got Away with Murder - Apr, 2024 (NetGalley)
Win Lose Kill Die - Nov, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Heiress - Jan, 2024 (Publicist via NetGalley)
A Place for Vanishing - Jan, 2024 (NetGalley)
Perfect Little Monsters - May, 2024 (NetGalley)
If Something Happens to Me - May, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Nature of Disappearing - Jun, 2024 (NetGalley)
They Were Here Before Us - Mar, 2024 (NetGalley)
Two Sides to Every Murder - Jun, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Lake of Lost Girls - Nov, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Midnight Feast - Jun, 2024 (NetGalley)
Seasick - Jun, 2024 (NetGalley)
Malicia - Jun, 2024 (NetGalley)
Death at Morning House - Aug, 2024 (NetGalley)
Murder in the Scottish Highlands - Sept, 2024 (Gift via NetGalley)
One House Left - Aug, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Debutantes - Oct, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Blackhouse - Jan, 2023 (NetGalley)
A Few Days Full of Trouble - Jan, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
Broadmoor Inmates - Aug, 2023 (NetGalley)
Worst Medieval Monarchs - Sept, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Society for Soulless Girls - Sept, 2023 (NetGalley)
West Heart Kill - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Rosewood Hunt - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
Through the Morgue Door - Feb, 2024 (NetGalley)
A Midnight Puzzle - Mar, 2024 (NetGalley)
Tudor Executions - Jul, 2024 (NetGalley)
Vantage Point - Jan, 2025 (NetGalley)
Arthur, Prince of Wales - May, 2023 (NetGalley)
Crime and Punishment in Tudor England - Aug, 2023 (NetGalley)
This Book Kills - Sept, 2024 (NetGalley)
Killer House Party - Oct, 2024 (NetGalley)
Great Scandals of the Victorians - May, 2024 (NetGalley)
Under This Red Rock - Mar, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Blonde Dies First - Jul, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Bitter End - Oct, 2024 (NetGalley)
What the Woods Took - Dec, 2024 (NetGalley)
Thieves' Gambit - Apr, 2024 (NetGalley - first published in 2023, received as 'read now' ahead of book two's {Heist Royale} publication in November)
The Blonde Dies First - Jul, 2024 (NetGalley)
Heist Royale - Nov, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Busines Trip - Jan, 2025 (NetGalley)
Killer Her Twice - Apr, 2024 (NetGalley)
Saltwater - Mar, 2025 (Gift via NetGalley)
Lies on the Serpent's Tongue - Jan, 2025 (NetGalley)
The Meadowbrook Murders - Feb, 2025 (NetGalley)
When the Bones Sing - Mar, 2025 (NetGalley)
You Belong to Me - Apr, 2025 (NetGalley)
The Perfect Girl - Nov, 2024 (NetGalley)
Deadstream - Apr, 2025 (NetGalley)
Death by the Book - Nov, 2024 (Pub gift via NetGalley)
White Line Fever - Mar, 2025 (NetGalley)
Manor of Dreams - May, 2025 (NetGalley)
The Secret Year - Jan, 2025 (NetGalley)
Friends - Aug, 2024 (NetGalley)
Women Who Kill - Aug, 2024 (NetGalley)
Lady jane Grey - Aug, 2024 (NetGalley)
The Moat Farm Murder - Aug, 2024 (NetGalley)
Tell Them You Lied - May, 2025 (NetGalley)
The Lost House - Jan, 2025 (NetGalley)
Something in the Walls - Feb, 2025 (NetGalley)
Clan Battles - June, 2023 (NetGalley)
You Are Fatally Invited - Feb, 2025 (NetGalley)

DNF

Review or Feedback Completed

At my best, my NetGalley ratio was 97%. Then I proceeded to go on several binges because I have no shelf control. I am currently sitting at 69%.

How are you doing with your ARC goals? Let's talk ARCs!

Happy Reading
Sarah

Tackling the TBR | Week 48 | Dec 22 - Dec 31, 2024

Here we go!

This is year FIVE of Tackling the TBR and I finally have things sort-of under control. My ultimate goal is to get under 500 books, but I also have to be realistic - just think of all the books not even written yet that I will want to read. When I started this mess I was at well over 5,000 books on the TBR, so to be where I am now is pretty incredible.

I will post on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and last day of the month.

Previous Week's TBR Total: 2,042

Currently Reading