November 2023 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

I read 24 titles (1 down from last month, 2 up from last November), with an equivalent of 6,306+ pages* or the equivalent (351 down from last month, about the length of that one book I was short), and gave them an average of 3.8 stars (.3 up from last month). Five 4.5 star books is pretty remarkable–and one of those 5 stars books really should’ve been a 7 or 8.

Going to that Book Faire at the beginning of the month did not help my Mt. TBR at all. I’m not complaining, because I’m really looking forward to diving into those books. But I’m sitting on 30 more unread books that I own compared to last year in my second year of making a concerted effort to trim that number. I realize that math isn’t my strong suit, but I’m pretty sure that isn’t good.

Also, not good was the number of posts I produced. There were several outside-the-blog projects I was working on, but it wasn’t until last night when I started putting this together that I realized just how distracted I was by the outside stuff.

Still, I’m calling this a pretty good/decent month. Here’s the detailed look at November.

Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

	?
	3

Still Reading

Ratings

	2		0
	5		0
	8		0
	4		0
	4		1
		Average =	3.77

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 18
Self-/Independent Published: 6 (eep!)

Review-ish Things Posted

• A Good Rush of Blood by Matt Phillips: A Life at the Cruel Intersection of Bad Luck and Poor Choices
• The Atonement: An Introduction by Jeremy Treat: A Wider Vision than is Typical for this Doctrine
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 38: Operator by R. T. Slaywood: An Overall Lack of Bedside Manner
• Unfolding Redemption by Camden M. Bucey & Lange G. Tipton: I’ve Looked at Salvation from Both Sides Now
• Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty: Not the Sequel I Expected, but the Sequel we Needed
• Grandpappy’s Corner: Noodle Conquers Comfy Mountain by Jonathan Graziano, Dan Tavis (Illustrator): A Little Pug Faces a Cozy Challenge
• Long Past Dues by James J. Butcher: This Series has Legs
• The Mysteries by Bill Watterson and John Kascht: Watterson’s Visually Stunning Return
• The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 39: In The Dark by R. T. Slaywood: Moving Day
• Sundry Notes of Music: an Almost Memoir by Ian Shane: A Life’s Playlist
• How to Be Eaten (Audiobook) by Maria Adelmann, Lauren Ezzo (Narrator): DNF Due to General Unpleasantness
• Ostler by Susan Grossey: An Unconventional Sleuth Kicks Off an Equally Unconventional Career

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th), I also wrote:

• Hey, Anybody! I Have Some Questions about Interviews for You!!
• Archie Goodwin on Voting
• A Few Quick Questions With…JCM Berne
• A Quick Check-In and a Final Plea for Help with Author Interviews (for writers, bloggers/podcasters, and readers)
• LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About Writing in Idaho with Merri Halma
• LITERARY LOCALS: An Evening at Idahope
• BOOK PREVIEW: Glorifying and Enjoying God: 52 Devotions through the Westminster Shorter Catechism
• MUSIC MONDAY: Alice’s Restaurant Massacree by Arlo Guthrie
• LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About Writing in Idaho with Matt Edwards
• Thanksgiving 2023
• MUSIC MONDAY: Elf’s Lament by BNL
• LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About Writing in Idaho with Taylor R. Gray
• End of the Year Book Tag
• Third Quarter Check-In: 2023 Plans and Challenges
• WWW Wednesday for November 1, November 8, November 15, November 22, and November 29, 2023.

Enough about me—how was your November??