Top Ten Books on my Winter 2022/2023 TBR

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Oh it's that dreadful time of year where I see that I haven't read anything off my seasonal TBR before the new one is due to be posted. I only get to add 2 books to my seasonal TBR because my brain won't allow me to scrap the whole thing and just post 10 new books. In 2023, I plan to have shorter TBRs and allow myself to mood read which will probably consist of choosing books I meant to read on past TBRs but not feel I have to read specific ones :) We will see how that goes.

1. Always Jane by Jenn Bennett - Leftover from my Spring & Summer TBR - Netgalley book
   
2. The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith - Leftover from my Spring & Summer TBR
   
3. Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings - Leftover from my Summer TBR - Netgalley book
   
4. Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston - Leftover from my Summer TBR
5. The Cursed Sea by Lauren DeStefano - Leftover from my Summer TBR
6. Horrid by Katrina Leno - Leftover from my Fall TBR
   
7. Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks - Leftover from my Fall TBR
8. The Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison - Leftover from my Fall TBR
9. Saga, Volume 10 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples - I have had this on my mind for so long. Had it preordered the very second I could. Received it on release day. And then it has sat. I want to get around to reading it and being absolutely destroyed.
10. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake - I hauled this in July thanks to Netgalley. It's the sequel to Delilah Green Doesn't Care and I know I will love it, so I'd really love to read it. I wanted to read it before it released in November but I didn't get around to it.
    

 What books are on your seasonal TBR?
What books on my TBR should I get to first?

November 2022 Book Haul

I hauled 2 books in November. I feel like November came and went so quickly that I just didn't have time to haul things. I did better about sticking to my TBR as well, so I think I hauled less because of that. I have read The Kiss Curse and I now have read 70 of the 100 books I've hauled in 2022. Leaving total unread count at 30. I still would like to get it down to 25 by the end of the month. However, I only have 1 of the books on my December TBR, so it's unlikely that will happen. I'm still really happy with having read 70% of what I hauled in the year. What an accomplishment!

KINDLE BOOKS

1. Lucien and I by Sasha Clinton
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1.  The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling - borrowed audiobook
   

Tally for 2022:
Total Books Hauled: 100
Total Physical Books: 5
Total Kindle Books: 50
Total Library Books: 45

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in November?

Have you read any of my hauled books?

Books I Read in November 2022

I read 8 books in November.

• The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Audio, 11 hr 25 min, 2022, YA Mystery, Library) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Audio, 9 hr 21 min, 2012, YA Fantasy, Purchased) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo (Audio, 11 hr 49 min, 2013, YA Fantasy, Purchased) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Hauled It challenge, Series challenge
• Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo (Audio, 10 hr 57 min, 2014, YA Fantasy, Purchased) - 4.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Hauled It challenge, Series challenge
• The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling (Audio, 7 hr 45 min, 2022, Adult Romance, Library) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• A Worthy Opponent by Katee Robert (Kindle, 270 pages, 2020, Adult Romance, Purchased) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte (Audio, 11 hr 32 min, 2019, YA Fantasy, Purchased) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Hauled It challenge
• Buzz Books 2022: Romance by Publishers Lunch (Kindle, 352 pages, 2022, Adult Romance, Netgalley) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Netgalley challenge
  

Pages read: 622 + 62 hr 45 min
Pages DNF: 0

READING STATS
BY FORMAT

• Kindle: 2 (2022 Total: 35)
  
• Physical: 0 (2022 Total: 5)
• Audio: 6 (2022 Total: 65)

BY PAGE COUNT

• Under 250 pages: 0 (2022 Total: 18)
• 250 to 400 pages: 5 (2022 Total: 61)
  
• 400 to 700 pages: 3 (2022 Total: 25)
• 700+ pages: 0 (2022 Total: 1)

BY RATING

• 1 star: 0 (2022 Total: 0)
• 2 stars: 0 (2022 Total: 14)
• 3 stars: 2 (2022 Total: 33)
• 4 stars: 4 (2022 Total: 40)
• 5 stars: 2 (2022 Total: 18)

BY AUDIENCE

• MG: 0 (2022 Total: 6)
• YA: 5 (2022 Total: 39)
• Adult: 3 (2022 Total: 58)

December 2022 TBR & Monthly Challenges

My favorite blurb, as always: In 2022, I'm continuing to participate in the Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge (new challenge each month - December is "Christmas Vacation" theme). You sign up and are split into teams and finish books for points. They also have a mini game, photo challenge, and charity challenge to get points for your team as well.

November seemed to have chilled out a little bit which was great and I was able to read 8 books. 6 of those were on my TBR - huge win! I decided that I will definitely be making shorter TBRs in 2023 to allow myself to mood read a little and pick on the fly. This month I have a lot of Kindle reads and I hope now that it's cozy time that I will be able to really finish all of these. I have one physical book and I really would like to actually read it. I've struggled to read physical books for the past few years.

My TBR for December:

• The Midnight Orchestra by Jessica Khoury (Hardcover - Purchased)
• The Delphi Resistance by Rysa Walker (Kindle - Purchased)
• The Delphi Revolution by Rysa Walker (Kindle - Purchased)
• The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre (Kindle - Purchased)
• I Want My Epidural Back by Karen Alpert (Kindle - Purchased)
• The Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison (Kindle - Purchased)
• Undercover Engagement by Samanthe Beck (Kindle - Netgalley)
• A Spot of Trouble by Teri Wilson (Kindle - Netgalley)
  

2022 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 91% 
Goodreads Challenge: 105/52 books - 201% COMPLETED 6/8
Series Challenge: 23/20 series - 115% COMPLETED 9/16
Netgalley Challenge: 19/13 books - 146% COMPLETED 6/8
Haul It Challenge: 35/30 books - 116% COMPLETED 8/23

What are you planning on reading in December?