Monthly Wrap Up: December
It’s the last day of 2015. Wow. I can’t believe the year is gone already, but I’m excited for 2016. You might remember that in November, I started a Weekly Wrap Up, but that wasn’t fun, for me to write them and for you to read. Instead, I’ll be doing a Monthly Wrap Up. Every month, I’ll make a post summarizing what I read/bought/posted and life and blogging updates, all from the past month!
What I Read
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (reread)
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (reread)
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor
A pretty good reading month. I’m very happy with that amount because I completed my Goodreads challenge of reading 100 books in 2015, by reading a total of 106 books!
What I Bought/Received
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard
Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Through The Dark by Alexandra Bracken
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Binge by Tyler Oakley
Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch
A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston
Yes, this is a lot of books (in my opinion), but it’s because my family celebrates Christmas, and a lot of what I received for Christmas was books!
What I Posted
Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 2016 Debut Novels I Am Looking Forward To
Physical Books VS Ebooks VS Audiobooks
Ava Recommends: Holiday Edition
Review: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 Best Books I Read In 2015
What Are Your Thoughts On Hyped Books?
Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree This Year
So, I didn’t post that much. It’s okay, because this month was basically CHRISTMAS and FAMILY and that’s fine with me. I was incredibly busy, so I’m happy with this amount.
Life/ Blogging Update
I had a wonderful, wonderful Christmas, and I hope you did too! December was a fun, but stressful, month for me. During December, a few number and blogging goals were met, which is so exciting! I’m almost at 500 followers on Twitter, and I reached 100 followers here on this blog! I created a Bloglovin account. I had the most pageviews in all of my months of blogging, with 900 in a month, and almost reached 2000 total!
How was your December? What books did you read? Did you celebrate Christmas? If so, how was it?
Hugs!
Ava
Bookishness and Tea 
Firsts is on it’s way to me and it’s one of my most anticipated books for this year! I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
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It comes out so soon, you must be excited! I hope you love it!
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While I don’t closely follow the Youtube community, I’ve seen a lot of positive comments from bloggers for Oakley’s Binge — and that’s kinda making me want to pick it up haha. Either way, yay for meeting/achieving goals and for progress!
Cheers,
Joey via. thoughts and afterthoughts
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If you pick it up, let me know how you like it! I’m excited to read it (especially because I watch Tyler’s videos). Thank you, and happy New Year!
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Wow! That looks like an awesome month of blogging to me! The Darkest Minds is FANTASTIC. Did you like Shatter Me? 2016 is going to be such a great year for reading! Happy New Year!
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Thank you!! And I LOVE TDM so much!! I liked Shatter Me, but didn’t love it. Happy new year to you too!
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I read Daughter of Smoke and Bone this month too. Very different from what I expected. Somehow I thought it was going to be more historical.
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Twins! How’d you like it? I really enjoyed it.
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Crazy number of books, gal!! Looks like you’re all set to start reading some great reads for 2016.
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I am! Can’t wait to read them (AND YOURS!!!!)
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You read a great number of books and received really good ones too! 🙂 Congrats on reaching your goal and I hope you have fun reading the others!
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I did, I’m so happy! And thank you!!
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Wow that’s a lot of books! Congrats on reaching your goal!
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Thank you! I hope you had a great December too!
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Congrats on reaching your goal, Ava! I am glad you had a good reading month & I hope you enjoy every novel you received for Christmas! 🙂
-Jess @jbelkbooks
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Thank you!! I hope your month went well, too!
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No problem! I reached my goal as well so I guess it was a good month for me, too! 😉
-Jess @jbelkbooks
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