
And thusly ends not just the month of December but also the end of a decade. Strange to look back and think about how my bookish life has changed in this past decade… but that is for another post.
Today I’m here to wrap up my bookish December; the month in which I took part in my very first Blogmas and posted daily Christmas themed posts from 1st December all the way to Christmas Day on the 25th! For a wrap up of all things Blogmas head to this post.
In total I read 13 this books this month… still down on my average but that’s okay. As I always say I just read where the mood takes me and sometimes my mood is just not all about the reading!
This month I read a surprising number of children’s books! This has been a little bit of an experiment for me recently and I have found that reading children’s literature has been very good for the soul! I’ve been rather more unwell of late and I have found solace and comfort in the beautiful simplicity of writing that is meant for the young…and the young at heart! I read four children’s books in total and rated each of them four stars!
I also finally got around to reading Good Omens which is a book I started in 2016 but DNFd because of a family bereavement that left me not in the presence of mind to be able to continue with such an overtly humorous book…although I didn’t actually find it that funny when I read it this month OOPS! And I had the great displeasure of reading Frankly in Love by David Yoon which was nothing short of terrible! Poor writing, overly packed with ill conceived issues and the reinforcement of problematic ideas… Not cool at all from a book that promised me a great romance!
But this month I also read two five star reads. Both books are non-fiction but couldn’t be more dissimilar. The late Joe Hammond’s memoir A Short History of Falling is a beautifully touching read about a man dealing with a terminal illness whereas Richard Ayoade’s Ayoade on Top is a hilarious book about a dodgy film that he *thinks* deserves a place in the cinematic canon that made me laugh all the way from page one to the end…it’s obviously all rather tongue in cheek and I loved every second.
Here are the list of books I read for the month, click on the titles to be taken to my review.
Five Stars
- Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade
- A Short History of Falling by Joe Hammond
Four Stars
- A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig
- Light Years by Kass Morgan
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books by Charles Dickens
- Secret Friends by Elizabeth Laird
- We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
Three Stars
- The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves
- The Language of Cherries by Jen Marie Hawkins
Two Stars
- Supernova (Light Years #2) by Kass Morgan
One Star
- Frankly in Love by David Yoon
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett
And that’s another month wrapped up. Look out for my reading review of 2019 as a whole coming soon. Until then happy reading and here’s to a wonderful January for all of us.

Sad to hear you didn’t like Good Omens 😦
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I was sad too when I didn’t like it. :((
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You had a great December! I hope your January is just as good!
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Thanks Joanna!!! It definitely wasn’t the worst :))))
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Sounds like you had a great reading year in 2019, even if December wasn’t the greatest! I personally cannot believe it’s 2020. What is this insane world we live in.
I quite enjoyed The Little Prince – I’m glad you did as well!
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Thanks so much Amy!!! It’s crazy to think that we are into 2020 so quickly!!! Feel like I’d barely gotten used to writing 2019 lol!!!! Hope you have a wonderful reading month for January <333
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Oh my gosh same haha! Adulthood is coming up way too fast lol. You too!
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A Boy Called Christmas was a cute one, I read it last year and really enjoyed it. Great wrap up. 13 books is still pretty impressive
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Thanks Destiny!! It was such a gorgeous Christmassy story. Makes me miss Christmas thinking about it <333
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It looks like a great month! 😁
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Thanks Em!!! It really was a fab reading month :)))
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I don’t know how you do it but this is incredible! You were able to write so many blog posts AND read tons of books.
Happy New Year! I hope 2020 will be a great year for you with tons of new favorite books 🙂
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Haha thanks Alex!!!! I’m a great believer in drafting and scheduling posts weeks in advance!
Happy new year to you too my friend. I hope 2020 is filled with much peace, success and contentment :)))) <333
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13 books is an amazing amount. I think I also ended up at 13 last month. I am sorry you had two not so great books and I hope this month is better for you!
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Thanks Dana!!! Overall it really was a great reading month, let’s hope every month this year can be just as good for both of us :)))) <333
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The one and two star reads are not fun BUT there are still way more good reads than bad. I hope 2020 will bring you even more great reads!
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Agreed!! I feel I had a great many more positive reading experiences this month :)))) Thanks Inge <333
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