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Today I am sharing the books I read in November.
Here are my 2025 reading goals:
1. Read 250 books. This includes the books I read to the kids, audiobooks, and anything I read for myself. 194 READ
2. Read twelve self-help/education books. 8 READ
3. Re-read twelve books. There are so many good ones I have been meaning to re-read, so this is my goal to help with that! 34 READ-DONE!
I am also participating in a few book-related challenges this year:
1. The 2025 Audiobook Challenge, and my goal is the “Binge Listener” level (20-30 audiobooks.) **I decided to change my goal to the next level up “My Precious” (30-50 audiobooks.) 29 READ
2. The 2025 Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge, and my goal is the silver level which is reading and reviewing at least 25 books off my Netgalley list (I have 38 currently.) 18 READ, 21 REVIEWED
3. The Craving for Cozies Challenge, and my goal is the “Famished” level which is 26-50 cozy mysteries. I have done this challenge the past two years, and it was a lot of fun, so I decided to do it again. 27 READ-DONE!
A few formatting notes for my book posts:
1. I have inserted pictures as well as Amazon links to the books I enjoyed most for the month so that it is easier to read more about each book if you are interested. Hopefully, your local library system will carry most of these.
2. If I completed a more detailed review of any of these books, I included a review link after my comments.
3. If a book is not available yet, you will see the publication date in parenthesis after my comments.
4. I have rated each book using a bold numbered star after each comment.
The rating system is as follows:
*5-This book was so good, I either bought it, or think it is worth buying. I am pretty picky about the books I buy, so this is as good as it gets!
*4-This book was worth reading, but not necessarily worth buying-look for these books at your local library
*3-This book was just OK. I wouldn’t need to read it again.
*2-Don’t bother
*1-There probably won’t be any of these, because if it was THIS bad, I wouldn’t finish it. 🙂
Well, my reading goals for this year were kind of slipping, so I read a TON of books this month to catch-up.
It was a good challenge for me, and I didn’t mind the extra reading time either!
I did have one book I did not finish-Hunting Justice (Elite Guardians: Savannah #2) by Lynette Eason (audiobook.) I am not a fan of serial killer books. They are too dark for me. If I had known that was what it was about, I probably wouldn’t have picked it up (I was just reading through the series in order.) I made it about 40% of the way through, and then I was done.
Here are the books I read this month:
1. Poison in Paddington (Cassie Coburn Mystery #1) by Samantha Silver-I love this series! *5
2. Bombing in Belgravia (Cassie Coburn Mystery #2) by Samantha Silver-very good *5
3. Whacked in White Chapel (Cassie Coburn Mystery #3) by Samantha Silver-very good *5
4. A Mouse Family Christmas by Deborah Underwood-cute *4
5. The Christmas Owl by Ellen Kalish and Gideon Sterer-OK *3
6. Santa Claus and the Three Bears by Lou Peacock-good *4
7. The Christmas Fox by Anik McCrory-OK *3
8. Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve? by Jan Brett-OK *3
9. Finding Christmas by Lezlie Evans-cute *4
10. Strangled in Soho (Cassie Coburn Mystery #4) by Samantha Silver-very good *5
11. Chloe Foster’s Holiday Rewrite (Letters to Mrs. Claus #9) by Britney M. Mills-good *4
12. Stabbed in Shoreditch (Cassie Coburn Mystery #5) by Samantha Silver-good *4
13.The Christmas Cat by Efner Tudor Holmes-good *4
14. An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco-very good *5
15. Killed in King’s Cross (Cassie Coburn Mystery #6) by Samantha Silver-very good *5
16. Murder in Mayfair (Cassie Coburn Mystery #7) by Samantha Silver-good *4
17. Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder-read aloud to the kids-very good *5
18. Dasher Can’t Wait for Christmas by Matt Tavares-OK *3
19. Christmas Farm by Mary Lyn Ray-really good! *5
20. You’re Going to Make it by Lysa TerKeurst (audiobook)-good as always *4
21. Tossed in the Thames (Cassie Coburn Mystery #8) by Samantha Silver *4
22. The Story of Holly & Ivy by Rumer Goden-very good *5
23. Nixed in Notting Hill (Cassie Coburn Mystery #9) by Samantha Silver *4
24. Christmas Wishes and Accountant Kisses (Letters to Mrs. Claus #12)-loved it! *5
25. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) by Rick Riordan (audiobook)-good *4
26. The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown-wonderful! *5
27. Wiped Out in Wimbledon (Cassie Coburn Mystery #10) by Samantha Silver *4
28. Francis Asbury: Circuit Rider by Janet and Geoff Benge-read aloud with the kids-not our favorite *3
29. The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola-good *4
30. Knifed in Knightsbridge (Cassie Coburn Mystery #11) by Samantha Silver *4
31. The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore-good! *4
32. Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long by Sherri Duskey Rinker-good *4
33. Date Yourself a Grinch (Have Yourself a Merry Little Romance #3) by Savannah Scott-OK, I liked the first two much better *3
34. Pete the Cat and the Groovy Playdate by James Dean-cute *3
35. Milk Goes to School by Terry Border-good *3
36. Construction Site on Christmas Night by Sherri Duskey Rinker-good *3
37. Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems-another favorite! *5
38. Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke-love this one *5
39. Thank You, Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson-read aloud to the kids-good *4
40. A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting-read aloud to the kids-very good *4
41. Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin-read aloud to the kids-a favorite! *5
42. Christmas at Red Butte by L.M. Montgomery-good *4
43. My Merry Mistake (Holidays with Hart #3) by Courtney Walsh-good-I liked the first two better *4
44. Matched with My Christmas Crush (Letters to Mrs. Claus #11) by Francesca Spencer-good *3
This month I read five books to the kids, and I read/listened to nineteen books just for me. I read twenty picture books to myself for review.
For the year, I have read twenty-two books to the kids and eighty-nine books just for me. I’ve also read eighty-three picture books to myself for review.
Well, that’s it for today. I will share my December books the first Tuesday in January.
Slow Down, Enjoy, and Create 