Of Butterflies and Books

Hello, my fellow readers, somehow it's December. It's always interesting when coming up with monthly or seasonal TBRs because if I haven't said the words, I'm very much a mood reader, and different months or seasons throughout the year evoke different moods for reading. Fall is always in this interesting in-between where I want to read and/or continue the major book releases in summer while shifting into more paranormal, fantasy, or mystery/thriller reads that give you that spine-tingling feeling of the fall season. Winter, for me, is still in that realm because I do still to a degree have an interest in reading all of those genres and more, but I think I am definitely, as evidenced by my current TBR, looking to have most of my books be in a more cozy mood.   So to start, and I should add there may be repeats for some lists such as my TBR games because the TBR deities were somewhat kind to me this month with the prompts I got.  So first for my monthly book challenge ...

  November TBR         It's hard to believe it's here, but November is upon us which means it's time for my November TBR.           I have two TBR games that help me get through my endless TBR. The first game is one I've named Shuffle. I use playing cards and assign general prompts to each suit's numbered cards, including 1 high-ranked card such as the King, Queen, Jack, Ace, and the Joker. I use the Joker as a wild card, if I choose to, I can replace a prompt that was picked with the prompt assigned to the Joker unless I'm not able to because if I don't complete the current month's TBR. I also have an additional part of my TBR game: for every 2 books read, I give myself 1 book credit for a future book purchase.          The books I have for this month for this TBR game are: Heart of a Monster by Shain Rose  Franklin by Billie Lustig  Pawn's Gambit by Rob J. Hayes  The Princess and the R...