It’s Christmas Day, and it’s also time to review my reading from the last month of 2016. It was a busy one!
However and whatever you celebrate, I hope your holidays have been joyful, and I hope you can enjoy some wintry reading time. After an extremely hectic and stressful fall, there’s nothing I’d like more than to curl up today with a good book.
Reviews
I was amused by the Diary of a Provincial Lady, at least when she wasn’t complaining about her money problems.- The Makioka Sisters was a wonderful immersion in Japanese culture.
- Our readalong of Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick was a great way to end the Reading New England challenge.
- I took a look at the highly giftable Slightly Foxed Paperbacks.
- In anticipation of the upcoming film, Hidden Figures gives the facts behind a fascinating story.
Other Books Read
- The Betsy-Tacy Treasury by Maud Hart Lovelace – Reread
- Jackaby by William Ritter
- Britannia Mews by Margery Sharp – for Margery Sharp Day
- Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
- French Rhapsody by Antoine Laurain – Review to come
- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Other Features and Events
- I hosted the final week of Nonfiction November: New To My TBR.
- Chris of WildMoo Books contributed a guest post on The Institute Library.
- I announced my intention to join the Mount TBR Challenge, reported on the Back to the Classics Challenge, and did my Reading New England Challenge Wrap-up.
Shared in the Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer, the Month in Review linkup at The Book Date, and the Monthly Wrap-up Round-up hosted by Feed Your Fiction Addiction
The Emerald City Book Review Archive 
Hidden Figures is a book (and movie) I want to enjoy. Thanks for sharing your week, and happy holidays!
Here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
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I hope you will get to enjoy it in both forms. Thanks for stopping by!
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I am working on my yearly wrap up too. That and planning challenges, which I don’t normally do, but have decided on just a few this year. I have to check out what your thoughts are on Hidden Figures. My daughter-in-law and I have tossed around the idea of doing a buddy read and then seeing the movie.
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I love year-end wrap ups! I’ll look forward to yours.
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Merry Christmas! I want to read Hidden Figures. The book and movie look really good.
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I’m excited there’s so much enthusiasm around them both.
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I’m always thrilled to discover stories of unsung historical figures, especially women. Young people especially need stories like this – stories of pioneering women. I’m so glad their stories are finally coming to light. Goodness knows we need more stories of everyday strength, resilience and courage. Can’t wait for the movie!!
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You’re right, it’s incredibly important to bring these stories to light. Who knows how many more are out there to be discovered?
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I didn’t realize Hidden Figures was going to be a movie – that’s great!
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Coming to a theater near you January 6!
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You did great for a holiday month! Happy 2017!
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Thanks Freda, Happy New Year to you.
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Merry Christmas! I am toodling along trying to wrap up all my 2016 things and get some January posts and reviews done. I am looking forward to Hidden Figures.
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There’s a lot to do at this time of year….and a lot to look forward to.
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I hope you have had plenty of time to curl up with a good book over the holidays, after a hectic and stressful time before hand you deserve it 🙂
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Thanks, Jessica – I did get some good reading in, including my Discworld binge.
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You read some great books this month! I want to read Hidden Figures before I see the movie. It looks really good!
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I definitely recommend doing that.
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Good luck for your challenges. You are braver than I am – I have only been able to stick to the GR Challenge
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Thanks! I may totally lose steam partway through the year, but at the moment I’m excited for all of these.
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I’m excited for the Mt. TBR challenge as well. I’m going to try to get through a bunch of those books I added to my classroom library last summer, so I can make better recommendations to students. Guards! Guards! is amongst my favorite Discworld novels, and I can’t wait to see Hidden Figures.
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I want to read through the rest of the Watch sequence now. Do you know about the Discworldathon hosted by Armchair by the Sea?
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I want to read Hidden Figures and see the movie (I haven’t heard of it before now) and I really enjoy movies and books like this.
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You should have a good time with these then.
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Hope your winter is less stressful than your fall!! 🙂
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It’s looking up in my personal life, if not in the world in general.
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Good luck with your challenges! I’m so curious about both Hidden Figures and The Makioka Sisters; I’ll have to check out what you thought of them. I hope winter is much less stressful for you than fall!
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Those were both very interesting reads. Thank you for your kind thoughts.
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Glad you enjoyed Hidden Figures! I cannot wait to see the movie and hear their story. I’m familiar with two of the actors and look forward to all of their performances. Good luck with your challenges for the year ahead!
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I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’ve heard good things.
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No down time for you, even in December with the holidays! You still had a pretty busy month all things considering. Good for you for reading so many non-review books; I need to start doing that more.
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It was a busy month, but I’m glad I got to fit plenty of good reading in. Good luck with your reading goals!
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