december reading wrap*up
welcome to allllll of the books i read (or thought about reading) this past month!
click on the videos to watch each full episode, and all book title links take you to the book’s page on bookshop.org where you can learn more about the book and purchase online: while supporting independent bookstores instead of greedy space colonizers. cool, right?! :D
happy reading and let me know in the comments what stories YOU enjoyed this month!!
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(i still need to see the new TROLLS movie and disney’s WISH, but atleast i watched BARBIE on repeat, right?!)
✨📖 weekly reading book review december 2023: episode one!! 📖✨
here are the stories i gobbled up this week:
🎨 THE ART FORGER by b.a. shapiro
🎬 THE LEGEND OF GREYHALLOW by summer rachel short
i also saw/watched:
🩰 THE NUTCRACKER: ONCE UPON A GREENVILLE carolina ballet theatre procuction at the peace center
🎭 ODD at the warehouse theatre
🎬 ASTEROID CITY a wes anderson film
currently reading :
📕 DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP by satoshi yagisawa, translated by eric ozawa
🎭 STAR-CROSSED by barbara dee
🎧 NIGHT OF THE WITCH by beth revis & sara raasch (audio re*read as i make art! libro.fm link here!)
might read next:
📕 THE WINTERTON DECEPTION: THE FINAL WORD by janet sumner johnson
📕 A MOST AGREEABLE MURDER by julia seales
📕 KISS THE GIRL by zoraida córdova
✨📖 weekly reading book review december 2023: episode two!! 📖✨
here’s what i read this week:
✨ STAR-CROSSED by barbara dee
📝 THE WINTERTON DECEPTION: FINAL WORD by janet sumner johnson
📕 KISS THE GIRL by zoraida córdova
📖 CRIME & CARPETBAGS by julie berry
other stories i’m enjoying:
🎧 the podcast DEAD EYES by connor ratliff
☕️ LITTLE WOMEN directed by goddess greta gerwig
stories exploring in the crayon box this week:
🎬 my fan art ink pieces inspired by THE LEGEND OF GREYHALLOW by summer rachel short
🎨 picture book deep*dive into LOVE IN THE LIBRARY by maggie tokuda-hall , illustrated by yas imamura
(link to december crayon box posts here!)
miiiiiiight read next:
🎭 LIMELIGHT by amy poeppel
📕 A MOST AGREEABLE MURDER by julia seales
📝 FOR NEVER & ALWAYS by helena greer
☕️ GRAVE MISTAKES by kitty curran
✨📖 weekly reading book review december 2023: episode three!! 📖✨
this week i read:
📕 A MOST AGREEABLE MURDER by julia seales (superdeedooper fun locked room/estate mystery a lá silly self*aware austen)
☕️ GRAVE MISTAKES by kitty curran (funny & wise middle grade paranormal mystery drama)
🎧 NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by lisa jewell (eeeep! true crime podcast happening in real*time with curiosity seeds via a “netflix” transcript as we go! my copy from book of the month)
currently reading:
✨ WAND by landra jennings (magical middle grade!)
hope to read next:
📕 ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by gail honeyman (i know, i know— i’m late to the party!)
i’m also enjoying:
🎧 DEAD EYES, a podcast by connor ratliff
and had a movie binge/v. rare day off with…
🎬 BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
🎬 REAR WINDOW
🎬 PERSUASION
🎬 THE PARENT TRAP
🎬 … and am back to watching BARBIE! 💖
✨📖weekly reading book review december 2023: episode four!!📖✨
books i finished this week:
🎭 THIS IS SHAKESPEARE: HOW TO READ THE WORLD’S GREATEST PLAYWRIGHT by emma smith
🇯🇵 DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP by satoshi yagisawa
📀 THE CREATIVE ACT by rick rubin
currently reading :
🎬 BEAUTY & THE BEAST: DIARY OF A FILM by poet & director jean cocteau
watched:
📺 PHINEAS AND FERB: STAR WARS (“none of this is canon, so relax.”)
might read next:
💖 BARBIE screenplay by greta gerwig & @thebaumbachian
👠 SHORT by holly goldberg sloan
🎨 THE MURALIST by b.a. shapiro
hope you had a wondrous year full of magical stories!
as ever, you can peruse my faves on my curated bookshop.org page where you can support local, independent bookstores across the country with the convenience of shopping for books online.
here’s to a 2024 full of even MORE stories and magic!
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xo,
*hallie