cozy up and stay inside: it's a november to spend inside the pages

hi, and welcome to our (ever-growing) collection of weekly reading book reviews! assembled here (as they’re filmed each monday) are this month’s weekly reading book review videos: complete with links so you can learn more about each title at bookshop.org.

happy cozy (warm!) reading to you!

xo,

*hallie :)

✨weekly reading book review november 2025: episode one!! ✨

this week, i read:

✨ MY PLAIN JANE by brodi ashton, cynthia hand, and jodi meadows (a.k.a. "the lady janies!" it's [clearn] YA remix/retelling of charlotte brontë's JANE EYRE)

✨ THE DAGGERS OF IRE by j.c. cervantes (fast-paced middle grade magical quest adventure!!)

(i mispoke in the video! this came out in september of 2024; it’s sequel drops shortly! yay!)

✨ THE COOL CODE by deidre langeland & illustrated by sarah mai (middle grade graphic novel)

✨ HENRY VIII by wm. shakespeare

☕️ currently reading:

✨ THE LOST MASTERPIECE by b.a. shapiro (adult fiction art mystery with historical timeline, too!! )

watched:

✨ friday night's episode of 20/20 on the MURDAUGH MURDERS (the new "murdaugh death in the family" show on hulu / based on mandy matney's reporting and podcast … it gave a decent overview … which of course is even more nuanced and wild than what any news show can cover in 90 minutes!! but helped me catch up the hubs with what’s on the podcast i’ve been listening to since 2019..!!

the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-sunlight/id1573560247