December TBR
Alrighty then. I've had a nosy through the books on my bookshelves and here is what I have on deck for December.
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton - This is the last book on my 10 Oldest Books on my Shelves list. Once I have finished it, I will have finished that challenge. That will make 2 challenges finished and 2 to go. I'm currently 62% into this one, so it is entirely possible that I will succeed. Also, it counts towards the 50 books from my shelves challenge.
Government Information Essentials by Susanne Caro - I'm slowly making my way through this one a little at a time. This one will count toward the 100 Books Read challenge, but since it's a library book, it won't count toward 50 Books from my Shelves. But, it's for work, so I'll just be glad I can count it toward anything.
After that, it's all up in the air. I will still need to read 8 books to reach 100, which is maybe doable. I will need 10 books to read 50 Books From My Shelves. That's squiffy considering all I have planned in December. Particularly those first 2 weeks. I do have some days off after Christmas, though. Hopefully prime reading time.
Here are some possibilities of books I might read. I ordered the books by page count, and then picked out the most likely ones from there. Not every book with only 200 pages is a quick read. Also, they have to be books I owned before the beginning of this year.
Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford - This is a memoir by a woman whose father spent most of her life in prison. 224 pages. Memoirs tend to read pretty quickly.
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas - I don't know if I'm really going to like this one. I guess it's about a professor who has an affair with a student. She's getting back at her husband for cheating. I may be getting this wrong. I heard good things, but then I don't really like cheating books. So I may DNF this. Maybe this isn't a good one to pick up when I'm trying to read fast.
Growing Older with Jane Austen by Maggie Lane - 240 pages. Of course there would have to be a Jane Austen book on this list.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich - This originally came out at least 20 years ago. It's been updated by the author, but really, not much has changed. 240 pages.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson - I read White Fragility about 5 years ago. That was good, but it had some issues. After I read this, I'll see what people say about it. 246 pages.
The Death of Vivek Ofi by Akwaeke Emezi - 248 pages. It's about the death of a trans person in Africa. It's fiction. Still not easy to read. Good thing it's short.
Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan - I'm just carrying this one over from November's TBR. It didn't get read and it sounds cute. 256 pages.
We Are the Light by Matthew Quick - I have liked Matthew Quick in the past, but now I see this was blurbed by Mitch Albom (ew). I have no idea what it's about, anymore. 256 pages.
Outlawed by Anna North - This is historical fiction set in 1894. Ada is 17, loves her husband and her work as a midwife. However she hasn't gotten pregnant yet, and in her town, barren women are considered witches and they get hanged. She runs away and joins a gang plotting to kick up a fuss and get some changes made, if they don't all die trying. 261 pages.
Less by Andrew Sean Greer - This is about a guy that agrees to a world tour to avoid going to his ex's wedding. 272 pages.
Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen - 1950s San Francisco. A cop gets rounded up in a sweep of a gay bar and loses his job. He gets hired to solve a murder at Lavender house which turns out to be a haven for gay folks. 274 pages.
Nine Nasty Words: English In the Gutter - Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter - Mike gave me this for Christmas last year. 286 pages.
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund - Once again, I no longer have any idea what this is about. 288 pages.
This is not a finite list. I have more books under 300 pages and I might decide one of those looks enticing. Who knows. 11 books in December seems unlikely, but maybe I'll find some graphic novels hiding on my bookshelves that will kick me up.