Books Read December 2021: 257-280

Ah December, so many books to finish but never enough time. I still managed to hit a few challenges and while I didn't finish all my Europe books on the shelf, I churned through them to the end!

A gentle reminder that all reviews can still be seen on my Goodreads profile (the review will be with the book; the format will be specified unless it's in print.) And the books with green outlines are my 5-star reads for the month! 

 

257. The Women's Coffee Shop by Andriana Ierodiaconou ⭐️⭐️⭐️
258. Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich, translated by Howard Curtis X ⭐️⭐️⭐️
259. Reparations Now! by Ashley M. Jones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
260. Revelator by Daryl Gregory ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
261. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire, read by Warsan Shire ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
262. O Beautiful by Jung Yun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
263. Rise the Euphrates by Carol Edgarian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
264. Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
265. And Then the Grey Heaven by RE Katz ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
266. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
267. Hell of a Book by Jason Mott ⭐️⭐️⭐️
268. Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena, translated by Margita Gailitis X ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
269. The President and the Frog Carolina de Robertis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
270. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, read by Gordon Griffin ⭐️⭐️⭐️
271. Iona: New and Selected Poems by Kenneth Stevens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
272. Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
273. Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
274. Please Don't Sit On My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson, read by Phoebe Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
275. Toufah by Toufah Jallow ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
276. The Pastor by  Hanne Ostavik, translated by Martin Aitken ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
277. Stork Mountain by Miroslav Penkov ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
278. Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon, read by Nicole Poole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Total Books Read: 22

audio: 5
eBook: 13
print: 4

Library: 7
TBR:  3
Purchased 2021: 2
Review copy: 10

Around the World: 12
Europe 2021: 8
National Book Award finalist (long or short): 1
Read the World 21 (UK): 2
Tournament of Books: 4

Memoir: 3
Poetry: 1
Romance: 0
Sci-fi/fantasy: 2
Translated: 3
Women in Translation: 3