December List - Closing out the year

I'm behind. Everyone knew that was going to happen. However, I only need to read 18 books which is tantalizingly possible. Difficult but definitely in the realm of the possible. I'm also 6 books behind on my TBR reads and 3 new ones will come out by the end of the month. I don't know. I should probably let it be, but I want to just catch up... maybe it's some kind of flailing at the world and circumstance.

Anyway, I've filled the list with easy things to read or things that are pressing for some reason.

1. Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
2. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (Finished 12/19/2023)
3. The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji (already started but a slow read)
4. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
1. King of Scars
2. Rule of Wolves
5. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
6. Homecoming by Orson Scott Card
1. Memory of Earth
2. The Call of Earth
3. The Ships of Earth
7. Even As We Breathe: A Novel by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (TBR)
8. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (borrowed from Samantha)
9. Descendants Series by Melissa de la Cruz (borrowed from Samantha)
1. The Isle of the Lost (Finished 12/4/2023)
2. Return to the Isle of the Lost (Finished 12/5/2023)
3. Rise of the Isle of the Lost 
10. Walkaway: A Novel by Cory Doctorow
11. The French Girl by Lexie Elliott (Borrowed from Dad)
12. We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds (TBR)
13. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett (TBR)
14. Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino
1. Volume 10  (Finished 12/4/2023)
2. Volume 11 (Finished 12/13/2023)
3. Volume 12 (Finished 12/20/2023)
4. Volume 13 (Finished 12/20/2023)
15. Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto (TBR)
16. Fairy Tale by Stephen King
17. The Impact Cycle by Jim Knight (next semester's text book)
18. Restart by Gordon Korman (Finished 12/21/2023)
19. Teachings of Buddha edited by Jack Kornfield
20. Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (The new Thomas Bedtime book)
21. The Casket of Time by Andri Snaer Magnason
22. The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday
23. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Finished 12/27/2023)
24. Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Vol 1 by Fujino Omori
25. The Story Behind: The extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects by Emily Prokop (borrowed from Bruce)
26. Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (TBR)
27. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
28. Peter & Max by Bill Willingham
29. Fairest by Bill Willingham
1. Vol 1 Wide Awake
2. Vol 2 The Hidden Kingdom
3. Vol 3 The Return of the Maharaja
4. Vol 4 Of Men and Mice
5. Vol 5 The Clamour for Glamour