Novellas in November is over for 2024 and I had a very successful month of reading. It even surprised me to note how many books I was able to read and review.
In total I completed 19 novellas, or short books. I DNF'd one book. I reviewed all but one of the books. To my delight I was able to finish several classic novellas which have long resided on my TBR pile: A Christmas Carol, Giovanni's Room, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Turn of the Screw, A Room of One's Own. I read several books I never would have picked up if not for this challenge (All Systems Red, A Strange Library) and found new favorites (Foster, Truman Capote's Stories, Orbital). I even read the best novel noone has ever heard of: Pedro Páramo. It was a good month!
Here are my reviews, many posted in batches of three:
1-2-3: Review batch number one:
A Christmas Carol by Dickens
Dept. of Speculation by Offill
A Strange Library by Murakami
Giovanni's Room by Baldwin
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy
The Postman Always Rings Twice by Cain
10 Single review and group read:
Orbital by Harvey
11 Single Classic review:
The Turn of the Screw by James
12-13-14 Review batch four:
Whereabouts by Lahiri
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by King
House Made of Dawn by Momaday
16-17-18 Review batch five:
Truman Capote Stories (A Christmas Memory; One Christmas; and The Thanksgiving Visitor)
A Room of One's Own by Woolf
Another Brooklyn by Woodson
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