December 2019 Wrap Up

TL;DR

Olive reviews the books she read in December 2019, including favorites and disappointments.

Transcript

hi guys olive here here today to talk to you about the books I read in December 2019 ah December the ugly stepchild of wrap-up months everyone is so much more excited about all the year-end content and looking forward to the next year's reading than they are about discussing December's reading but I have not missed a wrap-up month since I started d... Read More

Key Insights

• 📔 Olive enjoyed the series books by Beatrice Williams, finding the second book to be more focused on one character but still enjoyable.
• 🫠 "Well Met" by Jen DeLuca was a fun and lighthearted read for Olive, despite some criticisms from more experienced romance readers.
• 👧 Olive highly recommends "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters as a twisty and turny novel, and "City of Girls" by Elizabeth Gilbert for its sexy and fabulous storytelling.
• 🤨 "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson is a powerful non-fiction book about an attorney's fight to get prisoners off of death row.
• 😥 Olive was disappointed by "The Starless Sea" by Erin Morgenstern, finding it self-indulgent and lacking in plot compared to the author's previous book, "The Night Circus."
• 🍃 Two non-fiction books, "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver and "Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything" by Bobby Duffy, left Olive with mixed feelings and were not particularly memorable.

Questions & Answers

Q: What are the two series books Olive read in December and what are they about?

Olive read "The Wicked City" and "The Wicked Redhead" by Beatrice Williams. The books follow two women in different time periods and their intertwining stories.

Q: What is the premise of "Well Met" by Jen DeLuca?

"Well Met" is a contemporary romance novel set at a Renaissance Fair. The main character, Emily, becomes involved in the fair and develops a complicated relationship with the organizer, Simon.

Q: Which books made it onto Olive's favorite books of the year list?

"Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters, "City of Girls" by Elizabeth Gilbert, and "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson were Olive's favorites of the year.

Q: What did Olive think of "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens?

Olive found the story fascinating and loved the themes, but she struggled with Dickens' writing style.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Olive read series books, "The Wicked City" and "The Wicked Redhead" by Beatrice Williams, which follow two women in different time periods, one in the 1990s and the other in the 1920s.

• She also enjoyed "Well Met" by Jen DeLuca, a contemporary romance set at a Renaissance Fair.

• Olive discusses her favorite books of the year, including "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters, "City of Girls" by Elizabeth Gilbert, and "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson. She also mentions reading "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.