Hey guys it's Abi from Autumn of Pellinor and today I’m going to be telling you about the books
I read in December so first up is the song rising by Samantha Shannon I finished this up in December
I read around that in November and around that in December and that was pretty much all in one
day no that was all in one day there was like a couple of these that were in December before that
anyway yeah that tells you how much I enjoyed the end of this book it was amazing this is the third
book in the bone season series by Samantha Shannon so of course I can't tell you too much about this
book by itself but the first book in the series follows Paige Mahoney in London she has in essence
magical powers she's clairvoyant these people these clairvoyants she's not the only one have to
kind of remain underground because it's illegal to be a clairvoyant in this country which is like a
futuristic dystopian version of the UK and Paige is captured they find out that she is
clairvoyant they capture her and she then finds out what happens to those clairvoyants who are
captured by the government and this is the third book in a seven book series so I really enjoyed
it I loved it so so much five stars I need to sneeze and now I’ve said it it's gone that's
rude rude next up is a reread for me this was my reread for the booktube rereadathon and the prompt
was a book that comforts me I was reading the last four months of the year the four books of Pellinor
that's what I was doing so this is the singing this is the fourth book by Alison Croggon
and once again I can't tell you about this book specifically but the first book we follow Maerad
who is a slave in a place called Gilliman's cot basically like in the middle of nowhere
kind of farming situation and she's rescued by Cadvan who is a bard which is essentially
someone who's magical Maerad is also magical and he's very confused how she's ended up in this
Gilliman's cot place and it's basically then traversing the country of the dilemma figuring
out what's up with my rat and this is the combination it's a I would consider it a why
a high fantasy series if that gives you a bit more of context to kind of what's going on I adore it
so so much it's one of my absolute favourites if you can't tell by by the destituteness of my copy
five stats then I read seasons of war by school library pleasant yet another
volcano series all four are in series so again I can't tell you anything this is the thirteenth
book in the scholarly pleasant series I really enjoyed this I think I gave it four stars I did
have a couple of issues but nothing major it just wasn't like five star but I adore this series so
so much the first book was released in like 2005, so it's a while ago now this series has progressed
it's a big series we start off with our main character Valkyrie who is like 12 in
the first book and she's like older than me in this one I’m 24. I think she's like 26.
so that tells you I hit my head that tells you the progression of the series but the first book
is about this young girl and she meets a skeleton detective he is just a walking talking skeleton
and she discovers that there is magic in Ireland that she didn't know about it's written by an
Irish author it's set in Ireland it's like a an urban fantasy it's middle grade technically but
it's very dark for middle grade which I adore there's lots of it progresses as the books
themselves progress it's got 11 plus on the back which makes me laugh because middle grade is like
eight to twelve but it's 11 plus there's a lot of violence a lot of goal there's death
it's great I have a standalone video on the entire series no spoilers
in the video I adore this series so so much and I’m so excited for that our live to come out
in 2021 but yes I’m finally caught up with this series and then the last book that I read in 2020
is the secret commonwealth by Philip Pullman this is the second book in the book of dust trilogy I
believe it's to be why did I hold up two fingers which is linked to the his dark materials books
which were the first books in this overarching series if you haven't heard of it before
either the northern lights or the golden compass will trigger your memory the film was the golden
compass the book was the northern lights this book so the first one in this series happens before the
his dark materials trilogy this one happens after which I haven't been expecting like it does say
it says but I just haven't been expecting it I still expected it to be a prequel
so that was a nice surprise I’m still enjoying it I say still because I have it's going to be
blurry but you'll see that much left to go it's the 29th I’ll finish it I am currently
in the realm of four stars I do have so many tabs some of these tabs are issues I have some of these
tabs are things I adore despite the issues that I am having with the book I’m really loving it
like I have issues with certain things especially at the beginning it's like what is going on
I just had a spoiler I’ve cut that out I need to discuss this
but I’m waiting till I finish there is a video by Eleanor that I’m gunna link down below
that I’m so excited to watch she made this video months ago and I’ve had to wait
until I finished this book and I still can't watch it so I’m probably going to watch it in like
January so I’ll comment on that dust jacket is dusty I mean this is a chonker of a book it is
taking me a while to get through these last 100 pages but if I haven't managed it by the 31st
what I’m essentially going to do is just um while we're waiting for the new year's just sit and read
is my plan just so that it is done so at the moment I haven't finished this but I
will have like I said at the minute if it does continue in the same vein it's gunna
be a four-star read for me it would have been a five-star because of how much I’m adoring this
apart from a few points that I don't want to mention for spoilers they aren't spoilers
in another cells but I just don't want to ruin anything like there's just a couple of bits that
pull it down slightly from the five star but don't pull it down any further for me I am really
enjoying this I still love Philip Pullman writing and I’m very excited for the third book when it
comes out although god save me and those are if I restack them in high order those are the books
that I’ve read almost in 2020 in December hey so it was a really good reading month I mean like
five-star five-star four-star predicted four-star I’m pretty happy even if it wasn't a large number
of books it's a large number of pages I got through some books I’ve been on my tbr for a
while so all in all I’m really happy with how this December worked out let me know
what your last read of 2020 was down in the comments below and also how your reading
went in December thank you so much for watching guys and I will catch you in my next video, bye!