I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you how busy November can be with blogger challenges, plus life-wise – lots of family birthdays cluster in the month, including my husband’s today. What with a book club social on Wednesday and a belated “Friendsgiving” meal with our next-door neighbour yesterday, it’s been a packed week. Today we had lunch out at a fine dining restaurant in the countryside and I’ve made him a maple and pecan cake. With Advent starting tomorrow, suddenly it feels like Christmas is just around the corner and there’s far too much to get done before the end of the year.
As usual, I come to the close of November still frantically trying to finish the many novellas I started at some point in the month, so although I will post an overall roundup with collective statistics tomorrow, my plan is to keep the final Inlinkz party open through 7 December and continue writing up novellas as I finish them, with next Saturday as my absolute deadline.
Here are some novellas I’ve added to my TBR this month:
Blow Your House Down by Pat Barker, recommended by Margaret (From Pyrenees to Pennines) and seconded by Marcie (Buried in Print) in comments
The Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse, recommended by Karen (reviewed at Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings)
Including some 2025 releases that are now on my radar…
through NetGalley:
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (February 2025)
via the author’s Substack:
Breasts: A Relatively Brief Relationship by Jean Hannah Edelstein (April 2025)
and as Shelf Awareness review options:
The Cannibal Owl by Aaron Gwyn (January 2025)
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica (March 2025)
Whew, six isn’t too overwhelming!
Bookish Beck = Rebecca Foster. American transplant to England. Freelance proofreader and book reviewer.
Bookish Beck 
Oh dear. I didn’t get a Novellas post together. Sorry. But thanks for the mention in your post today. Must Try Harder (that’s me, not you).
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No worries! November is a busy month. But you did add to my novellas TBR all the same.
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Good list. I’m anxious to get the Anne Tyler
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I’m looking forward to catching up on more of your novella posts soon! And I still plan to post one of my own – it just might be in December. I had to make that sacrifice in order to accommodate LW. Lol
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No problem! The link-up will be open through Saturday. If it’s after that, just leave a link on the opening post: https://bookishbeck.com/2024/11/01/novellas-in-november-2024-link-up-novnov24/
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The Anne Tyler’s a treat!
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Glad to hear it! I thought she’d gone off the boil with Redhead by the Side of the Road, but then French Braid was great.
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I want to read the Tyler soon, might pop her in this month. I found French Braid excellent too so I’m hoping this is a return to form. Well done for excellent hosting. And yes, I am reading my most recent blog posts first now as am So Behind!
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I’ll look out for your reaction.
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A new Anne Tyler. I will need to keep a look out for it in the new year. And the breast book. What a cover! HA!
My Novellas in November wrap-up: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2024/12/novellas-in-november-wrap-up.html
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It certainly is a striking cover! I’m looking forward to the new Tyler but imagine I won’t pick it up until pub. month (February).
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Hadn’t heard of the Anne Tyler, definitely one to add to the list!
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Some years ago she said she was retiring, but still she keeps publishing! She’s a reliable author and I’ve heard good things about this one.
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That Pat Barker was so remarkable, in terms of which characters she affords a voice to, but I wonder how much of that will still resonate. I hope you’re able to find a copy. Six is a VERY reasonable number. It makes me think you have just turned the page and scribbled another twenty on the reverse!
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I’m in luck: the university library has it, in an omnibus edition (with Union Street).
No way: NovNov is mostly about clearing novellas from my TBR 😉
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I loved the Hesse and it’s still haunting me – hope you can get to it sometime!
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I’m in luck: the university library has a copy. So I’ll plan on it for next year (which, conveniently, also covers German Lit Month!).
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