В ноябре темнеет рано, и мне хочется остаться дома с книгой.

In November it gets dark early, and I feel like staying home with a book.

Breakdown of В ноябре темнеет рано, и мне хочется остаться дома с книгой.

• книга: the book
• с: with
• в: in
• и: and

Questions & Answers about В ноябре темнеет рано, и мне хочется остаться дома с книгой.

Why is it в ноябре?

Because в with the prepositional case is often used for months when you mean in a certain month.

• ноябрь = November
• в ноябре = in November

So this is the normal way to say in November.

What does темнеет mean here?

Темнеет comes from темнеть, which means to get dark or to grow dark.

In this sentence, темнеет рано means it gets dark early.

This verb is often used impersonally in Russian, so there is no explicit subject like English it.

Why is there no word for it in темнеет рано?

Russian often uses impersonal constructions where English needs a dummy subject like it.

So:

• Темнеет рано. = It gets dark early.

Russian does not need to say a separate word for it here. The verb by itself is enough.

Why is it мне хочется and not я хочу?