LazyDayLit's JANUARY 2024 Reading WrapUp & Challenge Progress

GOODBYE JANUARY! 

Hello readers!
We are already through a month in the new year.
It did seem to drag a bit but that meant plenty of time to read! 
I ended up reading 20ish books in all!

The breakdown:
10 fiction novels
3 graphic novels (one of which was NF)
1 full nonfiction 
6 poetry collections

That seems like a stellar start to the year for me!


What I read this month:

FICTION READS

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
One For Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
After the Forest by Kell Woods
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Winterling by Sarah Prineas


GRAPHIC NOVELS READ IN JAN

Anne of Green Gables: the Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden 
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Cold Bodies by Magdelena Visaggio 

NONFICTION READS

How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis, LPC (read/listened to entire book)
How NOT To Kill Your Houseplant (referenced!)
The Wheel of the Year: An Illustrated Guide to Nature's Rhythms by Fiona Cook and Jessica Roux (Read/referenced)


POETRY COLLECTIONS

2AM Thoughts by Makenzie Campbell
All Along You Were Blooming by Morgan Harper Nichols
Dream Work by Mary Oliver

Nineteen by Makenzie Campbell
Changing the Tides by Shelby Leigh
Dog Songs by Mary Oliver

Chapter Books Read to My Daughter

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 
(This was a first read for me even though I adored the 90's film adaptation!)




CHALLENGE PROGRESS

ABC CHALLENGE

(My ABC Challenge Post)

JANUARY

Fiction:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
8 / 26

Graphic Novels:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
3 / 26
Nonfiction/Poetry:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
4 / 26

Fiction:
A - After the Forest
B - Bookshops & Bonedust
C - Cold Mountain
D - Dead of Winter
L - The Lost Village
O - One For Sorrow
S - The Sanatorium
W - Winterling

Graphic Novels:
A - Anne of Green Gables: the graphic novel
B - Blankets by Craig Thompson
C - Cold Bodies

Nonfiction/Poetry:
A - All Along You Were Blooming
D - Dream Work, Dog Songs
N - Nineteen
C - Changing the Tides

January TBR Tackle Challenge
(hosted by @booksare42 on Storygraph)

1. Starts with C or P:
Cold Mountain ✔ or Paladin's Grace

2. First book in a series:
The Sanatorium ✔

3. Plants on the cover:
After the Forest ✔

4. Fantasy:
Bookshops & Bonedust ✔

5. Blue or gold on cover:
One For Sorrow ✔

Challenge completed! 


Devour Your TBR
January prompt: Off My Shelves:
The Snow Child
One For Sorrow
The Lost Village
Cold Mountain
Winterling
Black Beauty

BookRiot's READ HARDER Challenge
(my Read Harder blog post)

3/24

JAN: +3

Prompt 1: A cozy fantasy:
Bookshops & Bonedust

Prompt 8: Read a book translated from a country you've never been to:
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten, translated from Swedish

Prompt 21: A book that went under the radar in 2023:
After the Forest by Kell Woods

The52BookClub Reading Challenge
(My 52BookClub Challenge blog post)

6 / 52

JAN: +6

Prompt 1: Locked-room mystery
The Sanatorium
Dead of Winter

Prompt 3: More than 40 chapters
The Sanatorium

Prompt 5: Magical realism
The Snow Child

Prompt 12: Starts with the letter L
The Lost Village

Prompt 24: A cover without people on it
Cold Mountain

Prompt 39: a nonfiction that a friend recommended
How To Keep House While Drowning


PopSugar Reading Challenge
(my PopSugar Challenge blog post)

Jan: +6

Prompt 2: A bildungsroman (coming-of-age)
Blankets by Craig Thompson

Prompt 10: By a self-published author:
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Prompt 12: A book from an animal's POV
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Prompt 20: A book set in the snow:
Dead of Winter

Prompt 35: A book w/ magical realism
The Snow Child

Prompt 38: a cozy fantasy
After the Forest 


Barnes&Noble ReadingChallenge

Jan: +4

Books that have:
Witches: After the Forest
Mountains: Cold Mountain

Books that made me feel:
Cozy: Bookshops & Bonedust
Shiver: Dead of Winter


2024 NONFICTION READER CHALLENGE
(my Nonfiction Challenge blog post)

History:


Memoir/Biography:
Blankets by Craig Thompson (GN)

Crime & Punishment:

Science:

Health:
How to Keep House While Drowning

Travel:

Food: 

Social Media:

Sport:

Relationships:
2Am Thoughts (poems)
Nineteen (poems)
Changing With the Tides (poems)
Dog Songs (poems)

The Arts:
Dream Work (poems) 

Published in 2024:


NEW TO ME AUTHORS

JANUARY:
Marian Marsden
Makenzie Campbell
Craig Thompson
Magdelena Visaggio
Morgan Harper Nichols
Camilla Sten
Kell Woods
Shelby Leigh
Eowyn Ivey
Charles Frazier
Sarah Prineas
Anna Sewell



Happy reading!