GOODBYE JANUARY!
Hello readers!
Another month has hit the dust but I at least knocked a lot of books off my TBR pile/list.
It's been pretty cold at least once a week in January this year so we spent a lot of time indoors but also went on a few great hikes and spent a lot of the warmer hours in the garden prepping for Spring.
Back to the books:
I read 20 books this month!
Wow, that seems like a lot!
How'd I do it?
Audiobooks! Graphic novels! Poetry!
Audiobooks have really changed how I read and focus on reading. I can get through way more reads without getting sidetracked or ending up in a slump. And I can listen while busy with other things so I have MORE time to read this way!
Woot! Win-win!
What I read this month:
FICTION READS
Hello readers!
Another month has hit the dust but I at least knocked a lot of books off my TBR pile/list.
It's been pretty cold at least once a week in January this year so we spent a lot of time indoors but also went on a few great hikes and spent a lot of the warmer hours in the garden prepping for Spring.
Back to the books:
I read 20 books this month!
Wow, that seems like a lot!
How'd I do it?
Audiobooks! Graphic novels! Poetry!
Audiobooks have really changed how I read and focus on reading. I can get through way more reads without getting sidetracked or ending up in a slump. And I can listen while busy with other things so I have MORE time to read this way!
Woot! Win-win!
What I read this month:
FICTION READS
The Book Eater by Sunyi Dean (Adult Fantasy Horror)
Anna and the Swallow Man (YA Historical Fiction)
Amari and the Great Game (#2) by B.B. Alston (MG Fantasy)
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (YA Fantasy Horror)
Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders by Ransom Riggs (YA Paranormal Fantasy)
The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne (Adult Hist Fic)
What We Saw by Mary Downing Hahn (MG Mystery Thriller)
Odder by Katherine Applegate (MG)
GRAPHIC NOVELS READ IN JAN
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (NF memoir)
Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) by Kathleen Gros (Retelling)
Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir (Retelling)
Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne (Fantasy)
We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma & Felix Goldberg Story (Nonfiction)
NONFICTION READS
The Princess Saves Herself In This One by Amanda Lovelace
The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One by Amanda Lovelace
The Mermaid's Voice Returns In This One by Amanda Lovelace
The Year of the Introvert
The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
Break Your Glass Slippers by Amanda Lovelace
Shine Your Icy Crown by Amanda Lovelace
Unbreak Your Storybook Heart by Amanda Lovelace
(lots of great gardening tips in this!)
The Story You Need To Tell: Writing to Heal From Trauma, Illness, and Loss by Sandra Marinella
CHALLENGE PROGRESS
ABC CHALLENGE
(My ABC Challenge post)
JANUARY
Fiction:
JANUARY
Fiction:
5 / 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:
AB C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
7 / 26
3 / 26
Nonfiction:
A
7 / 26
BookRiot's READ HARDER Challenge
(my Read Harder blog post)
2/24
JAN: +2
(my Read Harder blog post)
2/24
JAN: +2
Prompt 7: Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color:
~Amari and the Great Game by BB Alston (author of color), narration performed by Imani Parks (person of color)
Prompt 8: Read a graphic novel (if you haven't before) OR read a graphic novel in a genre you usually don't read:
~We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma & Felix Goldberg Story
(I read graphic novels but not nonfiction/history-based like this one)
The52BookClub Reading Challenge
(my 52bookclub challenge blog post)
2 / 52
JAN: +2
(my 52bookclub challenge blog post)
2 / 52
JAN: +2
Prompt 1: Book with a subtitle:
~The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Prompt 20: A book about siblings
~House of Hollow
PopSugar Reading Challenge
(my PopSugar challenge blog post)
Jan: +4
Prompt 8: A celebrity memoir:
~The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
Prompt 14: A modern retelling of a classic:
~Anne: An Adaptation by Kathleen Gros
~Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir
(both modern retellings of Anne of Green Gables)
Prompt 31: A book about a family:
~The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Prompt 34: historical fiction novel
~Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savrit
Barnes&Noble ReadingChallenge
Jan: +1
An inspiring memoir:
~The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
2023 NONFICTION READER CHALLENGE
(my Nonfiction challenge blog post)
History:
We Survived the Holocaust
Memoir/Biography:
The Light We Carry
Health:
The Story You Need To Tell
Relationships:
The Book of Boundaries
The Arts:
Wild Witchcraft
NEW TO ME AUTHORS
JANUARY:
Sunyi Dean
RF Kuang
Robin Ha
Gavriel Savit
Melissa Urban
Kathleen Gros
Mary McMyne
Aliza Layne
Rebecca Beyer
Frank W. Baker
Sandra Marinella
Happy reading!
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