Once again, January felt like both it lasted forever and flew by! While I got off to a great start with reading and was doing pretty good with keeping up with my reviews, a family emergency derailed everything. I’m now playing catch-up, but fortunately everything is ok.
This is looking to be another year of really good reads and I am excited to share them all with you. I have some ideas for new features that I hope to implement here on the blog this year, so stay tuned for that. I already implemented one on my Instagram page, so I will start sharing that here soon.
I am once again doing a book blanket. I had such a great time doing a blanket last year and I’m so excited for a whole new color palette this year.
READING STATS:
- Read this month: 19
- Year to date: 19
- The Storm We Made — Vanessa Chan (audio book)
- The Heiress — Rachel Hawkins (audio book)
- Here in Avalon — Tara Isabelle Burton (audio book)
- Northwoods — Amy Pease (audio book)
- One of the Good Guys — Araminta Hall (e-book)
- Only If You’re Lucky — Stacy Willingham (audio book)
- When We Were Bright and Beautiful — Jillian Medoff (audio book)
- The Great Reclamation — Rachel Heng
- The Silence in Her Eyes — Armando Lucas Correa (audio book)
- Agatha Christie — Lucy Worsley (audio book)
- Never Trust the Husband — Jessica Payne (e-book)
- Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge — Lizzie Pook (audio book)
- The End of the World is a Cul de Sac — Louise Kennedy
- The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels — Janice Hallett
- No One Can Know — Kate Alice Marshall (audio book)
- The Amish Wife — Gregg Olsen (audio book)
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles — Agatha Christie
- A Soul for a Soul — Carol Wyer (audio book)
- The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard — Natasha Lester (audio book)
MY TOP 5 OF January:
***I did this last year and am going to continue it again this year, with a few modifications.
- Favorite book(s) of January – these books are the ones I absolutely loved and will be recommending to everyone. They will be staying on my shelf and might even be rereads at some point in the future.
- The Storm We Made
- Northwoods
- The Great Reclamation
- The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
- The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard
- Biggest Surprise of January: I ended up doing a buddy read of The Great Reclamation with a few book friends. This is a book I had sitting on my shelf and I’m now kicking myself for now reading it as soon as I picked it up. It was fantastic!!! I highly recommend it. You can find my review here.
- Newly Acquired Books I’m Super Excited About: This month I received quite a few books I cannot wait to read:
- The Main Characters by Jaclyn Goldis, out May 21
- All the Summers in Between by Brooke Lea Foster, out June 4
- The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant, out June 18
- The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella, out July 2
- Favorite Part of Month – Starting my 2024 book blanket. I loved doing this project last year and I am excited to see how this year’s blanket turns out.
- 5 Books I’m most looking forward to reading next month:
- The Women by Kristin Hannah – This is one of my most anticipated books of the year! KH’s historical fiction books have been fantastic and I have heard this one is amazing! Out February 6th.
- Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita – This is the second book in Iris’s Cara Kennedy series. I loved the first one, City Under One Roof, and have high hopes for this one! Out February 13th.
- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo – This book is not my typical read – mythology with a little fantasy, but I cannot resist. Plus, I just love the cover! Out February 13.
- Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa– I am a big fan of Amanda’s books and I cannot wait to start this one. Out February 20th.
- Ghost Island by Max Seeck– This is the 4th book in the Jessica Niemi series and I am so excited this is finally being translated into English. Out February 27th.
So tell me, what was your favorite read of the month? What are you looking forward to reading in the this month?
