January 2020 Wrap-up

January TBR Pile (16/30):

1. Book of the Month Club: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell ✓
2. BOTM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
3. Girly Book Club: The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan ✓
4. Friend Book Club: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey ✓
5. OBM Book Club: Invisible Women by Criado-Perez
6. Unread Shelf Random: Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
7. Goodreads To Read Random: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
8. TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
9. Theme 1: Wool by Hugh Howey ✓
10. Theme 1: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
11. Theme 1: Wither by Lauren DeStefano ✓
12. Theme 2: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth
13. Theme 2: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
14. Theme 2: TBD
15. Carryover: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness ✓
16. Comics: Daybreak ✓
17. Kindle Unlimited: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid ✓
18. Kindle Unlimited: Friends without Benefits by Penny Reid
19. Library: The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas ✓
20. Library: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren ✓
21. Library: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Adams
22. Library: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
23. Library: The Toll by Cherie Priest
24. Library: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang
25. Added: The Hunger by Alma Katsu ✓
26. Added: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ✓
27. Added: Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo and Jose Munoz ✓
28. Added: Wolfpack by Abby Wambach ✓
29. Added: Lady Mechanika Vol. 4 ✓
30. Added: Lady Mechanika La Dama de la Muerta ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4973 pages Pages Remaining: 565,460 pages

Current Read - Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez; The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara; Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (4)

I took advantage of a special Book of the Month deal and got two books this month.

• Things in Jars by
• The Silent Patient by

I grabbed the Kindle edition of The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey for book club.

And I received Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin from a friend for an exchange.

February TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: Bringing Down the Duke by Eva Dunmore
2. Girly Book Club: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
3. Friend Book Club: Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
4. OBM Book Club (Jan): Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
5. OBM Book Club (Feb): The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
6. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
7. Unread Shelf Random (Feb): Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
8. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
9. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
10. Goodreads To Read Random (Feb): The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London
11. TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
12. Theme 1: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
13. Theme 1: The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London
14. Theme 1: ???
15. Theme 2: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
16. Theme 2: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
17. Theme 2: Kindred by Octavia Butler
18. Comic: The Complete Phonogram
19. Ebook: Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid
20. Library: Drive Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler
21. Library Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
22. Series: Fever by Lauren DeStefano
23. Carryover: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
24. Nonfiction: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
25. Nonfiction: Mississippi River Tragedies by Christine A. Klein, Sandra B. Zellmer
26. Mystery: Queen of Hearts of Rhys Bowen

UnRead Shelf Plans

For February, the prompt is a book gifted to you. I’m putting Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi as my choice. As for the strategies, February is all about weeding out books you don’t want anymore. This is perfect as this month is our moving month. I’m hoping to unload at least 5 books from my currently Unread Shelf.

Movies watched

• Zombieland 2 - Such a delight to watch!
• Strangers on a Train - Great classic Hitchcock movie!
• Double Indeminity - Another great classic movie.
• Freaks - Pretty interesting scifi movie.
• Burglar - J’s pick. I had never seen this one. Funnier than I thought it was going to be.
• Last Christmas - The entire plot was super spoiled in the trailer, but I still enjoyed it.

TV Shows watched

• The Bachelor S24 - Ugh! The manufactured drama this season has been dialed way up. Not sure I like this.
• Doctor Who S12 - Jodie as the Doctor is really growing on me.
• His Dark Materials S1 - Finally! We get to where everything was leading to. So good…
• The Mandalorian S1 - My my that was quite a season ender.
• Below Deck S3 - Guilty pleasure show
• Below Deck: Med S1 - Ditto
• The Good Place S4 - Oh Goodness! I can’t believe this show is over. Love it so much.
• Superstore S5 - Continue to enjoy this little sitcom.
• Letterkenny S8 - Thank you for returning to comedic gold for the second half of the season!
• War of the Worlds BBC 2019 Mini series - I really liked that this one was sent in Edwardian times. Not such a fan of the weird timeline for the present sections.
• The Magicians S5 - I’m really intrigued about where they are going this season.
• The Witcher S1 - We sped through the 8 episodes of this season. Loved it! I can’t wait for season two.

Comments - Thankfully I started out the year strong with my reading. I often top 20 books in the first month, but I’ve slowed down my reading in favor of larger books and specific ones I want to read. Moving to mood reading again will hopefully results in a better reading year in terms of quality if not also quantity.

Next up on the TBR pile: