January 2023 Wrap

January TBR Pile (25/29):

1. Bookworms BC: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt ✓
2. Bookworms BC: Come as You Are by Jess K Hardy
3. Friend BC: Paradise Falls by Keith O’Brien ✓
4. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon ✓
5. Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: TBD
6. Kid Read Aloud: Chains by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
7. Kid Read Aloud: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George ✓
8. Kid Read Aloud: The Year of the Dog by Grave Lin ✓
9. Kid Read Aloud: The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dagliesh ✓
10. Kid Book Club: Samantha Spinner and the Super Secret Plans by Russell Ginns ✓
11. Kid Book Club: Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
12. Winter Read: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
13. Romance: Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert ✓
14. Romance: The Deal by Elle Kennedy ✓
15. Romance: Misadventures of a Curvy Girl by Sierra Simone ✓
16. Romance: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey ✓
17. Romance: Priest by Sierra Simone ✓
18. Mystery: Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter ✓
19. Mystery: The Dire King by William Ritter ✓
20. Comics: Ducks by Kate Beaton ✓
21. Comics: The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona ✓
22. Comics: Lore, Olympus Vol. 3 by Rachel Smythe ✓
23. Comics: Lady Mechanika Vol. 7 ✓
24. Comics: The Dollhouse Family ✓
25. Short Stories: The End and Other Beginnings by Veronica Roth ✓
26. Paranormal Romance: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost ✓
27. Paranormal Romance: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost ✓
28. Paranormal Romance: At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost ✓
29. Nonfiction: A Literary Education by Emily Cook ✓
30. MG: Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 7960 pages Pages Remaining: 352,425 pages

Current Read - Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack; The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Snagu Mandanna

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (3)

• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - I had to grab this one for book club as the library holds were ridiculously long…
• Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo - BOTM pick and second in the Alex Stern series.
• An Endless Fire by Rebecca Ross - BOTM add-on.

UnRead Shelf Progress - In January, I always double check my numbers and get everything organized and cleaned out. My numbers this month will get very strange because of that.

• Starting Number: 347
• Books Read: 5
• Books Acquired: 3
• Books Unshelved: 0
• Finishing Number: 335

February TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: Come as You Are by Jess K. Hardy
2. Friend BC: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Babel by R.F. Kaung
4. Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC:
5. Kid Read Aloud: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
6. Kid Read Aloud: Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
7. Kid Book Club: Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
8. Winter Read: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
9. Middle Grade: Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
10. Fantasy: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
11. Romance: Never Rescue a Rogue by Virginia Heath
12. Romance: Never Fall for Your Fiancé by Virginia Heath

Movies watched - We went on a big murder mystery movie binge and it was delightful.

• Violent Night - Such a fun action movie.
• The Shape of All Things - J’s choice of a very odd movie.
• Crossroads - Surprisingly good older movie.
• Them! - Love the fun scifi monster movies.
• The Limehouse Golem - Really enjoyed this dark murder mystery.
• The Cheap Detective - Except for a few jokes that didn’t age well, this was a lot of fun.
• Deathtrap - So many twists and turns! So good!
• Evil Under the Sun - Enjoyed this Agatha Christie adaptation.
• Gosford Park - Revisited this great murder mystery movie.
• The Batman - Surprisingly good version of the story.
• The Last of Sheila - Another great murder mystery.

TV Shows watched 

• Letterkenny S11
• Leverage Redemption S2
• Mythic Quest S3
• Lego Masters S2
• Avenue 5 S2
• His Dark Materials S1 (Rewatching the entire series in one big viewing)

Comments - Having a minor surgery and being stuck in bed for a few days did wonders for my January reading stats. I ended up reading 9 books just that week. Beyond that, I’m very proud of reading 5 books from my Unread Shelf (even if 20 of my books came from the library).

Next up on the TBR pile: