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
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
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
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
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:
JANUARY
Fiction:
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
3 / 26
Nonfiction/Poetry:
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
(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
(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!
