January 2013 Wrap-Up and Monthly TBR

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January's TBR Pile Recap: Books Read and Reviewed (22 books)

1. Wanted by Mark Millar (not pictured)
2. Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (not pictured)
3. Change of Fortune by Jen Turano
4. Locke and Key Vol 1: Welcome to Lovecraft (not pictured)
5. Locke and Key Vol. 2: Head Games (not pictured)
6. Locke and Key Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows (not pictured)
7. Locke and Key Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (not pictured)
8. Beauty and the Bitch by Jasmine Haynes (iPad)
9. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
10. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
11. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
12. Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
13. Chill Factor by Rachel Caine
14. Almost America by Steve Tally
15. The Passage by Justin Cronin
16. Persuasion by Jane Austen (iPad)
17. The Wedding Gift by Lucy Kevin (iPad)
18. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
19. One Day by David Nicholls
20. Thomas Paine by Craig Nelson
21. A Foreign Affair by Caro Peacock
22. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 6823 pages Pages Remaining: 879,232 pages

Current Read -- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Books Won (3)

• Dearly Departed by Lia Habel and Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan from Angela at The Reading Cave
• In a Fix by Linda Grimes from Jessica at Book Sake

Books I Gave Up On (0) -- It was a good reading month.

Challenges Completed -- No yet for 2013, but great progress.

Comments -- A great start to my 2013 reading.  I'm feeling a great momentum.  Now I just need to keep it up.  It's hard to pick my favorite reads for January.  I loved A Game of Thrones, Persuasion, The Passage, and One Day.

February's TBR Pile:

1. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
2. 300 by Frank Miller (iPad)
3. Cowboys and Aliens
4. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein (iPad)
5. Matched by Ally Condie
6. Crossed by Ally Condie
7. Windfall by Rachel Caine
8. Firestorm by Rachel Caine
9. Thin Air by Rachel Caine
10. Queene of Light by Jennifer Armintrout
11. Child of Darkness by Jennifer Armintrout
12. Veil of Shadows by Jennifer Armintrout
13. Chicks Dig Time Lords by edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
14. Stories of Hans Christian Anderson (iPad)
15. Velveteen by Daniel Marks
16. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
17. Terror by Night by Ambrose Bierce
18. The Postman by Brinn (iPad)
19. Fables Vol. 17 Inherit the Wind
20. Book club selection -- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (not pictured)
21. Other book club selection -- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
22. Author event selection -- The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (not pictured)