January TBR Pile (16/30):
Book of the Month Club: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell ✓
BOTM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Girly Book Club: The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan ✓
Friend Book Club: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey ✓
OBM Book Club: Invisible Women by Criado-Perez
Unread Shelf Random: Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Goodreads To Read Random: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
Theme 1: Wool by Hugh Howey ✓
Theme 1: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Theme 1: Wither by Lauren DeStefano ✓
Theme 2: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth
Theme 2: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Theme 2: TBD
Carryover: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness ✓
Comics: Daybreak ✓
Kindle Unlimited: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid ✓
Kindle Unlimited: Friends without Benefits by Penny Reid
Library: The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas ✓
Library: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren ✓
Library: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Adams
Library: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
Library: The Toll by Cherie Priest
Library: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang
Added: The Hunger by Alma Katsu ✓
Added: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ✓
Added: Wolfpack by Abby Wambach ✓
Added: Lady Mechanika Vol. 4 ✓
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:
Book of the Month Club: Bringing Down the Duke by Eva Dunmore
Girly Book Club: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Friend Book Club: Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
OBM Book Club (Jan): Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
OBM Book Club (Feb): The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Unread Shelf Random (Feb): Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Goodreads To Read Random (Feb): The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London
TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn
Theme 1: Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Theme 1: The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London
Theme 1: ???
Theme 2: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Theme 2: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Theme 2: Kindred by Octavia Butler
Comic: The Complete Phonogram
Ebook: Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid
Library: Drive Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler
Library Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Series: Fever by Lauren DeStefano
Carryover: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Nonfiction: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
Nonfiction: Mississippi River Tragedies by Christine A. Klein, Sandra B. Zellmer
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:
