January TBR Pile (25/29):
Bookworms BC: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt ✓
Bookworms BC: Come as You Are by Jess K Hardy
Friend BC: Paradise Falls by Keith O’Brien ✓
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon ✓
Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: TBD
Kid Read Aloud: Chains by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Kid Read Aloud: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Year of the Dog by Grave Lin ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dagliesh ✓
Kid Book Club: Samantha Spinner and the Super Secret Plans by Russell Ginns ✓
Kid Book Club: Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Winter Read: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Romance: Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert ✓
Romance: The Deal by Elle Kennedy ✓
Romance: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey ✓
Romance: Priest by Sierra Simone ✓
Mystery: Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter ✓
Mystery: The Dire King by William Ritter ✓
Comics: Ducks by Kate Beaton ✓
Comics: The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona ✓
Comics: Lore, Olympus Vol. 3 by Rachel Smythe ✓
Comics: Lady Mechanika Vol. 7 ✓
Comics: The Dollhouse Family ✓
Short Stories: The End and Other Beginnings by Veronica Roth ✓
Paranormal Romance: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost ✓
Paranormal Romance: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost ✓
Paranormal Romance: At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost ✓
Nonfiction: A Literary Education by Emily Cook ✓
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:
Bookworms BC: Come as You Are by Jess K. Hardy
Friend BC: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Babel by R.F. Kaung
Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC:
Kid Read Aloud: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Kid Read Aloud: Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Kid Book Club: Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Winter Read: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Middle Grade: Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Fantasy: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Romance: Never Rescue a Rogue by Virginia Heath
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:
