Books Read = 17
First month of a new year and I’m feeling like it was a productive month. I managed to post 7 reviews for ARCs (sure 3 were DNFs but it counts!), I finished my Harry Potter re-read that I started back in October, and I read a surprising amount of poetry. It was a fairly middle of the road sort of month where I didn’t love anything but I didn’t loathe anything either. Hoping I can find some to really love in February. 🙂
Posted Reviews
- [6 Jan] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling ★★★★★
- [6 Jan] The Rose & the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh ★★★½
- [6 Jan] The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan ★★★★★
- [13 Jan] All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
- [13 Jan] Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella
- [13 Jan] The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez
- [20 Jan] Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones ★★★½
- [20 Jan] My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella ★★★½
- [20 Jan] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling ★★★★★
- [27 Jan] The Book of Mirrors by E.O. Chirovici ★★★
- [27 Jan] The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church ★★★★
- [27 Jan] Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire ★★★
Unreviewed Reads
Much thanks to Dani for Late Wife and Here, Bullet. Late Wife was sooo beautiful and I’m really going to have to find more of Emerson’s work.
The following are a few reads from the month that I won’t likely review:
- Late Wife by Claudia Emerson ★★★★
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch ★★★★
- The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 1 ★★★★
- The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan ★★★
- Here, Bullet by Brian Turner ★★★★
Best of the Month: The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan ★★★★★
Last month my best of was also a re-read. I only list this one instead of Dark Matter which likely came in second as best of the month because I actually loved this even more than my first read which doesn’t happen often.
Least Favorite: The Book of Mirrors by E.O. Chirovici ★★★
The Book of Mirrors was definitely my least favorite. This one is being compared to Night Film and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter but I just do not see it. Don’t compare a book to another big name title just for interest. Never works out.
Biggest Surprise(s): Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire ★★★
You ever read a book and think it’s boring, mediocre, and you’re not quite sure what the fuss is about? Do you ever down the road try to re-read it and end up with vastly different results? That’s what happened with Rosemary and Rue for me.
Biggest Disappointment: The Rose & the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh ★★★½
This one wasn’t terrible but after I lurved The Wrath and the Dawn, I just had some crazy high hopes that just didn’t pan out for me in this follow-up.
Looks like a mixed bag of books. At least you loved the Harry Potter rereads. I am curious about The Late Wife book. Hope you have a terrific February reading month.
It was an all over the place kind of month for sure. 🙂 Thanks, Heidi! You too.
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Looks like you had an amazing month to me! “You ever read a book and think it’s boring, mediocre, and you’re not quite sure what the fuss is about?” You aren’t going to believe this, but Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. O_O
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^ I obviously have a different opinion now!
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Ha! That’s fantastic though. I always attribute responses like that to my mood since I’m such a mood reader. You just never know when a book is going to work for you. 🙂
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Ooh I need to do a HP reread. I keep saying I should, read the first two or three and then get sidetracked.
I passed by Dark Matter at BEA and I am kinda regretting that now. 4 stars from you and a few other trusted review friends enjoyed it as well. It seems like a book that could give me nightmares, tbh hahah
(I couldn’t even finish TRaTD! XD Hahah I just put it down after about 50 pages and never went back? Maybe one day but I don’t feel too rushed. That whole series felt overhyped to me, sadly.
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Dark Matter was definitely not horror but more science fiction. It was super interesting and while the ending wasn’t as solid as I had hoped it was still super enjoyable.
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