Looking Back: January Wrap-up

2022 is already speeding by, and here we are at the end of January! I managed to get eight reviews up, although I really was hoping for more, but that’s OK. I’m trying something new this year: I’m making an effort to read ARCs much earlier, and I’m not hesitating to put up early reviews unless the publisher has specifically asked me not to. To that end, I posted reviews for three February releases in January, and I’m quite proud of myself! However, it meant pushing some January books to the side, but I will be going back for those next month. I’m already eyeing some of my most anticipated March releases to read in February, so I’m hoping this trend continues. Tomorrow I’ll be sharing my February reading plans, but today is all about taking a look back at the books I reviewed in January. I gave my first five-star rating of 2022, and the rest of the month was all over the place rating-wise, but wow, I read some awesome books this month! I’m linking up my reviews if you missed any, take a look:

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson

Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester

Deep Dive by Ron Walters

Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

The Wakening by JG Faherty

In Every Generation by Kendare Blake


Have you read any of these books? What was your favorite January read?

Posted January 31, 2022 by Tammy in Looking Back, Wrap Up Post / 19 Comments

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19 responses to “Looking Back: January Wrap-up

  1. i’d love to be able to read my arcs sooner, but we have requirements in nz to only post them after the release date. some books it’s easy (just schedule them and forget about it) but others are hard (mostly when they don’t send the book until it’s released and expect a review asap! sigh!!
    also, there’s a few great looking books on this list!

  2. That really is quite a range of ratings this month! šŸ™‚ My favorite read from January was The Wall, a book from 1963 written by an Austrian in German. I listened to the audiobook and loved it. A single speculative element leads to a fantastic story of one woman learning to survive alone with a few animals.

  3. I am trying to get to my arcs earlier because if I wait they don’t get read. Trying to be better about it this time around…fingers crossed! You had a great reading month!

  4. I’ve also been trying to steal a march on review books. This month I have one more title to read and then will be reading some March books.
    Happy reading.
    Lynn šŸ˜€

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