I always post a lot of reviews in January, and this year was no exception. I posted eleven reviews, and I have quite the range of ratings. My favorite book of the month was Greenteeth, followed by Wooing the Witch Queen and All the Water in the World. I’m linking my reviews below if you’d like to read them!
Fave January book: Hank’s, no doubt. I didn’t love Adrift as much as I hoped to. The protagonist is engaging, the turtles are neat…there’s a message, if a bit muddled (why shouldn’t Nadya resent the river giving her a water prosthetic? McGuire addressed the issue, but she didn’t manage to quite convince me)…but the ending??? I didn’t remember how old Nadya was in Sugar Sky, and how many years she had stayed at the school…so when I read what I read, I felt betrayed. Why should her door work differently from all the other ones? Also, she was as sure as she could be, so the way her “slipping” was explained made no sense to me.
Yes, that ending was weird. That’s one reason I question the series being told out of order. Especially since Sugar Sky came out 7 years ago, who’s going to remember the story?
Awesome reading month! I didn’t quite realize over the course of the month that Greenteeth was your top-rated book, and now I’m even more excited to read it. Hope your February is just as good!
Thanks Lisa!
Yassss to the 5 stars! My favorite of the month was the audiobook of Quicksilver. SO GOOD!
I just saw book two of that series announced!
You had a really great reading month. Mine was a bit slow number wise but I did have some enjoyable reads.
I think my February is going to be slower, but at least I got a good start to the year:-)
My favorite was Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong with several others at 4.5 hearts.
Anne – Books of My Heart
A series I want to read:-)
It looks like you’ve read some fantastic books in January. Your reviews have made me eager to get to Greenteeth & Wooing The Witch Queen in particular. Some of the others have helped me decide whether I should prioritise backlist or new books by some of the authors too. I hope February brings even more fantastic books your way. I didn’t read as much as I hoped in January, I got very side tracked by trying to do too much blogging wise, but my favourite book was Mother Of Rome.
I really enjoyed all your posts in January, so I would say it was worth it:-)
Aww thank you so much
What a great month of reading and blogging you’ve had. Hope February is just as good
Thank you!
I had a slow reading month with 2 books and 1 short story and 1 DNF but 2 five star reads
Two five star reads is worth it:-)
You had a great reading month! Wooing the Witch sounds good. My fav read for January was Night Shift by SK. Happy February!
Thanks, happy February!
That’s awesome!
Thanks!
I’m hoping to have some time to check out your reviews at home this week, since the stupid school internet blocks your blog, lol. Looks like some good reads for sure, here’s hoping February has more good reads!
I have a good feeling about February:-)
Always great to see your ratings skewed to the upper end, means a good month.
My favorite of January was probably the graphic novel, The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn by Tri Vuong. It’s about a paranormal investigator who’s really just a floating skull, and some of the interesting situations he gets himself into. Lots of fun.
I just checked it out on Goodreads and it sounds great!
Wow, eleven! I am so impressed, haha. So many of the books you read are on my TBR and I’m hoping I’ll have a chance to pick them up. It’s nice that you have so many 4-5 stars, that always makes for a nice reading month.
That’s a strong start to the year!
what a great month. I need to look at Green Teeth.
Lynn