- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (★★★★☆)
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (★★★★☆)
- If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (★★★★★)
- The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (★★★★☆)
- The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter (★★★☆☆)
- Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (★★★★★)
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (★★★☆☆)
- A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena (★★★★★)
MONTHLY TOTAL: 8
YEARLY SO FAR: 8
January was an incredible reading month for me! Eight books is kind of a record! My average per month is normally something like 4-6, at most, so I’m really proud of myself. I can’t take all the credit, though – most of these books were pretty fantastic, which of course made it easy to zip through them quickly.
There were only two outliers, and even those weren’t terrible! Children of Blood and Bone was disappointing and dragged on for quite a bit, but it was still fun. The Good Daughter, though not something I would reach for again, was nevertheless a page turner. All the other books were pretty amazing; some of them may even go on my “best of” list at the end of this year. January has set the standard high for this year, haha.
Right now I’m reading three books. First is Stalking Jack the Ripper, which is unfortunately not turning out to be as gripping as I had hoped. It’s also a little bit ridiculous. I literally just started Jay Kristoff’s Nevernight, and it’s very weird so I have no idea how I feel about it just yet. And in my effort to read non-fiction and also do research for my book, I’m reading Policing Egyptian Women: Sex, Law, and Medicine in Khedival Egypt which is just so fascinating, you guys. I’m learning so much.
In terms of TBR I’ve already gotten Red Sister out of the library. I also have soooooo many incredible ARCs, including The Queens of Innis Lear, Toil and Trouble, All Out, The Diminished, Ace of Shades, Circe, Freshwater, Girls Burn Bright, and Furyborn! I don’t even know where to begin! Help me out, y’all, have you read any of these ARCs and think there’s somewhere in particular I should start?
Hadeer Elsbai 
Damn this is SUCH a great month of reading, I’m happy for you! Do you want to buddy read Freshwater or Girls Burn Bright?? (I’d say Circe but I want to finish my Odyssey re-read first and also I told Ashley she could read it before me, so idk when the stars will align to allow me to finally read this damn book.)
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omg YES I actually was going to ask you the same thing!! Do you plan to read them both this month, then? As soon as I finish Stalking Jack the Ripper I’ll be ready to start one of them. Any thoughts on which to go for first?
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Let’s do Freshwater first since the pub date is Feb 13 and GBB isn’t until March. Will you be done Jack the Ripper this weekend do you think? Anyway, just lmk when to start and I am on it!
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Sounds good! Yes, the plan is to finish it off this weekend; I only have half of it left and it’s an easy, light read. I will let you know when!
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Awesome month!!! I’m glad you liked Tipping the Velvet!! My library has a copy and I’ve been meaning to read it for ages!!
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