January was a weird and busy month! I moved back in with best friends in their new house, I am on the hunt for an additional job to support myself while I finish out this semester as an adjunct English professor, and I’m seriously loving that I can see the library from my front door. I did manage to read six books (and didn’t finish one). Now that I feel more established, I think I’ll be posting these once a month, and next month’s will hopefully be less sparse. So here’s January’s recap!
GENERAL BLOG UPDATES
Even though I technically implemented it in February, the blog has a little bit of a facelift! It was looking a little plain and impersonal, so it was time for a change. There’s a main blog header, and three headers for the three main styles of posts I’ll be writing. I might get fancier later.
BOOKS READ
I’ve posted a review for one of these, I want to write a proper review for Truthwitch, and I think I’ll post a mini-review recap in a few days for the rest of them.
- The Crimson Petal and the White – Michel Faber (owned)
- The Bad Beginning – Lemony Snicket (owned)
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight – Jennifer E. Smith (Netgalley)
- Moth and Spark – Anne Leonard (owned)
- The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories – Michel Faber (library)
- Truthwitch – Susan Dennard (library)
DNF
I usually try to finish all of the books I read, but this one I had to stop about 60% of the way through. I’ll post more about it in that mini-review recap.
- The Good Luck of Right Now – Matthew Quick
BOOKS ACQUIRED
I am trying to curb my acquisitions, spend less, use my library more, and read what I own, so I’m pleased with this list. I’m still waiting on the two giveaways I won from Goodreads, so if those don’t arrive by this weekend, I’m going to drop both a line!
- 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas – Marie-Helene Bertino (Blogging for Books)
- The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories – Michel Faber (library)
- Truthwitch – Susan Dennard (library)
- The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah (library)
- The Dressmaker – Rosalie Ham (library)
- Eleanor – Jason Gurley (library)
- We That Are Left – Clare Clark (library)
- Far From the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy (purchased)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Alan Dean Foster (purchased)
That’s all for this month. I’m planning on making this short, leap-yeared February a full one!