LAST. NOW. NEXT.
NUMBER THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR
JANUARY READING UPDATE
TELL ME TUESDAY is a floating feature, depending on your reading style, where you tell us what you read last, what you are reading now, what you will be reading next from your tbr pile, and why. I am curious why people read what they read, so tell me!
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★★★★
MIDDLE GRADE
DRAGON RIDER SERIES ONE
FANTASY
FOUND FAMILY
Published 1997 - Library Overdrive Borrow
This is one of those books that straddles the line between MG and YA. It would be a good family read-aloud book for Middle Grade aged readers, and younger teens.
(2.5)
ADULT FICTION
SERIES ONE
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
WITCHES
VAMPIRES
Published 2017 - Own Ebook
The premise is great, but the writing just didn't support it and there were too many errors.
★★★★★
NONFICTION
MEMOIR
ALS
Published 1997 - Library Overdrive Borrow
Everyone needs to read this book!
★★
(1.5)
ADULT FICTION
STANDALONE
ROMANCE
GHANAIAN CULTURE
RACE RELATIONS
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH
Published January 21st 2023 - NetGalley ARC
If they were publicizing this as the Romance Novel that it is, and not Women's Fiction, I wouldn't have requested a review copy, but then again... if I hadn't read it I wouldn't have been able to point out all the mental health misinformation in the story. I read a similar book right afterward that was so strong and on point I wanted to change this rating to one star in comparison. When will publishers realize trying to pass off typical Romance as Women's Fiction and Historical Fiction will backfire in the long run.
★★★★★
ADULT FICTION
STANDALONE
KENYAN CULTURE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
RACISM
RACE RELATIONS
CLASSISM
MENTAL HEALTH
Publishes May 2nd 2023- NetGalley ARC
This story was so good and so strong, and the writing was wonderful. It was one of those books that when I next sat down to read I was sad I wasn't reading it any longer.
ADULT FICTION
WAYFARERS SERIES ONE
SCIENCE FICTION
FOUND FAMILY
Published 2014 - Own Ebook
I am still chugging along with my buddy re-read of this with Greg from Book Haven, and Liis from Cover to Cover.
ADULT FICTION
SERIES ONE
FANTASY
Published February 2022 - Libby Borrow
I was not sure how I was going to like this book after I read it's so-called Sci-Fi counterpart, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, because I loathed the Chambers book, but this one is delightful. It has a simple, yet interesting, storyline so it's not one of those new trendy "no plot, all vibes" books, and although there is basically zero world-building the characters are so charming it really doesn't matter. I couldn't read a steady diet of this type of book, but it's been a great palate cleanser after the emotional rollercoaster ride of the last book I finished. Plus, there's no what I call "Millennial stroking" in it; there was a ton of Millennial stroking in the Chambers book. It's also not drowning in obscenities like a lot of new Fantasy. I wish they would make a video game based on this story.
JANUARY READING WRAP-UP
ADULT FICTION
STANDALONE
HISTORICAL FICTION
BIBLICAL TIMES
FEMINISM
Published 1997 - Hoopla Borrow
This will be my first book for Women's History Month. The author graduated from our local university.
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BOOKS READ
FOUR
ARCS
NONE
PHYSICAL BOOKS
NONE
EBOOKS
ONE
AUDIOBOOKS
THREE
MANGA - GRAPHIC NOVELS - COMICS
ONE
MIDDLE GRADE
TWO
YOUNG ADULT
NONE
ADULT FICTION
TWO
NONFICTION
NONE
RE-READ
NONE
FAVORITE JANUARY READ
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2023
YEAR TO DATE TOTALS
BOOKS READ
4
(I'm still trying to only read one book a week)
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NONFICTION 0/6
MIDDLE GRADE 2/6
NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST NATIONS AUTHORS 0/6
BACKLIST ARCS 0/6
CLASSICS 0/3
RE-READS 0/3
FREEBIES/99¢ KINDLE BOOKS 0/12
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MIDDLE GRADE - 2
YOUNG ADULT - 0
ADULT FICTION - 2
NONFICTION - 0
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GRAPHIC NOVELS - 1
AUDIOBOOKS - 3
EBOOKS - 1
PHYSICAL COPIES - 0
BORROWED - 4
ARCS - 0
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