My Monthly Calendar of Reads:

January Reading Stats:

Books Completed:

• 21 Books Completed! (That may be a personal record)

Pages Read:

• 6,955 pages total!

Five Star Reads (Check the links for reviews!):

• If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich
• Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
• Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
• The Love Songs of W. E. B. du Bois by Honoree Fannone Jeffers
• Verity by Colleen Hoover
• In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Four Star Reads (Check the link for reviews!):

• The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
• The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefteri
• Paper Towns by John Green
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby
• Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater (review coming soon!)
• Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North (review coming soon!)

Three Star Reads (Check the link for reviews!):

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
• Forward March by Skye Quinlan
• Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
• A Star is Bored by Byron Lane
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Two Star Reads (Check the link for reviews!):

• Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

Favorite Book:

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Least Favorite Book:

• Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

Instagram:

• 707 followers by the end of January 31st!
• Started my first book giveaway on 1-29-22! It will wrap up on 2-05-22.

Final Thoughts:

It has been an excellent reading month! I am surprised at how many excellent books I was able to read and how many perfect stories I’ve been able to fall into this month.

This blog (and the affiliated Instagram account) are now one month old. I’m blown away and humbled by how quickly both the blog and the Instagram account have taken off. It has been a joy to share books I’ve enjoyed with my friends, family, and new acquaintances.

I planned more of my reading this month than I ever have before. I barely got through the initial list I made for myself because I kept getting distracted by other books. I took five trips to the library this month and each time I walked away with more than simply what I had reserved from my reading list. It’s a great problem to have, I suppose!

Thank you for joining me on this ride! I can’t wait to see what excellent reads and experiences February will bring!