January 2021 TBR & Monthly Challenge

Happy New Year! I think we're all ready for a do-over. I'm excited to start another year of reading and see what all I can accomplish. I ended 2020 with 91 books read and 2 DNFs. My Goodreads goal was 50 - which I hit. I finished 9 series, so close to my goal of 10. I read 16 Netgalley books - 4 more than my goal. I only read 1 Owlcrate book and 1 Owlcrate Jr book - something I want to work on in 2021.

For 2021, my goals are about the same: 50 books total, finish 10 series, read 12 Netgalley books, and read 12 Owlcrate books. I'm participating in Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge (probably all year - I'm obsessed) and also The Avengers Initiative Reading Challenge (a year long challenge). I have decided to track pages read each day and if I want to read all of these books this month, I have to read 125 pages per day. I think I can do it and I'm excited to really push myself!

My TBR for January:

• The Toll by Neal Shusterman [Physical]
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn [Physical - Owlcrate]
• Seeker of the Crown [Kindle - Netgalley]
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab [Physical]
• Wicked Fox by Kat Cho [Kindle]
• A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer [Kindle]
• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black [Physical]
• Talon by Julie Kagawa [Physical]
• Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan [Kindle - Netgalley]
  

2021 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 0% 
Goodreads Challenge: 0/50 books - 0% ON SCHEDULE!
Series Challenge: 0/10 series - 0% ON SCHEDULE!
Netgalley Challenge: 0/12 books - 0% ON SCHEDULE!
Owlcrate Challenge: 0/12 books - 0%  ON SCHEDULE!

  What are you planning on reading in January?

Top Ten-ish Favorite Books of 2020

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. More information here.

Once again, I struggled to narrow down my favorites to just 10. So there are 6 extra honorable mentions :) I feel like overall, I had a pretty good reading year. I have completed reading 88 books - only 2 DNFs. I rated those two at a 1 star. I rated 13 books at 2 stars, 22 books at 3 stars, 32 books at 4 stars, and 21 books at 5 stars.

Top Ten Books on My Winter 2020/2021 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. More information here.

I'm finally making some progress. I used to have quite a few of these in my honorable mentions because I had more than 10 for the list. I really hope to try and add some of these to TBRs for the Words and Whimsy reading challenge that happens every month. At some point in time I have wanted to read each of these really badly, so I have no excuse :)

November Book Haul

I finally had a decently minimal haul month. Only 1 physical book, 3 Netgalley books, and 4 library books. I'm hoping to read one of these Netgalley books and possibly the physical book in December. We'll see how that goes though. I've been averaging about 9 books a month recently, so I'm trying my hardest to read books I'm hauling.

PHYSICAL BOOKS

1. Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston - received in November Owlcrate subscription
   

KINDLE BOOKS

1. A Royal Disaster by Jennifer Bonds - gifted an eARC from Netgalley
2. First Comes Like by Alisha Rai - gifted an eARC from Netgalley
3. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey - gifted an eARC from Netgalley
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab - borrowed audiobook from my local library
2. The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory - borrowed audiobook from my local library
3. Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump - borrowed audiobook from my local library
4. The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory - borrowed audiobook from my local library
   

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in November?

Have you read any of my books?

Books I Read in November

I read 9 books in November.

• Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (Hardcover, 355 pages, 2018, MG Fantasy, Purchased) - 4 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge, series challenge, Owlcrate Jr challenge
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (Audio, 17 hr 10 min, 2020, Adult Fantasy, Borrowed) - 4.5 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge
• The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory (Audio, 8 hr 58 min, 2018, Adult Contemporary, Borrowed) - 4 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump (Audio, 7 hr 5 min, 2020, Adult Nonfiction, Borrowed) - 3 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory (Audio, 9 hr 15 min, 2019, Adult Contemporary, Borrowed) - 3.5 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• The Assistant by John Tristan (Kindle, 178 pages, 2020, Adult Erotica, Netgalley) - 2 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge, Netgalley challenge
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisen (Kindle, 138/512 pages, 2015, Adult Fantasy, Borrowed) - 1 stars | DNF
• Cat's Got Your Heart by Jem Zero (Kindle, 288 pages, 2020, New Adult Contemporary, Netgalley) - 2 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge, Netgalley challenge
• The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill (Paperback, 60 pages, 2017, Middle Grade Fantasy, Purchased) - 3.5 stars | My Review - Goodreads challenge, Owlcrate challenge
  

Pages read: 881 + 42 hr 28 min
Pages DNF: 138

READING STATS
BY FORMAT

• Kindle: 41 (51% for 2020) +3 this month
  
• Audio: 35 (43% for 2020) +4 this month
• Physical: 6 (7% for 2020) +2 this month
  

BY PAGE COUNT

• Under 250 pages: 12 (15% for 2020) +3 this month
  
• 250 to 400 pages: 50 (62% for 2020) +4 this month
• 401 to 700 pages: 20 (25% for 2020) +2 this month

BY METHOD OF OBTAINING

• Purchased: 15 (19% for 2020) +2 this month
• Borrowed: 52 (64% for 2020) +5 this month
• For Review: 15 (19% for 2020) +2 this month
  

BY RATING

• 1 star: 1 (1% for 2020) +1 this month
• 2 stars: 13 (16% for 2020) +2 this month
  
• 3 stars: 17 (21% for 2020) +3 this month
• 4 stars: 31 (38% for 2020) +3 this month
• 5 stars: 20 (25% for 2020) +0 this month

BY AUDIENCE

• MG: 4 (5% for 2020) +2 this month
  
• YA: 28 (35% for 2020) +0 this month
• NA: 1 (1% for 2020) +1 this month
  
• Adult: 49 (60% for 2020) +6 this month

BY YEAR

• Before 2000s: 2 (2% for 2020) +0 this month
  
• 2000 to 2010: 2 (2% for 2020) +0 this month
• 2011 to 2015: 12 (15% for 2020) +1 this month
  
• 2016 to 2018: 25 (31% for 2020) +3 this month
• 2019: 21 (26% for 2020) +1 this month
• 2020: 20 (25% for 2020) +4 this month

BY GENRE

• Classic/Historical Fiction: 2 (2% for 2020) +0 this month
• Contemporary: 39 (48% for 2020) +3 this month
• Dystopia: 1 (1% for 2020) +0 this month
• Erotica: 5 (6% for 2020) +1 this month
  
• Fantasy: 21 (26% for 2020) +4 this month
• Horror: 1 (1% for 2020) +0 this month
• Mystery/Thriller: 3 (4% for 2020) +0 this month
• Nonfiction: 4 (5% for 2020) +1 this month
  
• Paranormal: 2 (2% for 2020) +0 this month
• Sci Fi: 4 (5% for 2020) +0 this month