January Book Haul

10 is less than 14, so I'm doing better than the last month. For January, I have my Owlcrate book, a preorder, a Netgalley book, and 7 library books. I have 5 books that I have not yet read - 2 are for this month (February). I have no plans for my two physical books or Netgalley book yet, but hopefully I can get to them in the near future.

PHYSICAL BOOKS

1. Lore by Alexandra Bracken - received Hardcover in January Owlcrate subscription
2. A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer - purchased Hardcover on Amazon
   

KINDLE BOOKS

1. Destination Anywhere by Sara Barnard - received eARC from Netgalley
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer - borrowed eBook
2. Wicked Fox by Kat Cho - borrowed eBook
3. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab - borrowed audiobook
4. The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black - borrowed audiobook
5. Talon by Julie Kagawa - borrowed audiobook
6. The Space Between Worlds by Michaiah Johnson - borrowed audiobook
7. Slay by Brittney Morris - borrowed eBook
   

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

Have you read any of my books?

Books I Read in January 2021

I read 9 books in January.

• The Toll by Neal Shusterman (Hardcover, 625 pages, 2019, YA Dystopia, Purchased) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• Seeker of the Crown by Ruth Lauren (Kindle, 285 pages, 2018, MG Fantasy, Netgalley) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Netgalley challenge, Series challenge
• The Umbrella Academy Vol. 2: Dallas by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Paperback, 184 pages, 2009, Adult Sci Fi, Purchased) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• The Umbrella Academy Vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Paperback, 216 pages, 2019, Adult Sci Fi, Purchased) - 2 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer (Kindle, 464 pages, 2020, YA Fantasy, Library) - 4.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (Audio, 10 hr 9 min, 2016, YA Paranormal, Library) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (Audio, 9 hr 41 min, 2019, YA Fantasy, Library) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Hardcover, 503 pages, 2020, YA Fantasy, Owlcrate) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Owlcrate challenge, Series challenge
• Talon by Julie Kagawa (Audio, 12 hr 32 min, 2014, YA Fantasy, Library) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads challenge, Series challenge
  

Pages read: 2280 + 32 hr 22 min
Pages DNF: 0

READING STATS
BY FORMAT

• Kindle: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
• Physical: 4 (2021 Total: 4)
  
• Audio: 3 (2021 Total: 3)
  

BY PAGE COUNT

• Under 250 pages: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
  
• 250 to 400 pages: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
• 400 to 700 pages: 5 (2021 Total: 5)
• 700+ pages: 0 (2021 Total: 0)

BY METHOD OF OBTAINING

• Purchased: 4 (2021 Total: 4)
• Borrowed: 4 (2021 Total: 4)
  
• For Review: 1 (2021 Total: 1)
• Gifted: 0 (2021 Total: 0)

BY RATING

• 1 star: 0 (2021 Total: 0)
• 2 stars: 1 (2021 Total: 1)
  
• 3 stars: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
• 4 stars: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
  
• 5 stars: 4 (2021 Total: 4)

BY AUDIENCE

• MG: 1 (2021 Total: 1)
• YA: 6 (2021 Total: 6)
• Adult: 2 (2021 Total: 2)

BY YEAR

• Before 2000s: 0 (2021 Total: 0)
• 2000 to 2010: 1 (2021 Total: 1)
• 2011 to 2015: 1 (2021 Total: 1)
  
• 2016 to 2018: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
• 2019: 3 (2021 Total: 3)
• 2020: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
  
• 2021: 0 (2021 Total: 0)

BY GENRE

• Classic/Historical Fiction: 0 (2021 Total: 0)
• Contemporary: 0 (2021 Total: 0)
• Dystopia/Horror: 1 (2021 Total: 1)
• Fantasy: 5 (2021 Total: 5)
• Nonfiction: 0 (2021 Total: 0)
• Paranormal: 1 (2021 Total: 1)
  
• Romance/Smut: 0 (2021 Total: 0)
• Sci Fi: 2 (2021 Total: 2)
• Thriller/Mystery: 0 (2021 Total: 0)

February 2021 TBR & Monthly Challenge

In 2021, I'm participating in Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge (new challenge each month - Feb is Dark Valentine) and The Avengers Initiative Reading Challenge (a year long challenge). 

January was a pretty solid reading month. I read 9 books in January totaling 2280 pages and 32 hr 22 min - my wrap-up will be posted next Monday. I'm happy with how January went as far as my yearly goals that I set for myself. I'm ahead on my Goodreads goal, I'm ahead on my series challenge, and I read both an Owlcrate and Netgalley book last month. I have finally posted my 2021 Series Tracker, so if you're interested in seeing what I want to read and what I've added to that list of more than 50 series...ouch...check it out.

I have fewer physical books on my TBR for the month because I have a lot of books at the library read to borrow and I want to clear out my holds list. My goal for February is 150 pages per day and I should be able to complete all these books if I can do that. I will say that I did kind of struggle with 125 in January, but I'm thinking that I can still do 150. I know I can. I expect that most of these books are going to be high ratings for me.

My TBR for February:

• You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria [Kindle - Library]
  
• The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson [Audio - Library]
  
• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan [Hardcover - Owlcrate]
  
• A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas [Kindle - Library]
  
• Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey [Kindle - Library]
• Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff [Hardcover]
  
• Scarlet by Marissa Meyer [Audio - Library]
  
• Unearthed by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner [Hardcover]
  
• Slay by Brittney Morris [Kindle - Library]
  
• Shipped by Angie Hockman [Kindle - Netgalley]
  

2021 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 8% 
Goodreads Challenge: 9/50 books - 16% AHEAD!
Series Challenge: 4/10 series - 40% AHEAD!
Netgalley Challenge: 1/12 books - 8% ON SCHEDULE!
Owlcrate Challenge: 1/12 books - 8%  ON SCHEDULE!
  What are you planning on reading in February?

Top Ten New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2020

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

1. Lyssa Kay Adams - I fell in love with the Bromance Book Club series in 2020.
   
2. Kevin Kwan - I binge read Crazy Rich Asians and also read Sex & Vanity in 2020. I prefer CRA.
   
3. Beth O'Leary - The Flatshare has such a bland cover and it really took me by surprise.
   
4. Emily Henry - I loved Beach Read so much and I'm looking forward to her 2021 release!
   
5. Jay Coles - It took me forever to get around to reading Tyler Johnson Was Here. I wish I would have done so earlier. One part I really liked was that the mom was really present in the story.
   
6. Brigid Kemmerer - I love fairy tale retellings and was pleasantly surprised by A Curse So Dark and Lonely. Really immersive reading experience.
   
7. Rin Chupeco - I binge read The Bone Witch trilogy in 2020 and was 100% obsessed with it. Between The Bone Witch and Kendare Blake's Three Dark Crown series - I got super into YA fantasy once again.
   
8. Jasmine Guillory - I have read all 5 of The Wedding Date books and they were just a nice, turn-your-brain-off read.
   
9. Roshani Chokshi - I still haven't gotten around to reading the YA books, but I did read Aru Shah and it was really great.
   
10. V.E. Schwab - I think this is probably the most surprising author on this list. I just now in 2020 got around to reading Schwab! I read the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue because everybody was doing it haha. I am definitely looking forward to reading more from Schwab.
    

What new authors did you read in 2020?

Top Ten-ish Books I Meant to Read In 2020 but Didn’t Get To

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

So I decided to not do a Top Ten because I wanted to see all the books that I had on TBRs throughout the year and then didn't read. In the beginning of the year, many of these books were on very short TBR lists and then towards the end of the year, my TBRs got 8 or 9 plus books long. I will say that I was reading a lot this year, a lot of the months I read 9 books. I'm just trash at sticking to a TBR. I'm going to try and get around to reading all of these books in 2021 at some point. Fingers crossed. Three of them are on my January TBR, so I hope that I do actually read those this month!