January Wrap Up + February TBR // The 100 (I’m so corny)

Ah, the new year. It wasn’t bad. I DNFed my first book in a while, found two faves and one all time favorite (which is rare so… yay me) and made moves 😉 . 

But, before we get into it, I have 115 followers. One. Hundred. And Fifteen. I’m still kind of shell shocked, but I did want to say thank you. I never would have believed that I get to that number. So thank you for liking and commenting and the support, It means the world ❤ .

Now, back to wrapping up a month!

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I’m going to be using my rep indicators in my wrap up.  This idea was Romie’s @RomieWeDeserveLove so credit for the idea for these markers goes there!

 = books with lgbt+ representation
 = representation of people of colour
 =  disability rep
  = mental illness rep
 = was on my monthly tbr

 = physical book

📝 = ARC

 

• Ace of Shades { The Shadow Game #1 } – Amanda Foody ✰✰✰✰✰ + review    📝 
• The Lost Plot { The Invisible Library #4 } – Genevieve Cogman ✰✰✰✰ + review   📝 
• A Wild and Unremarkable Thing – Jen Castleberry* ✰✰✰✰ + review 📝 
• Saga Vol. 1 { Saga #1 } – Brian K. Vaughn ✰✰✰✰✰ + review   
• Because You Love to Hate Me – Ameriie ✰✰✰.6 + review   
• Big Water – Andrea Curtis ✰✰✰ + RTC 📝 
• Everything Under the Sun – Jessica Redmerski ✰✰ DNF
• When My Heart Joins the Thousand  – A.J. Stieger ✰✰✰✰✰ + RTC 📝 

*Blog Tour

Bound by Blood and Sand { Bound by Blood and Sand #1 } – Becky Allen || Fragile Chaos – Amber R. Duell

Throne of Glass { Throne of Glass #1 } – Sarah J. Maas || Zeroes { Zeroes #1} – Scott Westerfield

The Lost Plot { The Invisible Library #4 }- Genevieve Cogman || Wonder Woman: Warbringer { DC Icons #1 }- Leigh Bardugo

Ace of Shades { The Shadow Game #1 } – Amanda Foody || Lake Silence { The Other #6 } – Anne Bishop

Ignite Me { Shatter Me #3 } – Tahereh Mafi || The November Girl – Lydia Kang

Artemis – Andy Weir 🎧 || The Girl and the Grove – Eric Smith

Best this month: When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger

I talk about The dreaded reading slump because I don’t just sit down and talk about random rambles in mind mind as much as I’d like to… and I was in a kinda sorta reading slump. I still don’t know if I should call it that. And I got nominated for an award where I get into deep feelings.. and the other is just fun 🙂 .

My reading year is starting out great! I started doing the journal thing and my first book of the year was amazing. And I have discovered a love for the WordPress app. I was one of those people who declared I’d never use it… and ate my words… oops. I also broke the Edelweiss request button and now I’m in trouble…\_(ツ)_/¯ I started a new personal project last month, set to make its debut here on the blog sometime in May… (I feel really weird calling it a project… but that’s what I’m going with).

 

 

• The Prince and the Dressmaker – Jen Wang
• Lets Talk About Love – Claire Kann
• Inkmistress { Of Fire and Stars #0.5 } – Audrey Coulthurst
• Olivia Twist – Lori Langdon
• The Heart Forger { The Heart Forger #2 } – Rin Chupeco
• The Final Six – Alexanra Monir
• Honor Among Thieves { The Honors #1 } Rachel Caine
• Frostblood { Frostblood #1 } – Elly Blake
• Unseemly Science { The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire #2 } – Rod Duncan ( 2018 TBR Pile Challenge )

Best believe on release day, The Prince and the Dressmaker will be on my doorstep. That is my most anticipated read for the year so far and my heart is already pumping at the thought of it in my hands. So, February is the month of love; I’m trying to read books in both of those categories. I’m most likely not going to read all of these books, I’m just putting up there as a type of personal reminder. So, let’s see how this goes 🙂 .