Honestly I feel like this month is getting off to a slow start compared to 2014. Although, when you consider last year I was reading mostly YA while this year has been a heavy sci-fi/fantasy focus then that probably accounts for the difference. Because I have so many amazing books waiting in my TBR, it has made me a bit impatient with the longer novels… which is ironic, as most of the books in that TBR are 500+ page epic fantasies. In any case, here’s a look at what I’ve been up to:
Books Read:
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- Reap the Wild Wind by Julie E. Czerneda
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- Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda
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- Hidden Truth by Dawn Cook
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- The Elvenbane by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey
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- A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda
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- Ties of power by Julie E. Czerneda
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- The Young Elites by Marie Lu
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- Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson
I don’t normally read books from the same author back-to-back, but I’m making an exception this month for Czerneda because I’m competing become a beta reader for her next Clan novel. Wish me luck!
Books Reviewed:
The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkowski – 3/5 stars
The Elvenbane by Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey – 3.5/5 stars
Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne – 4/5 stars
And my favorites:
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- Kushiel’s Justice by Jacqueline Carey
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- Reap the Wild Wind by Julie E. Czerneda
Kushiel’s Justice by Jacqueline Carey – 4.5/5 stars
Reap the Wild Wind by Julie E. Czerneda – 5/5 stars!
Other than lots of reading, not much else happened on the blog this month. I did do a
Top Ten Bookish Goals of 2015!
post, which I’ve actually been actively working on. It’s always nice to see progress that the goals you set for yourself. I also participated in a Read-athon midway through the month (and did atrociously, for what it’s worth). It was fun though, I’m totally doing it again in a couple of months.
Oh yeah! I almost forgot: I started a Writing Prompts page and of been updating that on a semi-regular basis. It has been really valuable in getting my creative juices flowing, and I’ve already seen improvement in my novel writing. #win
How was your month in reading/writing?
The Obsessive Bookseller 
My reading month kind of sucked. I’ve only read two books for the month of January and I’ve reviewed two as well. I’ve been trying to participate in COYER (and failing) because the majority of my reading happens at school and we’re not allowed to have kindles, ipads or basically any electronic devices there.
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::Looks up COYER:: cool! I need to participate in that – my TBR is ridiculous. I remember how difficult it was trying to read for fun while in school – I think two books is pretty dang good, all things considered. :-)
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