Sooooo…January 2019 is already over??? What??? Where is the year going??? Already time has passed and I’ve given up on my New Years Resolutions whaatttttt anywaysss
Reading
1. Grace and Fury: 4 stars | I enjoyed this feminist tale of sisters!
2. Six of Crows (reread): 5 stars | This book was amazing the first time and even better the second.
3. The Forest Queen: 3 stars | This gender bent robin hood was a cool premise but unfortunately poorly executed.
4. Crime and Punishment: 3 stars | Technically I started this in 2018 but I finished it this year and it was a monster.
5. The Wicked Deep: 4.5 stars | I loved this creepy paranormal story way too much for my own good.
6. Caraval: 4 stars | This was such a wild ride, especially the ending, and I can’t wait to read the sequel!
7. Always and Forever, Lara Jean (reread): 5 stars | Ahh I love Lara Jean so much and I love this series it is perfection.
8. East: 3 stars | This was also a really cool concept with the East of the Sun, West of the Moon retelling, but poorly written.
9. Waiting for Godot: 3 stars | All I have to say is that this was really absurd.
10. Small Town Hearts: 4.5 stars | This summer contemporary had so much food it was adorable and cute and perfect.
11. The Brightsiders: 3.5 stars | I didn’t love the story itself so much but the diversity in this book is simply incredible!
12. Shadow and Bone: 4 stars | I was so excited to read the original Grisha trilogy after loving SoC so much and it’s great ahh!
Blogging
- I celebrated my One Year Blogivsary this month! I can’t believe it’s already been an entire year that I’ve been blogging with all you amazing people ❤ That was also my best day for views so far so thanks so much for that ❤
- I made myself some pretty blog graphics! As you can see by the yellow flowers in this post 🙂
- I joined the Year of the Asian Reading Challenge 🙂 Check out my sign up post here!
- I posted my list of my Top Ten Favorite Books of 2018! These are incredible!
Posts I Loved
- Margaret talks about her questions, worries, and hopes from a Grishaverse TV show!
- Ilsa talks about how to receive physical ARCs and this post was so helpful THANK YOU!
- Tiffany talks about when predictable books work.
- Aurora talks about why it’s okay to be a bad book blogger.
- Ellyn talks about why we hate ebooks.
Life
- I started my second semester of the school year this month! I’m taking it a lot more easy than I was last semester, and have more time for blogging now as a result, so that’s lovely!
- I’ve been totally obsessed with Ariana Grande like the rest of the world haha! I love love breathin, thank u next, and 7 rings. I’ve basically had her on repeat all month!
Let’s Chat
How many books did you read this month? How was your January? I’d love to chat in the comments below 🙂
You will definitely love the Caraval sequel
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Yayay so excited to hear that!
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If you love the Nordic legend East of the Sun, West of the Moon and was disappointed with West can I suggest Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George? It’s basically a straight expansion and retelling of the original tale and it’s one of my favorites. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read it! The author actually studied Scandinavian mythology at University and had a passion for Norway and the tale and it’s evident in every line. 🙂
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Ooh that sounds fantastic! Thanks so much for the rec ❤️
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Any time – happy reading! ❤️
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Grace and Fury has been on my radar but I just haven’t gotten to it ah. Definitely want to read The Wicked Deep sometime soon! Hope you have a great February Kay!
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They’re both great! Happy reading 🙂
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Ugh! I can’t wait to dig into Leigh Bardugo’s books. I’ve seen nothing but good things about them and I own so many
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Ahh she’s phenomenal I can’t wait to read more of her works ❤️
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Yeeee thank you so much for featuring my post!! Congrats on reading so many amazing books this month ❤
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Of course ❤️❤️
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Looks like a wonderfully successful reading month! 😀 Happy blogiversary! ❤ And thanks for linking to my post! I'm glad my Grishaverse anxieties could be relatable to other people 😂
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Thanks Margaret ❤️ haha of course I love your post!
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Sameeee—I’m also failing at most of my 2019 goals 😂
Also, glad to hear that you’re enjoying the Grisha trilogy so far! I just reread it and adored it. ❤
Omg East, what a throwback. I probably read that like 7 years, lol. Dang, that's a bummer that you found it mediocre. Any recs on good East of the Sun, West of the Moon retellings?
And I read 5 books in January, so I'm doing well for me (lol the ONE goal I'm still on top of; my goal is to read 50 books this year). Tho one of those reads was a novella and another was a graphic novel, so I haven't read a lot of pages, whoops. 😅
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Haha rip at least they lasted a couple days. Ahh yeah it’s so old but nope East is the only one I’ve read unfortunately 😦 yay congrats on staying on top of that goal!
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True true— better a few days than no days!
And dang, we’ll have to keep our eyes peeled then. I think I might have read one other retelling around the same time as East, but I can’t remember how it compared. Probs around the same quality.
And thanks! 🙂
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I’m so glad you loved The Wicked Deep and Caraval, I love them both so much! And thank you so much for sharing my post, that’s so sweet of you ❤️
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Ooooh, I love it when other people fall in love with The Wicked Deep ❤
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Happy Anniversary! Here’s to another great year 🙂
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Awesome wrap up, Kay! Reading 12 books is awesome and I’m so happy to see that you liked the Wicked Deep! ❤️ Also, congrats again on your blogiversary!! 🤗
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Thank you :)) congrats again on your january blogiversary too haha ❤ ❤
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Thanks for linking to my post! I’m glad you loved Six of Crows, THATS LIKE ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVES!! and legendary is even better than caraval so i hope you like it!
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Of course! Your post is so helpful ❤ Yesss SoC is amazing amazingness and I can't wait to read Legendary!!
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