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I read 20 books in January! I am surprised as I was both work busy & sick for part of it but I pushed through & finished my last 2 yesterday. I finished all of my buddy reads #ChloeGongReadalong #SundayBuddyRead #PemberLittens #JaneAdjacent ##NancyDrewBR #ChildrensClassicRead2024 #Naturalitsy #MidwinterSolace #SheSaid #SeasonalCozies & one #AuldLangSpine pick (although I am 1/2-way through another & #SeriesLove2024 one #Roll100 & my virtual ⬇️

I cannot decide how I want to format my wrapups this year so for now I call this January 2024: A Snapshot.

#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JanuaryWrapUp #ButNotReally

I‘ve hemmed and hawed over this decision all day. I greatly enjoyed everything I read this month but nothing was a spectacular stand out.

For the first time I ran out of labeled spaces for my bingo board so I just appropriated some other spots but intentionally didn‘t give myself bingo for them. January was an excellent reading month. I really got to take advantage of winter break. Now if I could have a paid week off every month to keep it up I might actually make a dent in my TBR. 😂

#Bookspin #DoubleSpin #BookspinBingo

I have so much excitement in getting this year of reading underway. One of my goals this year is to get my #Bookspin books read every month. Also to clear out my library holds so my #DoubleSpin book is perfect.

Thank you @TheAromaofBooks for all your work in running this challenge.

Happy Reading Everyone!

Here is my January TBR. Yes, there are 24 books on there & I don‘t expect I‘ll get to them all & some may change based on library holds & my mood so…🤷🏻‍♀️

Grid 1 is mostly buddy reads/challenges I‘m doing & since there are so many, I won‘t tag them here. I have the selection for my virtual foodie book club & my #AuldLangSpine pick that I know I‘ll read. A couple are in progress & there are some short books on here so I feel good about it! 🎉📚

I have my first #bookspin list of 2024 created - a combination of library books, #auldlangspine, and a few NetGalley 2024 releases.

I am excited for the new year but also flummoxed that it‘s almost January. Well at least I‘m ready (ish) for #Bookspin and #BookspinBingo

Can‘t wait to see what reads 2024 bring.

Gonna finish off the Readathon with the first Calendar Girl novella. I thrifted the whole series a few years back, had a surprising amount of fun with them, and surprised myself even more by keeping them. I figure they probably won‘t stay in my permanent collection past this reread, but that‘s cool. #deweyoct #readathon

After years of using these books for monthly updates I finally read one. 😅

#SeriesLove23 @Andrew65 @TheSpineview

My January #bookbingo. Not shabby. I managed to get 13 #botm books read. My goal is to work through my backlog. Two bingos and my #bookspin book done! Boom. 💥

@TheAromaofBooks

And last but not least my #BookspinBingo board. Some executive decisions were made on spaces because I accidentally left out my #KindleUnlimited focus 🤦🏾‍♀️ but no one is gonna call the police so 🤷🏾‍♀️.

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Another evolving graphic. I‘ve been bad at checking in on my challenges during the month so I threw it all together for the end of the month. Only the future will tell if this changes.

#JoyousJanuary ☹️
#20in4 😄
#SeriesLove2023
#ReadySetGo
#Roll100

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My only complaint was I wasn‘t able to finish my 16th book because of life 😒

Finished book calendar for January. I wanted to used this to show all the covers of books I read this month it realize now that multiple books finished on a single day are hidden. Oh well I‘ll figure out something else for February. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I pretty much decided this was my favorite as right before it was over. So much fun. Also I‘m going to have to find a Litsy friendly graphic 😬

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January #BookspinBingo ready to go. My #Bookspin and #Doublespin picks are both going to be a surprise this month. I also declared it KindleUnlimited month to clear off some of my borrows but neglected to put it on my list🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️. We‘ll see how it all goes in the end.

New year… new month… new photo challenge!

#januaryjazz @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

My first official #Roll100 picks. December was a practice round. Lol. Two are very old ARCs that I have and the last is just something I‘ve been wanting to read. I hope to get to all 3 but we will see what the month holds.

I can barely wrap my head around the fact that there‘s only a few days left in 2022. But I‘m also very excited to tackle new reading challenges in 2023. Feelings aren‘t hard. Lol

#Bookspin
#BookspinBingo

January Recap- 12 books

Women Authors- 9
POC Authors- 3
LGBTQ- 1
Poetry- 1
Classics- 2
MtTBR- 3
Translation-1

Here are my #januarystats #readingstats. Overall a good month.
#thestorygraph

A pretty solid month I would say! #januarystats #ithadtobeyou @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I don‘t expect to top my January stats this year. I finished 27 books: 13 for #ReadingAfrica2022, 6 for MountTBR, 2 (officially) for #Booked2022, and 2 for #NYWD22. I know I read a couple more that could count for Booked2022, but I‘m trying to read the prompts in order, so I‘m not going to count them, at least not yet. Top three rows are all 4-5 star reads, which is awesome. #januarywrapup #januarystats

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Part 2

#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JanuaryWrapUp #2022

Part 1

Stats in part 2

Revised January TBR. I forgot my work book club reread and a handful of other books I wanted to get through. Definitely a little ambitious…🤪 If I get through these, it will be the most books I‘ve ever read in a single month.

This is my January #tbr stack. Two #NYWD22 selections from my match - @MeganAnn - my #Roll100 selection, my book club read (Kindle), an #MFM inspired visit with Ronnie Spector, and one yet to be selected for my #bookspin - January is looking good!

My list of Books for January Bookspin Bingo
#bookspin #doublebookspin
@theAromaofBooks

Trying something new for my stats. It will probably change next month, at lease in color.

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Part 2

So this January taught me that you can only add 20 pictures at a time to pic collage. I read 21 books this month! Sounds crazy town but 5 of them were super short audios and one was a comic. Still I‘m happy.

#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JanuaryWrapUp

Part 1

I‘ll be updating you with my January reading stats later, but for now I‘m going to leave you with this photo collage of every single book that I read in January. #jumpstart2021 #joyousjanuary #bookspin #tbrdeckofcards

Didn‘t quite finish A Deception at Thornecrest in time for January stats, so this is where I ended up. I had 11 books for January on my original TBR, plus a rollover from December. Then I won a copy of Speculative Los Angeles. I managed 5/11 for January, plus the other 2. All totaled, I finished 3 print, 4 e-books, and 2 audiobooks, and I bailed on 1 book. Challenges: 2 for #booked2021, 3 for #readingasia2021, & 3 for MountTBR.

My January reading journal pages. Excited about my February reads. #LitsyLove

This is my #BookSpinBingo card
#BookSpin =The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
#DoubleSpin =Silver Vision by Anne Bishop (Book 3 in The Others series)
@TheAromaOfBooks

I‘m working in doing my journaling or scrapbook pages for my 2021 Reading Goals and for each reading challenge I‘m participating which are 8 in total. Creating these pages with embellishments and stickers is fun but take time. I hope that by next week I finish this creative activity.

New year... new photo challenge!!
#jumpintojanuary @Eggs

My January #bookspin ! #doublespin #bookspinbingo

This is the shelf I plan to pull my January reads from. I am certain I won't get to all of them, but I'm hoping to start the year strong. I haven't fully decided which to read first. Any suggestions? See anything I just NEED to start right away?

I finally have my January #bookspinbingo list together! For the first time ever, I‘m gonna use free spaces!
#bookspin

Here are my January books for #bookspin bingo. I am so excited about some of these reads.

Has anyone read any of these yet?? Thoughts??

#LitsyLove @TheAromaOfBooks

Book report for January absolutely loved Shadowplay and Ladder to the Sky.
#booked2020 prompts
Finish in one day The house of paper
Millennial Author Claire North

January wrap up:
28 books
#BookishBingo: 19/24 with 4 bingos
#MonthlyKeyWordGXO: 3/6

Progress:
#Pop20: 22/50
#AtoZ: 15/26
2020: 28

A snapshot of my January reading month. A good start to the year.

January reads 😁

Today we‘re sending bookish #birthdaylove to 3 lovely Littens @AceOnRoam @JulAnna @Pelican71 !

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We hope that you enjoy your day and that it is filled with love, books and lots of yummy cake!

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Today‘s special #birthdaywishes go out to @Minispok - Veronica, we wish you a wonderful birthday and a fabulous bookish year!

Let‘s celebrate!

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Glad I saw this in time! My overall goal for January is 5 books but, I‘d love to blow that out of the water! I also want to try reading more physical books this year! Bring on the binge reading!! #JumpStart2020 I also signed up for #LitsyAtoZ Reading Challenge so this #Readathon should help with that too! 📚🎶☕️😻