January 2023 Reading Wrap Up
Feeling like I was off to a good start with my reading year!
Books read: 8 Pages read: 1,884 Average pages per day: 61
Finally picked up Route of Ice and Salt, which I funded via Indiegogo. Turns out it was not at ~all~ the book for me, but I'm still happy to cross it off my TBR.
I'm getting back into reading some books for review, which is where Pinata comes in. Again, it was not a hit for me - I may do an actual review here on why. In short, I think it would be better suited as a movie.
Spy x Family is bae.
Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series is bae - Lost in the Moment in Found is a solid entry to the series; I only wish it were longer.
True Grit is a re-read for me, though because I read so much and my brain is soup, I'd forgotten all but the bare-bones plot. I buddy-read it with my partner as well and we were having a great time laughing together over it. I'd forgotten how funny it was, given it's a revenge tale.
In addition to getting back into review books, I'm also making a point to read more non-fiction this yere. I started with Martin Short's memoir, which was funny, and charming, and unexpectedly sad. I loved reading about his genuine friendships with other celebs though, like Eugene Levy and Tom Hanks.
Gracekeepers is another re-read for me, and part of my initiative to pick at least one book a month from my re-read pile. I've given myself a rough TBR for the year, based around wanting to make sure I re-read certain books or series. This is a sort of quietly magical tale of found family and it's fairly grim at times too. Very character-focused and I really enioyed revisiting it.
I did not count The Art of Cult of the Lamb as a book I read, or added to my page count. I just wanted to highlight it because it's wonderful - definitely worth checking out if you like video game art books.
Overall, high enjoyment of what I read this month and I'm hoping to keep up the renewed focus on making time to read!
3-3-23
