Monthly Recap: January 2019

January!

This year started off with a bang! I was riding the high of my allergy eyedrops so I was speeding through quite a few books. Now that has come to an end. Apparently, if I use these eye drops (this is the rule for most eyedrops that help alleviate allergy symptoms) continuously for a long period of time the side effects can essentially triple my allergic reaction. So the next few weeks are going to be SO much fun while I wait out 30 days to buy another glorious bottle of the miracle medication. 

So with that being said, I don't think I've ever read this much in a month! Stockpiling reviews and discussion posts is going to be the way from here on out if I want to still have an active blog on the "bad" days where my eyes are concerned. Here's to a new normal and maybe eventually moving out of this city in a year or two!

Books I Read & Listened

To In January

• Breathing Lies By Jessica Sorensen - This book captured me in a way I wasn't expecting it to. I liked the overall dynamic the plot had in keeping the reader/the main character in the dark but it got frustrating by the second half. (Full review coming soon!)

• A Sucky Love Story By Brittani Louise Taylor -  If nothing else, everyone should take this book as a cautionary tale in dating. Maybe before you meet up with someone do some digging online to make sure they're legitimate? (Full review coming soon!)

• Our Final Tale By Bella Jewel - This was a good book with a solid story and a nice overall pace to everything. This was exactly what I was looking for during the time I read it. (Full review coming soon!)

• Prisoner Of Night By J. R. Ward - This is what I wish every Black Dagger Brotherhood novel would be like! It's one condensed complete adventure/story prominently featuring one couple and setting up a possible next book in the last chapter or two. (Full review coming soon!)

• Sin & Magic By K. F. Breene - This novel started off good but by the middle it started dragging on. There's only so much a secondary character can do to keep me interested in the story. (Full review coming soon!)

• Hard Limit By Sybil Bartel - Anti-heroes aren't something that I look forward to reading about. Especially considering the part Candle AKA Tarquin plays in a few other novels in this author's other series. (Full review coming soon!)

• Nevermore By Dannika Dark - To tell you the truth I tried to make the audio book to this novel last. I didn't succeed very well considering I read it in 8 days but I sure tried to string this along and milk it for all it was worth. (My review is live here!)

• Shadow Walker By Anya J. Cosgrove - I'm surprised by how much I liked this book and how much sleep I lost while making my way through it! The strange thing is that I usually dislike books that feature love triangles. (My review will be live on Feb. 4th!)

• Witchblade (2017) #11 - Things are finally going somewhere! Things moved quicker in this issue when you compare it to everything at has been released so far. (My review is live here!)

Books I Can't Wait To Get My Hands On In February

* Book titles are linked to Goodreads.

28th

| Two Witches And A Whiskey |

(Audio Book)

Here's What Happened On This Blog In January

I rambled on about the following topics:

• 2018 End Of The Year Book Survey
• Briggs Book Tag - INTJ Edition (Book Tag)
  
• Making Or Breaking A Book
  
• Types Of Characters I Want To See More
  
• OMG That Song (Book Tag)

I reviewed the following books & audio books:

• Hellhounds By Esther E. Schmidt ★★★☆☆
• Love and Other Wild Things By Molly Harper ★★★☆☆
• The Blackstone Bear By Alicia Montgomery ★★★☆☆
• Nevermore By Dannika Dark ★★★★★

I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday Meme:

• More TV Shows That Left Me Hanging
• Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half Of 2019
  
• New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2018
  
• Books I Meant To Read In 2018...
  
• The Five Most Recent Additions To My To-Read List

Awesome Posts I Came Across In January

• Rain (Book Dragonism) asks why we should go from book worms to book dragons;
• Sam (We Live And Breathe Books) asks if plots are a must in books
• Laura (Boats Against The Current) asks how to remember what happened in previous books in a series
• Gennifer (Ready, Set & Read) wants to know if big books are better
• The Witch Reads asks what blogging mean to you
• Shannon (It Starts At Midnight) wants to know if you can live with an open endings
• Jaymi (Orange County Readers) asks if there's such a thing as "too many books". My Answer: NEVER.

What books are you looking forward to reading this month?

Let me know in the comments below!