A wild monthly wrap-up post appears!
Hello!!!
The last time I wrote one of these was December 2020, since I took most of 2021 off of “serious blogging” activities. In 2022, I’m trying to be a bit more organized here on Romantic Parvenu, to help me track my reading, etc. etc.
So here’s a retrospective as to what I did in January, bookishly speaking, featuring statistics, goals check-in, and more.
Reading Stats (for the nerds)
Crunching the Numbers
Total books read: 24
Total pages read: 8,912
Average rating: 3.5
Most-read genre(s): Romance (all subgenres) – 7 books; Fantasy – 5 books
Audience breakdown: 95% Adult | 5% YA
January Favorite
***note: I had an inordinate # of 5-star reads this month, so this was a Very Difficult Decision
January Bookish Goal Check-in
I’m doing a new thing this year where I pick 5 books off my to-read list every month and try to prioritize them. Let’s see what books I picked for January and how it all went.
— The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie — read 01/13/2022
— The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker — read 01/05/2022
— We Were Restless Things by Cole Nagamatsu — read 01/02/2022
— The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian — read 01/02/2022
— The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid — read 01/09/2022
OVERALL SCORE: 5/5 books read!
All the January Books!
And here’s a an overview of all the pretty books I read this month:
New Books on My Shelf
For the first time in (approximately) 5 years, I bought books! Actual paper-and-glue, tangible items! This is mostly because I actually have bookshelves now. Said bookshelves are also sadly empty. Anyhoo, here are all the books I bought this month:
LEFT STACK (bottom to top)
— Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein; contemporary romance
— The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai; contemporary romance
— Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai; contemporary romance
— First Comes Like by Alisha Rai; contemporary romance
— Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain; historical romance
— Miss Lattimore’s Letter by Suzanne Allain; historical romance
— Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron; contemporary romance
— The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian; historical romance
— Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall; historical romance
— A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane; fantasy romance
— A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane; fantasy romance
MIDDLE STACK (bottom to top)
— Persephone Station by Stina Leicht; science fiction
— The Valley and the Flood by Rebecca Mahoney; magical realism
— Wilder Girls by Rory Power; horror
— The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He; science fiction
— The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin; fantasy
— The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin; fantasy
— The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin; fantasy
— The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker; historical fiction
RIGHT STACK (bottom to top)
— The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo; historical/paranormal fiction
— Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris; historical mystery
— Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris; historical mystery
— What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris; historical mystery
— Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi; magical realism
— Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford; magical realism
— Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir; science fiction
— Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir; science fiction
— Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell; science fiction
Yes, I am 100% aware that I went uh…way overboard. In my defense, I truly had not purchased any books for the past 5 years, and there were so many nice sales! 🤷
And that was January 2022!
