Monthly Wrap Up/What’s On My Plate January/February
1 February 2025
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: January/February, Monthly Wrap Up, What's on my Plate
I’m trying to post a wrap up for the end of each month, mainly to help me to keep track of my reading and at the same time look at what I’m intending to read during the month ahead (inspired by Books Bones and Buffy’s What’s on My Plate.
In this post I shall be looking at the reading I completed during January and also setting out what I’m hoping to achieve during February. I will say that, firstly, I cannot believe that January is nearly complete – where did the time go. Secondly, I have been really busy and I also had a few days with a nasty stomach upset but even so. My reading is definitely not back up to scratch, I have a few outstanding posts and I haven’t caught up with comments and blog hopping yet. But, I’m not worried. I can get back on track (haha, I hope so anyway).
This month I’ve read:
- The House of Frost and Feathers by Lauren Wiesebron
- Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
- Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
- Daughter of Chaos by A S Webb
I’ve also read two of my SPFBO finalists and by the time this post goes live I hope to have completed one of my February review books, so, all going well, 7 books in total.
Here’s what I’m hoping to read in February:
- Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
- Grave Empire by Richard Swan – already started this and hoping to complete shortly
- The Crimson Road by AG Slatter
- Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
- You Are Fatally Invited by Andy Pliego
- The Sirens by Emilia Hart
- The Woman in the Wallpaper by Lora Jones
- Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis
So, 10 books if you include the two SPFBO finalists that I intend to read as well, which might be a tall order given this is a shorter month, but, as mentioned above, I’ve already started one of these and on top of that March is a lighter month so hopefully I’ll catch up then.
I will also definitely be reading two more SPFBO finalists. You can find them all here.
I haven’t started this challenge yet as I do need to squeeze in some of the SPFBO finalists.
Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt book bingo
I shall post separately about this particular challenge which I’m really looking foward to.
Total books read so far this year: 7
How did you get on during January?
Books and travelling with Lynn 
So curious for the new Emily Wilde!
It was very good. I loved it.
Lynn
My January reading was awful – one book read! It was a good one though, so there is that 😀
My January was also pretty shocking. I need to get back on track really. My reading this month has been better so far.
Lynn 😀
I hope you feel better, Lynn. I almost panicked when I saw The Sirens on your list, but it much come out earlier in the UK. The Woman in the Wallpaper sounds intriguing, I need to check it out😁
Sorry about the momentary panic there! I’m hoping to love Sirens. I’ll know soon.
Lynn 😀
Hello Lynn, good luck and I hope you enjoy all those books you hope to read in February. I had a good January, although I don’t know where the month went either!
Blessings, Jessica 💌
I know, I feel like this year is flying so fast.
Lynn 😀
I got carried away trying to catch up on things blog wise and only got to 3 books in January 🙈 I’m hoping to do better this month and I did enjoy them all so I can’t really complain.
It looks like you read a lovely mixture of books and have some great ones to check out in February. I adored Emily Wilde and have quite a few of the others on my TBR. Recent reviews have left me especially intrigued about Wooing The Witch Queen and I saw an excerpt from Woman In The Wallpaper earlier that really left me longing for more.
I hope you enjoy all the books on your TBR and have a wonderful February.
Thanks, well, as you can see I’m just starting to catch up with comments and blog hopping. I still have a few reviews to catch up with but my reading is much better this month. Hope your Feb is going well too.
Lynn 😀
Good luck with it 😊 I’m glad to hear your reading is going well. I still haven’t gotten to as much as I hoped but I’m determined to get the balance better from now (and am hopefully spending most of today reading if I can get the headache I woke up with to budge 🤞)
Ouch. I hate waking up with a headache. Take care
Thank you 🥰
January was good to me but I wish it wasn’t so busy and that we didn’t get so much snowy weather. I was able to get ahead of my reading schedule, in blogging news!
Oh well done you – I’m pea green! 😀 January was shocking, I felt like I had everything under control and then I just came to a standstill.
Lynn 😀