We are officially a month into 2019 and so far it hasn’t been to shabby for me! I have taken my resolutions to heart this time around and actually have kept with them? I know I am shocked too! I’ve gotten a grip on my eating habits (so far) and I’m slowly working myself back up to running material–which I hope to start integrating back this month.
Reading wise, for me though, this month has been a low-key doozy, I did a lot of re-reads solely because I felt myself inching into a reading slump–which is no bueno when Netgalley decides to approve a bucket load of books for you–so I haven’t really pushed myself in the reading area much just because I didn’t wanna dive head first into the abyss of slumps.
Nonetheless though, I got a decent amount of books read within the last 31 days!
† denotes an ARC received in exchange for my honest review.
5-4 Stars
- Luna And The Lie by Mariana Zapata – Re-Read – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata – Re-Read – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Wait For It by Mariana Zapata – Re-Read – ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
- Finding Alexei by Kendall Ryan – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- These Precious Scars by Emily Suvada – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- †The Priory Of The Orange Tree SAMPLE by Samantha Shannon – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2-3.5 Stars
- Sunstone Vol. 1 by Stjepan Šejić – ⭐⭐⭐.5
- †What Makes Girls Sick and Tired by Lucile De Pesloüan – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐
- †Perfectly Inappropriate by Stacey Kennedy – REVIEW – ⭐⭐.5
- City of Glass by Cassandra Clare – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐.5
DNF
- #Awestruck by Sariah Wilson – BR with Soph – DNF RTC
- †Glow: Book I, Potency by Aubrey Hadley – DNF RTC
This Months music has been a throwback to my indie, folk, and pop love. However near the tail end of the month I did find myself waddling back to country–so I guess you could say January was a nice mix of things?
As usual here is a playlist of some of the songs I had on repeat this month:
- Hope – The Chainsmokers, Winona Oak
- Panic Cord (Hucci Remix) – Gabrielle Aplin, Hucci
- 7 Rings – Ariana Grande
- Don’t Save Me – Winona Oak
- Dancing With a Stranger – Sam Smith, Normani
- John my Beloved – VERITE
- Trampoline – SHAED
- Bad Liar – Imagine Dragons
- Survivor – 2WEI
- Eyes on You – Chase Rice
- Drunk Me – Mitchell Tenpenny
Film:
- Bird Box (Netflix) – REVIEW – 🍿🍿🍿.5
TV:
- Outlander (Starz) – Season 4: Ep. 10-13 – RTC
- Chicago: Fire (NBC) – Season 7: Ep. 10-12
- Carmen Sandiego (Netflix) – Season 1- REVIEW – 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
- The Bachelor (ABC)
- New Amsterdam (NBC) – Season 1: Ep. 10-12
- The Titan Games (NBC)
How was your January? Let me know!
I can’t wait to read your review on Finding Alexei!
IT WAS SO CUTE!
You’ve got me hyped to read it. I can’t wait for for contempary a thon!
YASSSSS I AM STUPID EXCITED FOR YOU TO READ IT!
Really can’t wait for The Priory of the Orange Tree. I read the same excerpt and was hooked immediately.
YES!!!! Literally am so pumped for it!
I loved Wall of Winnipeg and The Priory is in my TBR
I LOVE THE WALL OF WINNIPEG! Zapata is queen and one of my all time favorite romance authors!
I’m so proud of you for keeping up with your resolutions!!!!
Thank you!
Looks like a lot of good reads! I’m definitely keeping an eye on Pirory of the Orange Tree
Jan was a good time and yay! Literally such a good book and I can’t wait to read the rest of it! Thank you for stopping by!
Wow, you seem to have had a good month! I read just 6 books, but well, that’s good enough for me. Also, hope you have a great Feb!
Six is amazing! Hope you have an epic February as well! Thank you for stopping by!
yay for rereads to guarantee a good start to the year’s reading! but oof to slumps, definitely not a good time for Netgalley to be “nice” – looks like we’ll both be spending February catching up on ARCs welp 📚
Haha yeah Feb is literally going to be ARC month for me🤣🤣🤣🤣
I like that you included your music, tv shows and movies. It sounds like you had a more productive month than I did!
Thank you! Thank’s for stopping by!
YESSSS Sam Smith & Normani!! They need to collaborate again and again 🥰🥰🥰 And Outlander!! I still have to watch the season finale. Bird Box was insane but since I can’t do horror alone, I had to watch it via YouTube reactors 🤣
OMG YES! It is literally a BOP. OMG LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT WHEN YOU FINISH! I have thoughts! LOL.
Aaah my January was me being ill the whole month and being annoyed at being ill >.> in fact, I still have a cough so thanks 2019. You know the funny thing, my Jan’s music was a hot mess of rock, indie and pop and then towards the end more country keep slipping in. Now, we kicked off Feb with country music so…similar music is happening here.
*prepares to do battle with your slump* I’ll take your slump and make it part of my weird slump, which is still lingering *gives the reading slump evil eyes*
oof to your rocky Jan! WE SHALL CONQUER THE SLUMPS THO!
Wow….so many 5-star reads! 😍 I really want to read The Priory of the Orange Tree! ☺️
My month was okay..I read 4 books, though I was hoping for more. No 5 or 4.5 star reads. 🙈
4 books is amazing! Here is to Feb. being an epic month for you reading wise!
Thank you so much! ☺️ Hope so for you too!
I’m so proud of you for sticking to your goals so far this year, and I know you are going to kick running’s butt!
You had such a good reading month, and I hope the good reads continue in February for you, love!
Thank you! These goals are killer but im a determined bunny (at least for right now lol).