HIGHS & LOWS | January Mid-Month Reading Wrap Up

Let's talk about the books I read in the first half of January! There were highs and lows in this January Mid-Month Reading Wrap Up

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[heabooktubes]

Hmmm might have to read Accidental Demons to my kids.

[WildeBookGarden]

Love the hair/jewelry/liner combo! Also your pauses + expressions were gold 🤣 glad you had some hits to balance out the more questionable books

[Amanda-nqmw]

I loved Dalinar's story in Oathbringer!! So emotional! 😭

[emilyreads]

I really loved Shallan's development on Oathbringer. As a child of an alcoholic, one of the character's backstory was a little tough to read because it was so accurate. Shadesmar did bore me. But Dalinar at the end was chef's kiss. Just a heads up for Rhythm of War- the depression for Kaladin hits HARD and as someone who battles depression and all that entails, it hits very close to home. You have to be in a good head space to read it (I'm 700 pages in to it right now)

[dandelions_]

I loved Oathbringer— my favorite of all five…. I spent a lot of time this month reading Wind and Truth… now I can move on to my other books.😅

[studioangelique]

Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of those rare cases where I think the movie is better than the book - which is weird since it's considered a classic!

I'm very curious about the Octavia Butler books - I keep meaning to read her work.

[kristy]

According to goodreads, Accidental Demons will have a sequel called Mixing Magics expected in December this year.

[thefairylibrarian]

My reading in January has been a lot slower than the months before which i'm not mad about. I'm reading a pretty chonky book that i kept putting off so that's good

[jadejeb]

your outfit and hair and everything are so beautiful!! 😍 need me some overalls omg

[LiteratureScienceAlliance]

I also kind of devoured Patternist once I started, I will be very curious to see if your recommendations line up with the ones I have in my recommendation videos!

[jessicastraw]

I'll need to give the Shari Franke book a try. I hate those family vlogging channels because I think they exploit their kids and don't pay them for it. There is nothing and no one making sure those kids are only working a certain number of hours, that they have money set aside for them that the parents can't touch

[rw]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - the TV miniseries was better than your review of the book (wasn’t as boring, I mean - more action and visuals). If you’re still interested in the story, I’d recommend the TV version 😊

[JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I hate the love foxes everything trope 😤

[hopefulpolyglot]

I haven't read The Splinter in the Sky, so I can't speak to that or those reviews. But I have been a fan of Jemisin since her Hundred Thousand Kingdoms days, and I found The City We Became her weakest book. Not because it was overtly political but because (1) it felt too inside-jokey about NYC (not that non New Yorkers couldn't get the references, but I kept feeling like if I had lived in NYC, I woudl have liked it more and understood the stereotypes of each borough better) and (2) because it felt like it was a comic book origin story - a 400+ pages prologue of how The Team gets together, which is usually done in movies with 10 minutes of cut scenes. Anyway, I'm happy for everyone who loved The City We Became, but there were legitimate reasons to not like it (even as a Jemisin fan) outside of politicalness.