January 2017 Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews

Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update

I started January with 213 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …213! As predicted, this semester is busy busy busy (as evidenced by the fact that I’m not getting January’s wrap-up posted until midway through February, and I STILL haven’t posted my 2016 Year in Review). But I’m doing a little bit better at keeping up with my reading; I realized early in the month that I could be listening to an audiobook while I’m walking my dog, so that reclaimed about an hour or an hour and a half of listening time every day, so I can plow through some books even when I don’t have the time to sit and get absorbed in a paper book.

…anyways, let’s take a look at the breakdown:

Neutral books – Read, but don’t affect the TBR pile

Audiobooks – Yes Please by Amy Poehler* – A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness* – Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan – Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch (reviews coming soon)
Read But Not Owned (Books) – Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d by Alan Bradley – Heartless by Marissa Meyer (reviews coming soon)
Re-Reads – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

Changes to the TBR pile

Added and then read (um… huzzah?) – March, Books 1-3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (reviews coming soon)

Added to my eTBR pile (non-storage-space-related shame!)
– Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay	– Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
* Pursuant to the discussion on this post, I’ve decided to create an eTBR pile for e-books and audiobooks that I accept for review or for which I actually pay money. I’m not adding them into my total TBR numbers, but I have to fess up about them somewhere. Keeps me honest.

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