Wrapping Up January 2010

Posted by on February 4, 2010 2:27 am in Book talk | 7 comments

I used to do this in the Sunday Salon posts, but since I haven’t done any in a while, I thought I would wrap up my reading and blogging month in a separate post!  But before I do so, I also want to remind you that January celebrated my first year blogoversary and that I have a huge giveaway going on for the occasion! Click on the picture to enter!
Read in January 2010 : I had a great reading month : I read a lot and very entertaining reading, too!
  1. City of Bones By Cassandra Clare
  2. My Soul to Save By Rachel Vincent
  3. The Season By Sarah MacLean
  4. City of Ashes By Cassandra Clare
  5. The Lonely Hearts Club By Elizabeth Eulberg
  6. Whip It By Shauna Cross
  7. L’échappée Belle By Anna Gavalda
  8. The Dead and The Gone By Susan Beth Pfeffer
  9. Nice Girls don’t Live Forever By Molly Harper
  10. City of Glass By Cassandra Clare
  11. Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth By Xiaolu Guo
  12. Spin By Catherine McKenzie
  13. Airhead By Meg Cabot
  14. Being Nikki By Meg Cabot
  15. Some Girls Are By Courtney Summers
  16. The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan
  17. Twenty Boy Summer By Sarah Ockler

Twenty Boy Summer was by far the best I read this month. Not only was it heartbreaking, it was also beautifully written! It’s going to be at least a 4.5 stars, but I think I’ll go with my heart and give it a big 5!

Other awesome reads were : The Season (cute novel!), Nice Girls don’t live forever (the best of the three books, in my opinion), Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (love the different setting and writing), Spin (original and filled with humor, but also with some food for thought), Airhead and Being Nikki (written by Meg Cabot : need I say more?), and Some Girls Are (great and tragic, with writing as only Summers can do it).

Disappointing reads : My Soul to Save (I’m usually a big Vincent fan, but this one didn’t do it for me) and Whip it (the narrator spent so much time being witty, it annoyed me).

Reviews posted :

  1. My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
  2. The Season by Sarah MacLean
  3. Cracked up to be by Courtney Summers
  4. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  5. The Dead and The Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  6. Gone by Michael Grant
  7. Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo
  8. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Comics for January :

  1. New Year Resolutions
  2. A Twilight Education
  3. Huge Giveaway!

7 Comments

  1. Violet February 4, 2010 at 4:25 am

    wow…17 books is awesome!!!

    great month for you Kay

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  2. Ceri February 4, 2010 at 8:31 am

    Wow, you really had a great month, Kay. Good on ya. 😀

    I always love your book choices – you really do pick the best ones to read.

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  3. Amanda February 4, 2010 at 8:54 am

    Okay, so recently I did a big purge and had about 30 books I wasn’t sure I wanted to read anymore. Twenty Boy Summer fit under that category. With all those books, I read th first 10-20 pages just to see, and oh man that book really got to me just in that short time. It was a definite keeper and I need to get back to it. I’m feeling obligated to read some other books for challenges right now but I think at some point I’m just going to have to indulge and pick it up.

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  4. Juju February 4, 2010 at 9:39 am

    You go girl!

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  5. Bella February 4, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    You had a great reading month!

    Being Nikki is such an awesome book, I can’t wait for Runaway to be released.

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  6. alitareads February 4, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Congrats on finishing so many books last month! It looks like you had a lot of good ones in there. Enjoy the books you have coming up this month!

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  7. Staci February 4, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    What a fantastic month of reading!! Go You! 😀

    Reply

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