January 2021
January held a few changes. We sent our daughter back to college for a new semester and our nest is empty once again. Some of the things that we put on order months ago started to come in. We have new furniture in our house and our fence was installed.
Otherwise, we were pretty boring. We walked the dogs around the block approximately half a million times. Sometimes in the snow. We watched some football and I read a few books 🙂
I am linking this post to the Monthly Wrap-Up at Feed Your Fiction Addiction.
Books Read
Reunited on Dragonfly Lane by Annie Rains
A Mother’s Promise by K.D. Alden – My Review
In the Penalty Box by Lynn Rush and Kelly Anne Blount – My Review
The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis – My Review
The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne – My Review
The Afterlife of the Party by Marlene Perez – My Review
You Have a Match by Emma Lord – My Review
The Transylvania Twist by Angie Fox – My Review
Destined for Love by Melissa Foster – My Review
One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon – My Review
Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost – My Review
Reading Stats
Books Read: 13
Audiobooks: 6
Digital Books: 3
Digital Books: 3
Print Books: 4
Re-Reads: 1
Re-Reads: 1
Book Source for Books Read in January
NetGalley: 4
Edelweiss: 1
Direct from Publisher/Author/Narrator/Publicist: 7
Purchased/Freebie: 2
Kindle Unlimited/Audible Plus: 0
Borrowed/Library: 2
*Some books may fit into more than one category
Purchased/Freebie: 2
Kindle Unlimited/Audible Plus: 0
Borrowed/Library: 2
*Some books may fit into more than one category
Challenges
Goodreads: 13/100
End of the Month NetGalley Stats
Feedback Ratio: 88%
616 Approved | 540 Feedback Sent
End of the Month Edelweiss Stats
8 books to review | 99 downloaded
Favorites of the Month
I'm all for boring. I don't need the excitement. LOL I thought In the Penalty Box was really sweet. Blindsided by Denault is on my radar since it's tied to one of my favorite Sarina Bowen series. I'll be interested to see what you think of it.
My oldest daughter is a freshman in college, too. Her university is about two hours away, so we're trying to balance checking up on her and giving her space. Ha ha. It's not easy!
And I'm with Tanya – excitement is highly overrated in my opinion. Give me boring any day. LOL.
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Haha, I can relate to the repetitive dog walks. I’m trying to mix them up and take different routes every day, but I’m REALLY sick of this neighborhood and these fields. I hope you’re having a good February!
I have The Forever Girl and hope to read it soon.
Glad you got a quiet month to enjoy your new furnishings and books. Nice start for your challenges and doing well moving books off your own pile.
Have a good February, Carole.
Boring is very much underrated and it sounds like a productive peaceful month! And you got a nice stack of books read!
After the year we all had, I was happy to have a pretty boring January too. The only really exciting thing was welcoming our new puppy into our home at the end of the month. Naturally that is making February a bit more exciting. I had forgotten how much puppies love to play!
You had a good month. I enjoyed the Forever Girl too, nut it was not my favourite for the month.
I am excited for a new Victoria Denault book. It's been a while. I loved Amelia! I hope you do too. The cover of When Harry Met Minnie is too cute. Hope all your books are fabulous
It sounds like a good month to me. I've read 2 of your 3 favorites for the month. Shalvis and Dionne.
Anne – Books of My Heart
Boring can be boring, but also good, you need boring in your life too
I've spent the weekend lazing in front of the TV and watching films for a change! Fun!
Your January sounds nice over all, Carole. I'll take calm and ordinary over too much excitement any day. And look at all the great books you read! I hope you have a great February!
Sounds like you had a relatively relaxing month overall! Sometimes boring is good. I hope you'll enjoy the new furniture and have an enjoyable February.