Books read in January
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glacier_kittyA book with at least three POVs: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Jan 1-5). His best book is All the Light We Cannot See, but this one was pretty good too
A book with magical realism: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (Jan 6-10)
The 24th book of an author: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (Jan 11-14). Man, the Dust Bowl was brutal D:
A book with a title that is a complete sentence: Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole by Hans-Olav Thyvold (Jan 14-15)...because they get eaten. O_o Amunsden may have "won," but Scott's expedition is WAY more interesting
A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklós Nyiszli (Jan 16-17). He acted like he was privileged working for Menegle (*shudders*), while everyone around him was getting murdered..yikes. Not a fan of his superior tone in this one :/
A book where someone dies in the first chapter: The Ice Lion by Kathleen O'Neal Gear (Jan 18-20). A futuristic ice age!! I started the second one in the series today lol (for the "set in future" prompt)
A nonfiction book about Indigenous people: Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez (Jan 21-23). I find the Code Talkers fascinating! It's so cool their code was never broken, which definitely helped us in various battles
A book that features dragons: The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman (Jan 24-28). The fifth in the Invisible Library series..I'll probably read the whole series eventually lol
A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours: Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Jan 29-31). Ughhh, I haaated the way this one was written..too bad, because it sounded interesting anyway. I don't necessarily mind descriptive prose, but this was waaay over the top and kept getting existential..bleh. Of course, most other people on Goodreads loved it..weird how I'm in the minority with books a lot lol
A collection of at least 24 poems: Approaching Ice by Elizabeth Bradfield (Jan 31). Meh, not a huge fan of poetry, even if there is a poem about Cherry haha
A book with the word "leap" in the title
A bildungsroman
A book about a 24-year-old
A book about a writer
A book about K-pop
A book about pirates
A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
A book by a blind or visually impaired author
A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author
A book by a self-published author
A book from a genre you typically avoid
A book from an animal's POV
A book originally published under a pen name
A book recommended by a bookseller
A book recommended by a librarian
A book set 24 years before you were born
A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
A book set in space
A book set in the future
A book set in the snow
A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
A book that centers on video games
A book that features dragons
A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
A book that was published 24 years ago
A book that was turned into a musical
A book where someone dies in the first chapter
A book with a main character who's 42 years old
A book with a neurodivergent main character
A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
A book with a title that is a complete sentence
A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
A book with an unreliable narrator
A book with at least three POVs
A book with magical realism
A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
A book written during NaNoWriMo
A cozy fantasy book
A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
A horror book by a BIPOC author
A memoir that explores queerness
A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
A second-chance romance
An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
An LGBTQ+ romance novel
Advanced
A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
A book with 24 letters in the title
A collection of at least 24 poems
The 24th book of an author
A book that starts with the letter "X"
One day I'll get 11 books in a month!! Definitely a fast month, wow
The weather has been brutally cold these past couple weeks..the lows have been in the -30s and -40s in town, and -50 in lower-lying areas. Work's policy is to close if it's -40 at 7 AM at the airport, but we haven't had to close yet. Not many customers come in anyway lol. Luckily by next week it's going to get above zero again, yay!
27. Do Your Television Viewing Habits Include ‘Binge-Watching’? Sure, if I have the time lol
28. What’s Your Sunday Routine? Go online, maybe go to the store to get ready for the week ahead, go home, put laundry away, read before bed..
29. Have You Ever Interacted With the Police? Yeah..they intimidate me even if I've done nothing wrong LOL
30. Should Prostitution Be Legal? Probably not
31. Do You Worry A Lot About Germs? Kinda, especially when people are sick around me
February 1. Are We Becoming ‘Numb’ to School Shootings? I think so, I feel like they barely make the news now :/
A book with magical realism: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (Jan 6-10)
The 24th book of an author: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (Jan 11-14). Man, the Dust Bowl was brutal D:
A book with a title that is a complete sentence: Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole by Hans-Olav Thyvold (Jan 14-15)...because they get eaten. O_o Amunsden may have "won," but Scott's expedition is WAY more interesting
A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklós Nyiszli (Jan 16-17). He acted like he was privileged working for Menegle (*shudders*), while everyone around him was getting murdered..yikes. Not a fan of his superior tone in this one :/
A book where someone dies in the first chapter: The Ice Lion by Kathleen O'Neal Gear (Jan 18-20). A futuristic ice age!! I started the second one in the series today lol (for the "set in future" prompt)
A nonfiction book about Indigenous people: Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez (Jan 21-23). I find the Code Talkers fascinating! It's so cool their code was never broken, which definitely helped us in various battles
A book that features dragons: The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman (Jan 24-28). The fifth in the Invisible Library series..I'll probably read the whole series eventually lol
A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours: Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Jan 29-31). Ughhh, I haaated the way this one was written..too bad, because it sounded interesting anyway. I don't necessarily mind descriptive prose, but this was waaay over the top and kept getting existential..bleh. Of course, most other people on Goodreads loved it..weird how I'm in the minority with books a lot lol
A collection of at least 24 poems: Approaching Ice by Elizabeth Bradfield (Jan 31). Meh, not a huge fan of poetry, even if there is a poem about Cherry haha
A book with the word "leap" in the title
A bildungsroman
A book about a 24-year-old
A book about a writer
A book about K-pop
A book about pirates
A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
A book by a blind or visually impaired author
A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author
A book by a self-published author
A book from a genre you typically avoid
A book from an animal's POV
A book originally published under a pen name
A book recommended by a bookseller
A book recommended by a librarian
A book set 24 years before you were born
A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
A book set in space
A book set in the future
A book set in the snow
A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
A book that centers on video games
A book that was published 24 years ago
A book that was turned into a musical
A book with a main character who's 42 years old
A book with a neurodivergent main character
A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
A book with an unreliable narrator
A book written during NaNoWriMo
A cozy fantasy book
A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
A horror book by a BIPOC author
A memoir that explores queerness
A second-chance romance
An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
An LGBTQ+ romance novel
Advanced
A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
A book with 24 letters in the title
A book that starts with the letter "X"
One day I'll get 11 books in a month!! Definitely a fast month, wow
The weather has been brutally cold these past couple weeks..the lows have been in the -30s and -40s in town, and -50 in lower-lying areas. Work's policy is to close if it's -40 at 7 AM at the airport, but we haven't had to close yet. Not many customers come in anyway lol. Luckily by next week it's going to get above zero again, yay!
27. Do Your Television Viewing Habits Include ‘Binge-Watching’? Sure, if I have the time lol
28. What’s Your Sunday Routine? Go online, maybe go to the store to get ready for the week ahead, go home, put laundry away, read before bed..
29. Have You Ever Interacted With the Police? Yeah..they intimidate me even if I've done nothing wrong LOL
30. Should Prostitution Be Legal? Probably not
31. Do You Worry A Lot About Germs? Kinda, especially when people are sick around me
February 1. Are We Becoming ‘Numb’ to School Shootings? I think so, I feel like they barely make the news now :/
