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January Reading Wrap-Up

2010 at 12am     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

One month into this year of reading deliberately, and I think I’m doing pretty well so far. Every book I read this month was a book I really wanted to read. Some were review copies, some were rescued from extended stays on the TBR pile, and all were well worth the time I invested.  I read seven books this month, and I’m quite happy with that, especially since two of my reads (The Little Stranger and The Swan Thieves) were chunksters.

Here’s my January 2010 reading. Covers link to my reviews.

And still awaiting review:

This is normally the part where I declare my favorites, but I’m having a hard time with it this month. Of these seven books, I enjoyed The Swan Thieves the least, but I still thought the writing was beautiful and the concept compelling. Guess I shouldn’t really complain about a month in which all of my reading was good.

What about you? What kind of start did your reading year have?  Any favorites I should know about?

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  1. Pam on February 2nd, 2010 12:05 am

    I want to read Wolf Hall and The Swan Thieves!

  2. Connie on February 2nd, 2010 1:24 am

    Lots of great picks! Looking forward to seeing what you read in February.

  3. Alyce on February 2nd, 2010 3:41 am

    That’s the nice thing about reading books that you really want to read, isn’t it? I’m glad you had such a great reading month!

  4. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog on February 2nd, 2010 9:35 am

    Thanks, Alyce! It’s really rather delightful.

  5. diane on February 2nd, 2010 1:34 pm

    That is what I need to start doing Read the Best Books First!

    I loved the ones you selected and several have be on my TO READ list for a while –good job!

  6. Melissa Mc on February 2nd, 2010 5:06 pm

    I love Sarah Vowell too, but I didn’t like Wordy Shipmates as much as Assassination Vacation. And the fact that it didn’t have chapters really bugged me!

  7. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog on February 2nd, 2010 5:42 pm

    I just picked up Assassination Vacation on audio. I’m very excited about it.

  8. S. Krishna on February 3rd, 2010 5:24 pm

    You read some great books this month!

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