Just when I thought December was my best reading month, I managed to read even more in January. Somehow I read a ridiculous number of books (40!), and still stayed on top of a bunch of other stuff that needed to be done. I’m hoping this is a good sign for how 2022 is going to go. My TBR is still out of control, as are my NetGalley ARCs, but I’m definitely not complaining because I have some truly incredible books lined up for February. In addition, making progress towards my 2022 goals is going well:

• I finally reached 500 followers on my blog, so thank you to all the amazing people taking the time to read my blog.
• I read 6 of the books that I own, so only about a zillion to go, but slow progress is still progress, right?
• I’ve wanted to read a little more nonfiction each month, and hit that goal for January with 6 nonfiction books under my belt.
• Finally, I have been working to incorporate more diverse books into my reading, and hit that goal as well.

Here’s my breakdown of monthly/cumulative totals for January:

January Totals:

• Books read: 40
• Books DNF’d: 0
• Pages read: 8,754
• Hours listened: 162 hours, 6 minutes, 20 seconds
• Average pages: 350.2
• Average hours listened: 10 hours, 48 minutes, 25 seconds

Cumulative Averages:

• Days per book: 2.68
• Pages read per day: 22.11 
• Books read per month: 40
• DNF’d books per month: 0

Genres Read in January:

• Biography/Memoir: 4
• Fantasy: 8
• Folklore/Fairytales: 1
• General Fiction: 7
• Historical Fiction: 4
• History/War: 1
• Horror: 1
• Mystery/Suspense: 6
• Romance/Erotica: 5
• Sci-Fi: 2
• Social Science/Current Affairs/Politics: 1

Backlist vs. New Releases:

• Backlist books: 29
• 2022 releases: 11

Fiction Vs. Nonfiction:

• Fiction: 34
• Nonfiction: 6

Format Read:

• Print: 20
• Digital: 5
• Audio: 15

Age Range:

• Adult: 27
• YA: 13
• MG: 
• Children: 

My favorite books of the month were The Pomegranate by S.J. Schwaidelson and The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood.

Here’s what I read in January:

• Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo (ALC)
• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (ARC)
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lord
• The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (Love Hypothesis #1)

• The Pomegranate by S.J. Schwaidelson
• To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
• Postmortem by Patricia Daniels Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta #1)
• Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody (The Shadow Game #1)
• The Redhead of Auschwitz by Nechama Birnbaum
• These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan (These Hollow Vows #1)
• The Devil You Know by Kit Rocha (Mercenary Librarians #2)
• The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak (ARC)
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta #2)
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• What Happens Now? by Sophia Money-Coutts
• Wahala by Nikki May (ALC)
• Once More With Chutzpah by Haley Neil (ARC)
• It’s a Whole Spiel by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur
• Murder on the Menu by Fiona Leitch (The Nosey Parker Mysteries #1) (ARC)
• Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray (Beasts of Prey #1)
• Fire by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm #2)
• Lore Olympus Vol. 1 by Rachel Smythe (Lore Olympus Volumes #1)
• The Beast by Katee Robert (Wicked Villains #4)
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt 
• Persian Tea by Jasmine Lawi
• Loving Notes for a Beautiful Life by Jasmine Lawi
• Ashes of Gold by J. Elle (Wings of Ebony #1) (ARC)
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
• We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 

• Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (ALC)
• The Arc by Tory Henwood Hoen (ALC)

• Find Me by Alafair Burke (ALC)
• To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara (ALC)

• Never Tell by Selena Montgomery (ALC)

• Malice by Heather Walter (Malice Duology #1)
• Wings of Ebony by J. Elle (Wings of Ebony #1)

How was your January?