Bookmark Lit Bulletin | January 2018

The Bookmark Lit Bulletin was created to wrap up each month and prepare for the next. I share my book haul, books I read and reviewed, posts I shared, challenge updates, and more from the previous month. I also let you know what may be coming up on the blog in the coming month. You can read past bulletins here. I recently split out my personal posts into the Lauren Lately feature, so this is a bit shorter!

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I love kicking off the year with a solid reading month because it just gives me some breathing room. Even though my goal is much lower this year, I still have been in the mood to read like a crazy person. I did read a few books in one day or over the course of two sittings. Snow days and skiing lead to a lot of audiobook listening and/or reading, depending. I’m starting to get a littleee stir crazy though, so hopefully we can pull together some activities for the rest of the winter.

Average rating for books read this month: 3.8 stars

Highlights & Lowlights

This month’s books:

Year-Long

Netgalley/Edelweiss Challenge

4 this month | 4 read total | Current NG ratio: 73%

Popsugar Reading Challenge

10 this month | 10 read total | 25% complete

 

Prompts from L-R: Next book in started series, book set in fascinating country, book with a time of day in the title, book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist, book is also a stage play/musical, book with alliteration in the title, book with twin characters, book published in 2018, book you meant to read in 2017, favorite prompt from a 2015-7 challenge (book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet), book with fruit or vegetable in the title

Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge

3 this month | 3 read total | 25% complete

Prompts from L-R: Book recommended by someone, book of poetry/a play/essays, book you can read in a day

Winter Bingo Challenge

(I should have also marked off “buddy read” for my book club selection, BTW)

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Book Reviews

• [3 Jan] Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan, Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard, Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi, Julie Murphy ★★★★
• [5 Jan] The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo ★★★★
• [5 Jan] Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire ★★★½
• [5 Jan] War of the Cards by Colleen Oakes ★★★½
• [10 Jan] Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne ★★★★
• [18 Jan] Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy ★★½
• [18 Jan] As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti ★★★
• [24 Jan] They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera ★★★★★
• [24 Jan] Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills ★★★★★
• [24 Jan] Top Ten by Katie Cotugno ★★★★
• [24 Jan] Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo ★★★★

Discussions, Memes, and More

• [1 Jan] Bookmark Lit Bulletin | December 2017 + End of Year
• [2 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #164: New Authors
• [4 Jan] Favorite Things of 2017
• [6 Jan] Bout of Books 21 Sign-Up & Tracking
• [8 Jan] If We Were Having Coffee…
• [9 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #165: Meant to Read
• [11 Jan] 2018 Planner Life
• [12 Jan] State of the ARC | 2018 Start
• [15 Jan] Lauren Lately | January 2018
• [16 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #166: Goals
• [17 Jan] Books Read by Month
• [19 Jan] Failures and Lessons of 2017
• [22 Jan] Low Rated Books I Loved
• [23 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #167: Old Favorites
• [25 Jan] Library Love | January
• [26 Jan] Potential 2018 Rereads
• [29 Jan] The Cruel Prince Celebration and Giveaway
• [30 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #168: Can’t Believe I Read
• [31 Jan] February TBR

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Breakdown:  5 bought  |  0 borrowed  | 1 free/gifted | 7 for review 

Publishers via Netgalley: Bookish Boyfriends by Schmidt, Valley Girls by Lemon, Starry Eyes by Bennett

Egalley for blog tour: The Sweetest Kind of Fate by Crystal Cestari

Publishers: The Opposite of Here by Altebrando, Whisper of the Tide by Tolcser,
The Universe is Expanding and So Am I by Mackler

Kindle books (gift card): Young Jane Young by Zevin, Tower of Dawn by SJM,
Far from the Tree by Benway, The Casquette Girls by Arden (free!), Some Women by Liebert,
Dear Dwyane with Love by Gordon, The Big F by Martin

Preordered: Wires and Nerve Vol. 2 by Marissa Meyer

None!

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✨ Check out my most recent personal life wrap-up HERE ✨

Life Happenings | Media Addictions | Goals | Favorites | Life Ahead

 
Wrestling-themed NYE | Book and coffee | Hotel work life | Chillin with Bigfoot
 
Painting pottery | Jalapeno popper bites | Working from bed | Beer, books, and coffee shop

Top Blog Posts Coming Up

Operation COYER & Kindle Books I Forgot About | I was inspired by a couple of bloggers to share some of the ebooks on my Kindle that I completely forget about, and my mission to finally read (or delete) some of them… annnnd how all of that fits in with my other reading goals for the year!

Seasonal Book Club | Inspired by an old TTT that we did about book clubs, I wanted to make a new year’s reading list inspired by the months. A couple of examples: something about “new beginnings” in January and a lovey-dovey kind of book in February.

Planner Impact on 2018 Reading | I’ve only been using my bookish planner for a month now, obviously, but I can already see how it is impacting my reading. Let’s just say that the first month I write a TBR in a planner and track new releases = the first month I actually finish all the books on my TBR. And more!

Degrees of Separation / Meet Cutes and 101 in 1001 | I keep bumping these posts off because I generally LIKE them but I haven’t been itching to post them. Sorry? I definitely will have them for February though because I have almost nothing scheduled for the month at this point, which is weird for me.

Favorite Series | I do some review round-ups when I binge-read a series but it’s been a while since I’ve actually laid out my favorite series. I’ll be starting a mini feature on the blog for a few Mondays in a row (I think) where I talk about my favorite series pre-blogging and then during blogging years.

Top Books on the TBR

Check out my February TBR post! ?

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How was your January?
Anything good planned for February?

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