The Bookmark Lit Bulletin wraps up the last month in reading and what was on the blog, as well as what’s coming up next. You can check out my book haul, books read, posts shared, challenge updates, etc. You can read past bulletins here. If you’re looking for more personal updates, you can check out my Lauren Lately feature; it highlights my life events and non-bookish fun from the previous 30 days.
2023 started and it’s like I’m a new woman (or older version of myself from pre-pandemic days when I read a lot more than I have the last two years…)! I’m off to the races. 9 books may not seem like a lot when you think about my 17-book-January, but I’m currently 3 books ahead on my Goodreads challenge. That’s all I could hope for. Even better? I’m really in the MOOD to read. Like all the time! Books are exciting again!
9 books in January
9 read • 0 rereads • 0 DNF
Pages read: 3056 • Average rating: 4 stars
Genres: 3 mystery/thriller, 2 contemporary, 2 fantasy, 1 nonfiction, 1 literary fiction
Formats: 4 egalley, 2 paperback, 1 hardcover, 1 audiobook, 1 review audio
Sources: 12 borrowed, 2 review, 2 purchased, 1 BOTM
Age Target: 6 adult, 3 young adult
Here are all the books I read this month and the challenges they applied to!
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book with a song lyric as its title
- 52 Book Club: Published by Macmillan
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: BFF’s house (YA or NA, friends-to-lovers)
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: Shortest book (pages) on TBR
- 52 Book Club: Under 200 pages
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: N/A
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: Set in the decade you were born
- 52 Book Club: Includes a funeral
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: N/A
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: MC’s name is in the title
- 52 Book Club: About secrets
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: N/A
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: Has a cult following
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: Alliteration in the title
- 52 Book Club: Alliterative title
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: Library (any genre, free choice)
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: With a map
- 52 Book Club: Published in 2023
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: N/A
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: N/A
- 52 Book Club: N/A
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: N/A
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: Fave past prompt (female author)
- 52 Book Club: Featuring one of the seven deadly sins
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: N/A
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: New-to-you author
- Popsugar Reading Challenge: About a vacation
- 52 Book Club: First word is “the”
- Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
- Must Read in 2023: N/A
- Romanceopoly: N/A
- Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: Historical
Popsugar Reading Challenge: 16%
52 Book Club: 15%
Buzzword Reading Challenge: 0%
Must Read in 2023: 0%
Romanceopoly: 5%
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 12%
Breakdown: 10 purchased | 1 free/gifted | 5 review copies | 2 BOTM
All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review.
For Review
From Hachette: Ana Takes Manhattan by Decos, Jana Goes Wild by Heron
From Penguin Random House: The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Skye,
Kill Joy by Jackson, Business or Pleasure by Solomon
Currently Checked Out (Library)
Books currently checked out from the library or on hold/coming soon found HERE.
Purchased
BOTM: What Lies in the Woods by Marshall, The Reunion by Olson
Preordered: The Stolen Heir by Black
Purchased at R.J. Julia: Marple by Christie/others, Nine Liars by Johnson
Purchased at Costco: The House in the Pines by Reyes
Purchased at B&N: Live and Let Chai by Baker, Sprinkle with Murder by McKinley, Crime and Poetry by Flower, Buried in a Good Book by Berry, Dead and Gondola by Claire, The Maid by Prose
- [4 Jan] Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne ★★★★
- [4 Jan] The Family Game by Catherine Steadman ★★★★½
- [4 Jan] You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa ★★★★
- [9 Jan] No Exit by Taylor Adams ★★★½
- [9 Jan] Stay Awake by Megan Goldin ★★★★½
- [9 Jan] Anon Pls. by DeuxMoi ★★★★
- [13 Jan] Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
- [23 Jan] The Villa by Rachel Hawkins ★★★★½
- [23 Jan] The Stolen Heir by Holly Black ★★★★½
- [23 Jan] Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen ★★★★
- [2 Jan] 2022 End of Year Wrap-Up and Stats
- [3 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #391: 2022 Faves
- [5 Jan] January TBR
- [10 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #392: Most Anticipated
- [12 Jan] 2023 Resolutions and Goals
- [16 Jan] Bookmark Lit Bulletin | December 2022
- [18 Jan] Library Love | January 2022
- [19 Jan] Currently 1/19
- [20 Jan] Books on My TBR That *Aren’t* Contemporary or Mystery/Thrillers
- [24 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #393: New-To-Me Authors
- [26 Jan] Most Anticipated Reads of 2022 – How Did I Do?
- [27 Jan] The Rise of Cozy Reads (Recs, TBR, and Other Media)
- [30 Jan] New-To-Me Authors from 2022 I’m Excited to Read From Again
- [31 Jan] Top Ten Tuesdays #394: Freebie
How was your reading month?
What do you have up next?
I love seeing all of the challenges that each of your reads applied to for the month! I’m hoping to get to Tomorrow x3 and Lunar Love soon. And I’m SO excited for Kill Joy later this month!
I think you’ll like Tomorrow more than I did! I enjoyed it but the hype got to me, and video game lovers will probably relate more 🙂 Lunar Love was super cute!