Month in Review: January 2018

Happy February!!! It's hard to believe we are already into the 2nd month of the year - it seems like these days are just flying by already! This year I have decided not to participate in a ton of reading challenges - instead, I am trying to focus on the unread books already sitting on my shelf. To that end, I am participating in #TheUnreadShelfProject2018. I did pretty well this month and have high hopes for the upcoming year!  


Reading Stats: 

• Read this month: 19
• Year to date: 19
  

Books Read: 

1. Copycat -- Alex Lake
2. Now That You Mention It -- Kristan Higgin (audio book)
3. The Woman in the Window -- A.J. Finn
4. The Immortalists -- Chloe Benjamin
5. The Pearl Sister -- Lucinda Riley (audio book)
6. Just Between Us -- Rebecca Drake
7. Here We Lie -- Paula Treick DeBoard
8. The English Wife -- Lauren Willig (audio book)
9. The Black Painting -- Neil Olson
10. After You -- Jojo Moyes
11. Walking the Bones -- Randall Silvas (e-book)
12. The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris -- Jenny Colgan (audio book)
13. Still Me -- Jojo Moyes
14. Local Girl Missing -- Claire Douglas (audio book)
15. Look For Me -- Lisa Gardner
16. The Girlfriend -- Michelle Frances
17. The Girl Who Came Home -- Hazel Gaynor (audio book)
18. Twist of Faith -- Ellen Green (audio book)
19. Open House -- Elizabeth Berg

  
Favorite Books of January:   

• The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
• The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Monthly Highlights:

• Are you a #CoHo fan? Colleen Hoover's latest book, All Your Perfects, due out in July, finally has a cover and it's amazing!!! I have the cover reveal along with a link to an excerpt in US Weekly. I can't wait to read this :) 
• #Coverreveal: All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
• The BookSparks #LoveIsInTheAir Winter Reading Challenge has begun! Six books have been selected, and I did Book Spotlights on two so far:
• Match Made in Manhattan by Amanda Stauffer
• All We Knew by Jamie Beck

Update #UnReadShelfProject2018:
*These numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review books.

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 260
• Books read in January (that count): 3
• Books bought/received as gift in January: 1 (and I read it already!!!)
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 22
• Total unread books on shelf at end of January: 235

 
*Kathyrn over at The Book Date has created a Month in Review meme for those who put together these monthly posts. From now on, I'll be linking my post up each month...Thanks Kathryn for putting this meme together!!!