A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: This Weekly Wrap catches up on the 17 books I’ve read in January so far while unpacking my 2022 reading challenges and some new books on my To-Be-Read list.
Updates
| Last Week’s Blog Updates | Last Week’s Goodreads Reviews |
|---|---|
| 📖 2021 Wrap Up: 387 books read 📖 Weekly Wrap: December 27th to January 2nd 📖 | 📚 Reckoning by Montana Ash |
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Weekly Review
What I’ve Read This Week
Key: 🔁 re-read | ❌ DNF | 📜 from my Up Next shelf | 📲 eARC
- Outlaw (Pack Prophecy, #2) by R.L. Caulder ⭐️⭐️
- Save Me (WITSEC, #2) by Ashley N. Rostek 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Outcast (Pack Prophecy, #1) by R.L. Caulder 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Carnage of Misery (The Shadows of Wildberry Lane, #3) by M. Sinclair ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Save Me (WITSEC, #2) by Ashley N. Rostek ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- The Princess Will Save You (Kingdoms of Sand and Sky, #1) by Sarah Henning 📜 ⭐️⭐️
- Four Men and a Baby (My Over the Top Possessive Alpha Harem, #3) by Sharan Daire ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Choosing Theo (Clecanian, #1) by Victoria Aveline ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Vespertine (Vespertine, #1) by Margaret Rogerson 📜 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Christmas Crush (Reindeer Valley, #1) by MINK ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Christmas Grump (Reindeer Valley, #2) by MINK ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Reckoning (Elemental Paladins, #7) by Montana Ash 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Revolution (Elemental Paladins, #6) by Montana Ash 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Custodian (Elemenal Paladins, #5) by Montana Ash 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Ranger (Elemental Paladins, #4) by Montana Ash 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Spin the Dawn (The Blood of the Stars, #1) by Elizabeth Lim 📜 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Chade (Elemental Paladins, #3) by Montana Ash 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Reading Progress
My first Weekly Wrap of 2022 is a catch-up of all the books I’ve read in the past two weeks. I also finally posted my 2021 Wrap Up!
I read Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson as part of the Book Darlings Book Club hosted on Instagram. I found the magic system so interested and I loved the character development as Artemisia becomes more self-assured in her power. The relationship between Artemisia and the sinister revenant was what kept me reading; I loved how the revenant – which is conceived as the ultimate evil – cares so much about Artemisia. Also, like Magaret’s other books, the secondary character development was amazing and it’s the main reason I’m so excited about Vespertine being the first in a series.
It took me a bit longer to get around to Save Me by Ashley N. Rostek because of all the coursework I had due during the end of December and beginning of January. But, nothing demonstrates how much I loved this book than the fact I read it twice in the past week.
The character development of the Heroine was a huge plot point in this book. I appreciated that the author acknowledged the very real struggles – like depression and PTSD – that someone who has survived what she has would go through. Being in a relationship was not a “cure,” she had to work on herself.
Also, the romance! So good. I really want to find some more contemporary reverse harem romances that have such dedicated Heroes.
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Reading Challenges Progress
As I mentioned above, I’ve already read the January book for The Book Darlings Book Club: Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson. I’ve also knocked off two prompts from the Diversify Yo’ Bookshelf Challenge:
- Polyamorous MC: Save Me by Ashley N. Rostek
- Inspired by East Asian Folklore / Mythology / Fairy Tale: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Save Me also counts as the “re-read a favourite” prompt for the Reading Women Challenge. However, that’s the only prompt I’m doubling up on across all my reading challenges in 2022.
I’ve also read three books from my Up Next Shelf so far in 2022.
A reminder: my Up Next Shelf is comprised of all the unread books I want to read and have purchased.
Want to Read Updates
You will like The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich if you appreciate:
✨ Historical fiction
✨ Documents “the fight against Native dispossession from Native Dakota to Washington, D.C.”
✨ Theme of spirituality
✨ Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2021)
✨ Exploration of love, death and racial injustice
You will like Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn if you appreciate:
✨ Nonfiction
✨ Indictment of how medicine has failed women
✨ Tracing of women’s relationship with medicine from Ancient Greece, to hysteria and beyond
✨ Told through character studies and case histories
The Upcoming Week
To Be Read
I’m currently reading Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq which is a mix of literary fiction and memoir. It’s a coming-of-age story about an Inuit girl set in Nunavut in the 1970s.
I’m enjoying the combination of fiction with poetry and memoir. The book flows so well that it feels like art. The poetry is especially evocative.
I’m taking my time reading Split Tooth, but because it’s my choice for the Read Around the World Challenge January prompt, (set in the Arctic or the Antarctic) I’ll finish it by the end of the month.
To Look Forward To This Week
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz was released yesterday on January 18th. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. I’ve been gravitating towards historical fiction with strong and independent Heroines where the romance takes a backseat recently (which is far from my norm). I’m also excited for the mystery that’s hinted at in the synopsis.
In the coming week, I’m hoping to post my End of Year Book Tag that gets into the specifics of some of the books I read in 2021. I’m also finally posting my December Wrap Up!
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