Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2017

Posted February 3, 2017 by Angie in Features & Spotlights / 0 Comments

Books Octavia Read:

Bodyguard by Jessica Linden: two-stars
Everywhere and Every Way by Jennifer Probst: DNF
Dazzling by Elizabeth Hayley: one-star
Radiant by Elizabeth Hayley: one-star
Honor by Jay Crownover: four-stars
A Wife in Every Sense by Joanne Walsh: one-star
Dance With the Billionaire by Charlotte Eve: three-stars

Books Shelly Read:

March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Parker: five-stars
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay: four-stars
By Your Side by Kasie West: three-half-stars
StarTrek: Starfleet Academy by Mike Johnson, Ryan Parrott and Derek Charm: four-half-stars
Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World, edited by Kelly Jensen: five-stars
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie: three-half-stars
Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron four-half-stars

Books Angie Read:

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones: five-stars
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli: three-half-stars
The Geeks Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash: three-stars
Forever or a Long Long Time by Caela Carter: four-stars
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan: two-half-stars
Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood: four-stars
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee: four-half-stars
Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon: five-stars

Smut by Karina Halle: DNF
Virgin by Radhika Sanghani: DNF
The Esspressologist by Kristina Springer: DNF

Posts We Posted

  1. [1 Jan] 2017 Diverse Reads Book Challenge: Goals and My ‘Must Read’ List!
  2. [4 Jan] Waiting on Wednesday: Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
  3. [10 Jan] Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To
  4. [11 Jan] Waiting on Wednesday: Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
  5. [12 Jan] Difficult Women by Roxane Gay ★★★★
  6. [18 Jan] Waiting on Wednesday: Shadow Run by AdriAnne Strickland and Michael Miller
  7. [24 Jan] By Your Side by Kasie West ★★★
  8. [25 Jan] Waiting on Wednesday: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
  9. [30 Jan] Cover Reveal: 27 Hours by Tristina Wright!
  10. [31 Jan] Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Comics/Graphic Novels on my TBR

Top Books on Our TBRs for February

Octavia:

Big Shot by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde
Fake Fiancée by Ilsa Madden-Mills
Aliens! by R. McGeddon
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting by Joe Ballarini

Shelly:

American Street by Ibi Zoboi
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Hard Wired by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell

Angie:

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman

Exciting Stuff that happened in January

Shelly: I didn’t expect this to happen so soon but I have an agent! I’ve been working with Celeste on a few things and we are now both represented by Brooks Sherman of The Bent Agency! Yay!

Blogbound also officially announced some of their details and I’ll be speaking there! It’s happening on May 31, 2017 so if you’re in NYC or will be visiting for BEA, you can see me there. Link here.

Other than that, not much? Although those things are very exciting.

Angie: I saw Hamilton!!!! And okay that was on like, January 2nd, but really January was exceptionally boring other than the bits of it I spent in NYC and if you would like to look at pics from my AMAZING trip, you can see them all HERE

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