January 2013 – In Review

This month I read 23 books.  I started four new series and finished three series. You can see the full list of books reviewed below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:
–  Just One Day by Gayle Forman (5/5 stars)
– The Golden Twine (Cat’s Cradle, Book 1) by Jo Rioux (4/5 stars)
– The Rest Falls Away (Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 1) by Colleen Gleason (4/5 stars)
– The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd (4.5/5 stars)

I finished the following series:
– Foretold (The Demon Trappers, Book 4) by Jana Oliver (5/5 stars)
– The Mephisto Kiss (The Mephisto Convenant, Book 2) by Trinity Faegen (3/5 stars)
–  Reached (Matched, Book 3) by Ally Condie (3/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
– Just One Day by Gayle Forman (5/5 stars)
– Foretold (The Demon Trappers, Book 4) by Jana Oliver (5/5 stars)
– The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (5/5 stars)
– The Water Witch (The Fairwick Chronicles, Book 2) by Juliet Dark (4.5/5 stars)
– 14 by Peter Clines (4.5/5 stars)
– Zed: A Cosmic Tale by Michel Gagne (4.5/5 stars)
– Cold Days (Dresden Files, Book 14) by Jim Butcher (5/5 stars)
– The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd (4.5/5 stars)
– Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Get Steampunk’d Reading Challenge (3/15 books)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (3/24 books)
– YA/MG Fantasy Reading Challenge (3/10 books)
– Audio Book Challenge  (1/12 books)
– 150+ Reading Challenge (23/150 books)
– Debut Author Reading Challenge (2/12 books)
– Paranormal Reading Challenge  (5/12 books)
– Color Coded Reading Challenge (0/9 books)
– TBR Pile Reading Challenge  (7/50 books)
– Young Adult Reading Challenge  (7/50 books)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. The Map of Time (Trilogia Victoriana, Book 1) by Felix J. Palma (2.5/5 stars)
2. Just One Day by Gayle Forman (5/5 stars)
3. Empire State by Adam Christopher (2/5 stars)
4. Foretold (The Demon Trappers, Book 4) by Jana Oliver (5/5 stars)
5. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (4/5 stars)
6. Inherit the Wind (Fables, Book 17) by Bill Willingham (4/5 stars)
7. The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (5/5 stars)
8. Lost in Time (Blue Bloods, Book 6) by Melissa de la Cruz (2.5/5 stars)
9. Out for Blood (House of Comarre, Book 4) by Kristen Painter (4/5 stars)
10. The Golden Twine (Cat’s Cradle, Book 1) by Jo Rioux (4/5 stars)
11. The Mephisto Kiss (The Mephisto Convenant, Book 2) by Trinity Faegen (3/5 stars)
12. The Water Witch (The Fairwick Chronicles, Book 2) by Juliet Dark (4.5/5 stars)
13. 14 by Peter Clines (4.5/5 stars)
14. Zed: A Cosmic Tale by Michel Gagne (4.5/5 stars)
15. Cold Days (Dresden Files, Book 14) by Jim Butcher (5/5 stars)
16. Jinx by Sage Blackwood (4/5 stars)
17. The Assassin and the Underworld (Throne of Glass, Novella 0.3) by Sarah J. Maas (4/5 stars)
18. The Rest Falls Away (Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 1) by Colleen Gleason (4/5 stars)
19. The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd (4.5/5 stars)
20. Deadly Sting (Elemental Assassin, Book 8) by Jennifer Estep (3.5/5 stars)
21. On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves (4/5 stars)
22. Reached (Matched, Book 3) by Ally Condie (3/5 stars)
23. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (5/5 stars)