Monthly Review – January 2021

In January I read 25 books. You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:

• Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, Book 1) by Ilona Andrews (5/5 stars)
• Ninja Girl Adventures (Ninja Girl Adventures, Book 1) by Melissa Wilson, Phil Elmore (3/5 stars)
• Zero G (The Zero Chronicles, Book 1) by Dan Wells, Narrated by Various (3/5 stars)
• Casting Shadows (Casting Shadows, Book 1) by Dziyana Taylor (2/5 stars)
• The City We Became (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1) by N.K. Jemisin (5/5 stars)
• The Golden Age, Book 1 by Roxanne Moreil, Cyril Pedrosa (3.5/5 stars)
• The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, Book 1) by M. A. Carrick (4/5 stars)
• The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, Book 1) by Andrea Stewart (5/5 stars)
• The Gilded Ones (Deathless, Book 1) by Namina Forna (5/5 stars)
• Grave Bounty Magic (Forty Proof Series, Book 1) by Shannon Mayer, Narrated by Lauren Fortgang (4/5 stars)
• Set Fire to the Gods (Set Fire to the Gods, Book 1) by Sara Raasch, Kristen Simmons (2/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• Lycans and Legends (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 6) by Melanie Karsak (4/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, Book 1) by Ilona Andrews (5/5 stars)
• The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatswith (5/5 stars)
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (5/5 stars)
• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (5/5 stars)
• The City We Became (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1) by N.K. Jemisin (5/5 stars)
• The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark (4.5/5 stars)
• The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, Book 1) by Andrea Stewart (5/5 stars)
• The Gilded Ones (Deathless, Book 1) by Namina Forna (5/5 stars)
• La Belle Dame Sans Merci (Lady Mechanika, Vol 5) by M. M. Chen, Joe Benitez, Martin Montiel, Beth Sotelo (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:

– Goodreads Reading Challenge (Progress: 25/200)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (Progress: 5/52) 

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below:
1. Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, Narrated by Jennifer Woodward, John Telfer (3/5 stars)
2. Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, Book 1) by Ilona Andrews (5/5 stars)
3. Lycans and Legends (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 6) by Melanie Karsak (4/5 stars)
4. Ninja Girl Adventures (Ninja Girl Adventures, Book 1) by Melissa Wilson, Phil Elmore (3/5 stars)
5. Zero G (The Zero Chronicles, Book 1) by Dan Wells, Narrated by Various (3/5 stars)
6. The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatswith (5/5 stars)
7. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (5/5 stars)
8. Casting Shadows (Casting Shadows, Book 1) by Dziyana Taylor (2/5 stars)
9. The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (5/5 stars)
10. The City We Became (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1) by N.K. Jemisin (5/5 stars)
11. The Golden Age, Book 1 by Roxanne Moreil, Cyril Pedrosa (3.5/5 stars)
12. The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, Book 1) by M. A. Carrick (4/5 stars)
13. Double Dog Dare (Sparks, Book 2) by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto (4/5 stars)
14. The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan (4/5 stars)
15. The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark (4.5/5 stars)
16. The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, Book 1) by Andrea Stewart (5/5 stars)
17. The Gilded Ones (Deathless, Book 1) by Namina Forna (5/5 stars)
18. Grave Bounty Magic (Forty Proof Series, Book 1) by Shannon Mayer, Narrated by Lauren Fortgang (4/5 stars)
19. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (3.5/5 stars)
20. What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo (4/5 stars)
21. Luster by Raven Leilani (4/5 stars)
22. Set Fire to the Gods (Set Fire to the Gods, Book 1) by Sara Raasch, Kristen Simmons (2/5 stars)
23. La Belle Dame Sans Merci (Lady Mechanika, Vol 5) by M. M. Chen, Joe Benitez, Martin Montiel, Beth Sotelo (5/5 stars)
24. Remina by Junji Ito (3/5 stars)
25. Calculated by Nova McBee (4.5/5 stars)