It’s already the 5th of February? How did that happen?
I read twelve books in January. I’m certainly not going to complain about that. Here are the books that filled my month with glorious words:
Dead Wake by Erik Larson*
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Strange Fruit by Joel Christian Gill*
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
Irritable Hearts by Mac McClelland*
A Tree Born Crooked by Steph Post
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teege*
The Martian by Andy Weir
*Nonfiction
Favorite Fiction: YOU CAN’T MAKE ME PICK! It’s a tie of awesomeness between The Martian and All the Light We Cannot See
Favorite Nonfiction: Dead Wake
Favorite Graphic Novel/Comic: Smile
How was January for you?
The Relentless Reader 
I'm so excited for Dead Wake!! I have it waiting for me on my Kindle for March! You got some great books in this month! And I'm still raving about My Sunshine Away – reviewing coming on Feb 11.
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Wow, what a great reading month! I NEED to read both The Martian and All the Light We Cannot See.
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Dead Wake was so so good, you'll love it. I was so happy to get my hands on a copy I nearly did a jig, lol.
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You do, you really do! I was slapped upside the head by The Martian. Oh my word, what a ride!
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Wow, what a great month! So many great books, no wonder you burned through them.
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It was and I did 😀 I can only hope that the next month goes as well. Quality over quantity of course!
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I am so excited to read Dead Wake. Larsen hasn't disappointed yet. I'm glad to see that it was your favourite non-fiction of the month.There was something about January that made it insanely productive reading wise – I finished 14 books. But so far in February, I'm still trying to finish one.
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You had a good month. A couple of those I'd like to read.Happy February reading!
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I started scrolling through your list and I was so impressed that I knew all of them. And then I found a few that were new to me! I'm glad you had a great month, Jennifer. May your February reading be just as good!
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The Girl on the Train is haunting me! From the Internet, from blogs, and the copy sitting on my dresser! I'm in the middle of two others and have one I want to read before a movie comes out later in February, but this one is just getting to me!
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Smile is on my list, and I really have to get Drama, too. I'm so glad you liked The Martian! I enjoyed that book so much (and it was a little unexpected, as I more or less picked it up because of the reviews I'd seen of it – going by the blurb alone, it certainly wasn't a book I'd normally read).
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Dead Wake is soooo good! He has a way around a subject, doesn't he? 😀 February started a little weird. I had to dnf a book for the first time. It's picked up though!
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It was a productive, and fun! month 😀
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I hope February is as good too 😀 It's a tall order! I'm determined to make this year an awesome one.
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Lol, I know what you mean. There are always a few of those that I'm dying to get to. I don't think you'll be disappointed, Jennine!
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Smile & Drama are both so sweet and fun. You'll like them a lot. I only picked up The Martian because nearly every blogger I know raved about it. Science is NOT my thing and I never would have picked it up on my own. Oh my gosh, though. SO good.
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January was good – I finished strong even with a 17 day vacation 🙂 You had a greta month and I have read several of the books you have here.
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I really enjoyed seeing your vacation shots on Facebook, Sheila 😀 Looks like you were having so much fun.
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That looks like a hell of a month! I'm kidless and husbandless this weekend, so I'll be crawling into All the Light We Cannot See.
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Oooh, lucky duck 😀 I should kick my family out of here for a weekend soon, lol.
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I just finished The Girl on the Train today and I'm trying to decide if it was over-hyped (probably), but ultimately good. Or hyped to the point that it covered up the fact that it's a pretty standard domestic thriller… What did you think?
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The hype might have gotten to you? Maybe? I couldn't put it down, lol. But I don't read a lot of thrillers (almost never in fact) so it might have just gotten to me because I'm not used to them, lol.
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