January both lasted forever and blew by far too quickly.
January goal:
I don’t know yet about January. Let’s say 4 books, since I’ll start with my annual reread and I don’t expect it will take much longer to get through my current YA read.
Result:
Yeah, I did it.
What I read:
- Zen and the Art of Happiness—Chris Prentiss
- Kindle / 145p
- Jan 1–2
- 5⭐
- Review
- The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)—Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Kindle / 470p
- Dec 28–Jan 8
- 3⭐
- Review
- In My Remaining Years—Jean Grae
- Audiobook 🎧 / 8h 45m
- Aug 17–Jan 23
- 3⭐
- Review
- Games Untold (The Inheritance Games, #5)—Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Kindle / 441p
- Jan 9–23
- 3⭐
- Review
In-progress:
- The Grandest Game (The Inheritance Games, #4.1)—Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Kindle
- 85%
- Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum —Michael J Fox & Nelle Fortenberry
- Audiobook 🎧
- 44%
- Separation of Church and Hate—John Fugelsang
- Physical
- p84 of 283
- I haven’t picked this up since before Christmas, but I will get back to it soon.
Abandoned:
- none
2026 Progress
Star Ratings:
Based on the flat stars, not the quarter stars I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 1 book
- 4 stars: 0 books
- 3 stars: 3 books
- 2 stars: 0 books
- 1 star: 0 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 0 books
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read/Hours Listened:
(Does not include partial books, abandoned books, or edited manuscripts)
- January – 1319p, 8h 45m
*Note: Storygraph has a slightly different number because they count what they think I actually read each day based on when I update my progress. I always count the entire book in the month it was completed, even if I read everything but the last page (or listen to everything but the last minute) in the previous month.
Reading Goals:
Read 36 books
I finished 4 books toward my Storygraph challenge.
- Audiobooks: 1
- Kindle: 2
- Physical books: 1
Read 25 minutes per day
January 31 was Day 1599 of my reading streak.
I’m still working through The Inheritance Games series, though my enjoyment is waning. I’m almost done with book 4.1, which leaves 4.2, 4.3 (not yet released), and another out-of-sequence entry. It’s a strange setup.
February’s goal is 4. I plan to finish the remaining Inheritance Games books that are available, plus my current audiobook.
As always, you can find me other places to see what I’m reading:
Also, I recommend supporting independent bookstores. My favorite is Old Town Books (they ship!). You can also support my favorite podcast through their Bookshop.org link at KickBezosInTheBalls.org (or pick a local shop of your choosing). And you can never go wrong with your local library!
