Egads, what a month it’s been. This is my busy travel season for work. I had two back-to-back trips to Chicago and Anchorage. Yep, two typically cold locations, but both were warmer than home! A record-breaking snowstorm postponed my return trip from Anchorage, allowing me to experience a 7.1 earthquake. Yeah. I missed the snowstorm but not the earthquake.
You’d think this would all mean I would have read plenty of books. Not so much. Crazy schedule means I’m exhausted at night, with no desire to read. Rather than forcing myself to read, I took advantage of any down time I had to chill out and catch up on my favorite shows and, perhaps, do a little crafting.
All this said, I did do some reading! Following is a recap of titles reviewed on the blog in January:
- The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
- The Past by Tessa Hadley
- Beside Myself by Ann Morgan
- After the Crash by Michel Bussi
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington
Six books reviewed, down four from the usual. They were all pretty tremendous books, but the one that sticks out the most to me is The Golden Son. It got me out of a book slump, kept my attention despite my exhaustion.
Posts of Note:
- Winter Book Preview: February, 2016
- Winter Book Preview: February 2016, Part II
- Book Club Discussion: Favorites of 2015
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How was your reading month? What were your favorites?
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