Failures, Feats, and February Goals

Afternoon All,

Sorry to have kept you waiting, but the last few weeks have been a bit challenging. For example, the weekend of the 24in48 Read-a-Thon I'd been so excited for? Yeah, my horrible brother in law came into town and it turned out to be grasping at the straws of time to get 24 hours of reading in. I was able to finish Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitsgerald by Therese Anne Fowler, which was wonderful as I've been watching Amazon's "Z:The Beginning of Everything", a truly magical show.

I'm not proud of how January ended, though my stats are pretty okay. 27 books consumed. 8 Audio books, 3 E-Books and 16 printed books. Of these books 2 were book club books, 2 were for LitsyAtoZ, with the rest filling the Book Riot and Pop Sugar reading challenges in various slots.

February will be a better month! On Litsy and Instagram I'm doing FeistyFeb and RiotGram pics, following the prompts and sharing them around! I'm also doubling down on my reading efforts. I need to do more of my LitsyAtoZ books, and zero in on the remaining challenge categories. Oh, and I still want to read some things for fun, and I kind of get side tracked when I just read for fun.

With February having just started my current listen is Caraval by Stephanie Garber, My current read is Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter, Soonly I'll be starting Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly and The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. My current book club read is Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach .

Until next time,

XOXO
-BrainyHeroine

Just a Week of Books

Afternoon All,

This week we're going to keep things short and sweet. I've got a three day weekend, some great wine, and the time to just finish some books.

Completed for Challenges: 

• All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
• #LitsyAtoZ Book A
• America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
• Read for my Historical Fiction Book Club

Books Read This Week

I can't quite decide whether or not these are for challenges or just for fun, but I'll list what categories they fall into anyway. 

• A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro 
• The first in a series you've never read before
• The Wedding Shroud by Elisabeth Storrs
• Again, the first in a series you've never read before
• The Immortal Circus Book 1 by A.R. Kahler
• One last time, the first in a series you've never read before. 

Clearly this week I was in the mood for series/trilogies; I blame this on Kricket. 

In more exciting news I've got my books picked out selected for the 24in48 readathon next weekend, I'm so ready to just sit and consume and ignore the real world! I'll be reading the following books: 

1. The Book Jumper by Mechthild Glaser
2. History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund 
3. The Bear and the Nightengale by Katherine Arden
4. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

These also fall into challenge requirements! Next week I'll post up a more detailed readathon worthy blog post. 

I'm also going to be continuing The Other Einstein by Marie Benadict (yay book club!) And speaking of book clubs, I got my first book for my #CoverToCover group too! Click HERE to get the Goodreads page for it. (I don't want to spoil anything for my friends.)

Until next time, 

-BrainyHeroine

Decisions, Decisions

Happy New Year All!

To kick off this new year I am doing a book reading blitz. Between today and tomorrow I plan to read as many challenge books as I can! There are about 10 on my master list that are nice and short, unintentionally, yet this is making my blitz that much more doable.

The blitz had been planned for awhile, but the books kept bouncing around. Actually deciding what to read sometimes is hard! I am one of those who can simultaneously want to read any and everything, while still not being able find anything to read.

For the blitz I have chosen the shorter books on my list which will let me start off with a bang. Over the next couple of days I'm aiming to get through about 8 books; each meeting a different challenge requirement.

Am I insane? Yes. But this will also be great practice for the 24in48 January Read-a-thon later this month. (Check it out and sign up!)

Happy Reading!
-BrainyHeroine