I read (and listened to) these seven books in January! 👆👆👆
While on the road trip after Christmas I listened to four audio books. (So weird to think I didn't do this in the past, even in the car on trips!)
You are a Badass by Jen Sincero: a pep talk to do all the things and accomplish all the goals by a fun and a bit "irreverent" life coach. I loved listening to this at the beginning of a new year though. Perfect.
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears: what a sad life she's had. I find it fascinating that so many celebrities dream of making it big, and then when they do... their lives fall apart. It's a crazy cycle. Britney ended up with some not so great people in her life, including her own family. Which makes it all especially sad. It seems like she's doing better now though and is moving forward well.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry: Wow, but it was heart wrenching to hear him narrating this and saying over and over, with every story he told "I should be dead." Yeah...another sad celebrity memoir where we know he didn't get his happily ever after that he so wanted in the end. I do hope when people read this though, they learn a lesson from Matthew. And so hopefully it wasn't all in vain.
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar: I never really watched 19 and Counting, the documentary series about the Duggar family and all their kids. Jill is the 4th of the kids and this is her story about being a part of that craziness and what ended up happening when she got married and wanted to move away from some of the teachings she was raised with. Just... so crazy!
I ended up giving all these audio books ⭐⭐⭐⭐ because I was riveted to all their stories. Seriously, the perfect way to drive having some one narrate their crazy life in your ear mile after mile!
Then I read one ebook while on the trip:
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth: This was our book club choice for January. I never really felt invested in it, thought the people were awful, rolled my eyes as the mystery, and etc. I just didn't get into it all, but did keep reading. And it was fun to discuss at book club after all! ⭐⭐
And two print books:
These Infinite Threads by Teherah Mafi: The 2nd in the This Woven Kingdom series, and it starts exactly where we left off in the first book with Alizah basically getting kidnapped. We follow her as she goes on a new adventure with a new dude who is the king of the rival kingdom. And we follow Kamran as he tries to deal with the aftermath of the the stuff that happened at the end the first book, and decides what he's going to de about Alizah. Whew.. this is a whirlwind book that takes place over just a day or two time period and ends on yet ANOTHER crazy cliffhanger! I need book three NOW! (I'm only giving ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and a half stars because our two main character were never together in this one. DANG.)
Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) by Markus Zusak: Yeah, so I've been looking forward to this one for awhile now. When it showed up on my porch a couple days early I was so excited and dropped everything else to devour it. This is MZ's first nonfiction, a memoir about his crazy dogs... how they ended up with them, how they lost them, and all the unbelievable stories in between. Plus we get a glimpse into his life too... his family, his writing, his worries, hopes and fears. Which you know I loved. Seriously though, I feel like he's the best storyteller ever. I hear he narrates the audiobook and I think I'm going to have to get my hands on that too. LOL. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
All in all a great reading month! Here's to February's plans!
- Read Hello Beautiful for book club
- Read the fun sequel to Better Than the Movies (Nothing Like the Movies)
- Read a classic for the Classic Six challenge that I'm hosting
- Hopefully read The Bright Sword that I just picked up from the library
- Keep working on Us Against You
