January TBR

Here's a quick book haul of all the books I bought in January. 

Physical books

-The Looking Glass Wars, Seeing Redd, and Archenemy by Frank Beldor

-City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

-The Serpent's Throne by Rick Riordan

Ebooks

-Chris Powell's Choose More, Lose More

-The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke 

-The Madman's Daughter by Margaret Sheperd

I also found these awesome things called samplers, which are free ebooks put out by publishers containing a sneak peek of several new and upcoming releases. I can't' decide if it's a great idea or a terrible one. Either I'll knock a few books off of my TBR shelf after reading the first chapter and deciding it isn't my jam, or I'll add a bazillion books to my TBR because I decide they all are amazing and I need to read them ALL. 

There are a lot of them on Amazon, for all different genres, but these are the ones I got.

-Fierce Reads Fall 2012 Chapter Sampler published by Macmillan
(contains Crewel by Gennifer Albin, Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama, Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride, The Shadow Secret Society by Diana Peterfreund, Outpost by Ann Aguirre, and Promised by Caragh M. O'Brien)

-Epic Firsts Teen Sampler published by HarperCollins Publishing 

(contains Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon, Breathe by Sarah Crossan, What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang, Through to You by Emily Hainsworth, and Defiance by C.J. Redwine)

-Breathless Reads Fall 2012 Sampler published by Penguin Group 

(contains Origin by Jessica Khoury, The Innocents by Lili Peloquin, Venom by Fiona Paul, Black City by Elizabeth Richards, and Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes)

-Doorway to Dreams (Fantasy Fiction Sampler) published by Amazon Digital Services, Inc. 

(contains Anew by Chelsea Fine, Bandits by LM Preston, Become by Ali Cross, Bound by CK Bryant, Clockwise by Elle Strauss, Dead Heat by Lisa Nowak, Ethereal by Addison Moore, Grasping at Eternity by Karen Amanda Hooper, Glimpse by Stacey Wallace Benefiel, Purgatory Reign by LM Preston, Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper, The Guardian by Katie Klein, and The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn)

-Hunger for Dystopian Teen Sampler published by HarperCollins Publishing 

(contains Divergent by Veronica Roth, Gone by Michael Grant, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Eve by Anne Carey, and Partials by Dan Wells)

-Pitch Dark: Dark Days of Summer Sampler published by HarperCollins Publishing 

(contains Destined by Aprilynne Pike, Insignia by S.J. Kincaid, Insurgent by Veronica Roth, Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin, Partials by Dan Wells, and Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris)

-Teen Summer Reading Sampler 2012 published by HarperCollins Publishing 

(Halflings by, Reckless Heart, The Merchant's Daughter, Interrupted, FInally and Forever, and Replication)

-Epic Reads Book Club Sampler published by HarperCollins Publishing 

(contains Fall from Grace by Charles Benoit, The Lost Code by Kevin Emerson, Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard, Thumped by Megan McCafferty, Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson, and A Want So Wicked by Suzanne Young)

I think I've done enough talking about books and reading for one night. Time to get to reading!

Bout of Books Fail/January Wrap-up/February TBR

It must come as a surprise to no one that I have fallen off the face of the world again, at least in terms of this blog. There was a death in my family a few days after my last post, and that took priority over everything else. But now I'm back, so let's get back to the books.

I didn't finish any of the books on my list during the Bout of Books, but I did finish Tiger Lily by Jodi Anderson the week after. Which brings me to a total of 2 books read in January!

-Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

-Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Kinda underwhelming, truth be told, but I've got my sights set on amping it up in February. Here's my current TBR for this month:

-The Looking Glass Wars, Seeing Redd, and Archenemy by Frank Baldor: My friend convinced me to buy this entire series in January, and reading Tiger Lily put me in the mood for more fairy tale retellings. I've only read a few short chapters of it, but I'm really liking it so far, and I hope to binge read this series in February.

-Cress by Marissa Meyer: I'll be taking a break from The Looking Glass Wars series to read this (coming out this Tuesday, 2/4/2014!). In case you don't already know, Cress is the third book in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. Cinder is book 1, and Scarlet is book 2, and they are science fiction retellings of Cinderella dan Little Red Riding Hood, respectively. Cress is a retelling of Rapunzel set in the same world as the others. I read both Cinder and Scarlet in 1-2 days and was immediately chomping at the bit of the next one, so obviously I'm really excited for this one.

I just realized my February is made up entirely of fairy tale retellings. Hopefully these reads satiate my thirst for them, because I don't think I own anymore (that I haven't already read), and I'm trying to control my book-buying addiction. 

Based on my current reading speed, I doubt I'll read more than these 4 books, but if I do, I'll check out the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Meade. I keep seeing the trailer for the movie (coming out this Valentines Day), and although I've been staying away from long vampire series for a while, this one intrigues me (also helps it's a finished series with less than 13 books in it *cough Vampire Diaries, Southern Vampire Mysteries, cough*).

Anyway, I'll blog again soon with my January Book Haul. Hope your January reading stats were better than mine!

Happy reading,

Katie