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