Goodbye to January and a great reading month. I was trying to hold off writing this post a bit longer thinking I might finish another book but it looks like I’ll be carrying over three reads into February.

I read six books in total and what makes this a great month is that all my reads were very enjoyable and I even managed to get in two nonfiction reads, a book in translation and a poetry book. The books I read were:

How To Travel Without Seeing by Andres Neuman, A Mortal Likeness by Laura Joh Rowland, Never Look An American In the Eye by Okey Ndibe, The Rain in Portugal by Billy Collins, Unpunished by Lisa Black and City of Lies by Victoria Thompson. I still need to write up some reviews on Unpunished & City of Lies so hopefully I’ll have those in the next week.

I did read some fiction but those are the ones I’m actually carrying over into next month. And, I think February will be a crazy reading month as I mentioned in my previous post about all the reading events I’m planning to join in so who knows what the month will end up like. Not to mention that I got a notice today about needing to pick up several library holds. Oh goodness, I think I’m going to be in trouble. I guess that’s a good kind of trouble to have right?

I still haven’t decided with Persephone to start for Persephone week but I may ask for your help on that one so stay tuned for a post about that.

So how was your reading month? Any good surprises?

There are still a couple of days left in the month but I already have a list of reading events not to be missed. You’ve probably already heard of some of these but I’d love to hear if you are going to join in on the fun. I’m actually going to try and do all of these! I know, crazy right?

Portrait Of A Lady readalong hosted by Dolce Bellezza. Have you read this classic? I tried reading this a long time ago and I think I may only have gotten through the middle of the book.

Doing Dewey is hosting a quarterly read, Hunger by Roxane Gay. I already have this on hold at my library so I’m excited to read this.

In honor of Black History Month, Brown Girl Reading is hosting #ReadSoulLit. Aside from reading Hunger, I also have another book that will fit in perfectly for this reading event. I’ll tell you about that in another post.

Finally, Jessie from Dwell in Possibility is hosting a Persephone Readathon between February 1 – 11. I’m so up for this readathon. I haven’t picked up a Persephone book in a while so it’ll be great to visit with these lovely books. I am not sure but I have 4 or 5 to choose from so I will let you know.

January so far has been a great reading month (I’ll tell you more in a wrap up post soon) but it’s exciting to have these events to look forward to don’t you think? Let me know if you will join in some of these. Also, would love to hear if you know of any other reading events that are going on that shouldn’t be missed.