Last week January Wrap Up

This week was definitely much slower. I finished 2 books. I picked up a few others but then put them down quickly (like after 3-30 pages later) just because I wasn't in the mood for anything.


I finished reading The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. This was one of my most highly anticipated books for 2018. Its about the 4 Gold siblings and they go to a fortune teller to find out the date of their death. Then each section focuses on one of the siblings and how the knowledge of when they will die affects their decisions. I loved the first section, felt the 2nd and 3rd perspectives were left slightly ambiguous, and the fourth person's perspective made me feel so sad. As a person who fears death, (more than others, I'm quite risk-averse.) the fourth person's focus on survival without focusing on living really resonated with me. Overall, this was very enjoyable and I will purchase it in the future. I gave it 4 stars.

Then I picked up the graphic novel Thornhill by Pam Smy. This was creepy and sad. It's different than most graphic novels because instead of boxes with pictures and dialogue, this was comprised of diary entries of text only followed by several pages of illustrations. The art style was bleak which fit the tone of the book well. Its about a teen girl who is being bullied in an orphanage. She leaves a diary to be found after some tragic circumstances. I gave it 4 stars.


So that wraps up the month. I did a pretty good job checking off a lot of my TBR books.

Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
A Brief History of Time Lords by Steve Tribe
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
I am Malala by Malala Youfasazai (DNF)
Bird Box by Josh Malerman 
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
How Green was my Valley by Richard Llewellyn
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Saga Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples


Plus my 2 TBR JAR picks which I started but quickly lost interest in.