Diary Of The Book Dragon

Let's dig into what got devoured this month...

Appetite Check

Not the best. I would often fall asleep in the evening after a couple of pages. My usual enthusiasm about reading was missing. Maybe because I was reading a lot of the last books in the series, and I was in a yawn-let's-get-it-done mood.

Body Count

In January I have read 9 books and missed my target by one. Goodreads challenge is mocking me by telling me that I am "1 book behind schedule". (How annoying. I hate this warning.)

That means that my target for February is 11 books (10 regular plus one from January). It will be tough, especially since February has fewer days than other months.

What Was on the Menu

Now the good news! For once I managed to keep up with my New Year's resolution to read more speculative fiction. In fact, I have read only books from that genre in January 2018. Maybe including In Death series is a bit of a stretch, but hey, it's set in the future.

Genres read in January 2018:

• Fantasy: 3 books
• Urban Fantasy: 2 books
• In Death series (light-sf mystery ?): 2 books
• Magical Realism: 1 book
• Science Fiction: 1 book

Now let's keep it up in February!

Best Bite of the Month

My best bite of the month was Radiance by Grace Draven. It was a re-read for me, but it's one of my all-time favorite love stories — and it proved just as good the second time around.

Leftovers

Clean plate this month — nothing left behind!

Digestive Stats

I read 3032 pages across 9 books.

The shortest book was Everything but the Squeal by John Scalzi (53 pages).

The longest book was Haunted Blade by J.C. Daniels (568 pages).

The average length of a book read in January 2018 was 337 pages.

My average rating for books in January 2018 was 4 stars. Not bad at all.

Next on the Menu

No real plans for February — I'll sink my teeth into whatever catches my eye. One thing's for sure though: there will be more In Death, because I want to devour that whole series.

Your Turn

So, what did you devour this month? Any recommendations for good bites — or books I should avoid that left a bad taste in your mouth?

You have already probably noticed that fantasy and science fiction are two of my favorite genres. As part of New Years resolution, I always declare I will read more SFF books next year. But then fail because pretty covers or popular books distract me.

So this year, I decided o make a commitment by making this declaration aka blog post. Plus I am joining the 2018 Swords and Stars Reading Challenge so that makes it official, right?

My favorite part about 2018 Swords and Stars Reading Challenge is that we have reading tasks. They are not too easy or too hard, just right.