Hi friends, welcome back to my blog! Today I’m coming to you with my (rather long) January wrap up! I’ve decided that this year I want to do my wrap ups differently and that they’ll be spread across 3 different blog posts… is that too excessive?
I’ll still have my usual cohesive wrap up, which is what you’re reading now, where I’ll review everything I read and everything I watched (which this month wasn’t much). And then I’ll have a monthly blog post reviewing the books and movies for my monthly challenge I’m doing with Rebecca. On top of that, I’m also going to start doing a monthly wrap up featuring my reading statistics for the month. This will feature graphs from my StoryGraph profile as well as from my reading spread sheets over on Notion. So, I hope you will all find them interesting since I’ve really enjoyed thinking abou them and diving deeper into my reading this month!
As for my quick summary of how January went for me, it was realllly long! I did a ridiculous amount of reading, far surpassing a book a day and often reading 2 or 3 per day. I also participated in the third round of the Graphicsathon so I got 7 graphics read during the mini-round! I started back at work, ran a readathon, house sat for some family friends and got super stuck into the Fast and Furious franchise. All in all, I’d say it was a success!






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Stats:
- January: 14,327 pages
- # Read this month:ย 44
๐ป โ Buddy read // ๐ง โ Audiobook // ๐ โ Library book // ๐ โ Re-read
๐ โ LGBTQIA+ rep // โค – 2021 release
*Click on the titles to go to my Goodreads reviews!






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- Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol [01/01] ๐ง โข 3.5โญ โฃ I loved the first half of this and found it really interesting but considering I don’t actually drink alcohol I found the second half’s self-help aspect for those addicted to alcohol, completely irrelevent to me so I was pretty bored. But, that’s a me thing, not a book thing.
- Persuasion [02/01] ๐ง๐ โข 4.5โญ โฃ My absolute favourite Austen novel BY FAR
- Hammer & Tongs [02/01] ๐ง๐ โข 1โญ โฃ So short it effected the story, I wish this had been more fleshed out because it was an interesting idea.
- When He Was Wicked [03/01] ๐ง โข 4โญ โฃ SO MUCH FUN, possibly my favourite book in the series so far!
- It’s In His Kiss [04 – 05/01] ๐ง โข 3.75โญ โฃ One of my favourites in the series! Definitely in my top 3!
- On The Way to The Wedding [05/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ One of my least favourite books in the series, it felt so juvenile!






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- The Duchess Deal [06/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ Not what I was expecting, especially after just finishing the Bridgerton series, but I did enjoy the writing.
- The Governess Game [06/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ I defintiely enjoyed this more than book one!
- The Bromance Book Club [07/01] ๐ โข 3.5โญ โฃ I didn’t *love* this but, I did really like the concept and the characters. It’s probably the only second chance romance I’ve ever actually enjoyed. I won’t be picking up book 2 because it doesn’t appeal to me, but I’ll defintiely try book 3!
- The Wallflower Wager [08/01] ๐ง โข 3.5โญ โฃ My favourite book in the series so far, I loved the dynamic between the main characters! I recommend this one if you enjoyed Beach Read by Emily Henry.
- Truth or Beard [08 – 09/01] ๐ง โข 3.5โญ โฃ It took me a minute to get into this, but once I was in, I was in! Honestly, I could’ve done without the gang elements but I enjoyed everything else! (I also thought different elemens could’ve been more fleshed out and less rushed.)
- The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After [09/01] ๐ง โข 2.5โญ โฃ I wish this had been better, honestly.






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- The Unhoneymooners [10/01] ๐ง๐ โข 4โญ โฃ Not as good as the first time I read it but I loved the Maui setting and Olive as a character so I’m sure I’ll re-read this again in a few years.
- Annihilation [10 – 11/01] ๐ง โข 5โญ โฃ My first 5 star read of 2021! I finally clawed my way out of my adult romance haze to listen to this before my loan time ran out on Libby and I am so glad I decided to give it a try instead of returning it early! It was so weird and so confusing and really, barely anything was explained or clarified and I loved it!
- Murder on The Orient Express [11/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ An interesting mystery but something about this didn’t click for me.
- Every Heart A Doorway [14/01] ๐ง๐ โข 4โญ โฃ My favourite re-read so far!
- Down Among The Sticks and Bones [14/01] ๐ง๐๐ โข 4โญ โฃ So good!
- Beneath The Sugar Sky [14/01] ๐ง๐ โข 3.5โญ โฃ I absolutely loved this! I’m so glad I re-read this!
Graphicsathon Round 3!






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- In An Absent Dream [14-15/01] ๐ง๐ โข 4.5โญ โฃ This book really is fantastic and has once again reminded me to do more research on The Goblin Market!
- Come Tumbling Down [15/01] ๐ง๐๐ โข 3.5โญ โฃ I definitely enjoyed this one more the second time than I did last year.
- Across The Green Grass Fields [15/01] ๐๐งโข 3โญ โฃ Can confirm: I am not a horse girl.
- The Tea Dragon Tapestry [16/01] ๐๐ โข 3โญ โฃ This was definitely my favourite of Katie O’Neill’s works so far, I loved how they explored grief and as always, the artwork and colouring were fantastic!
- You Have a Match [16/01] ๐ค๐ง โข 4โญ โฃ I’ve never read an Emma Lord book so I had no idea what I was walking into but I absolutely loved this one and I’ll definitely read more of her books in the future!
- Snapdragon [16/01] ๐ โข 3โญ โฃ I wasn’t in love with this in the first half but as soon as the magic really kicked off I was having a great time and I loved the colouring for the magic too.






- Your Name Vol 1 [17/01] ๐ โข 3.75โญ โฃ Not as good as the movie but I still really enjoyed it!
- Bingo Love [19/01] ๐๐ โข 2.75โญ โฃ I wish I could say that I loved this because I really wanted to but honestly it just wasn’t for me
- Superman Smashes The Klan [19/01] ๐ โข 3โญ โฃ An interesting story with an art style that I LOVE (as well as great colouring!) but there was something missing and I genuinely don’t know what.
- The Wicked + The Divine Vol 1 [19/01] ๐ โข 2โญ โฃ I’m sorry to say it, but this was just too confusing and I won’t be continuing this series.
- Death in The Clouds [20/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ Finally an Agatha Christie nmystery I can actually follow! My favourite so far!
- A Darker Shade of Magic [17 – 20/01] ๐ง โข 3.5โญ โฃ A very interesting world but very EH characters!






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- A Silent Voice Vol 5 [21/01] ๐ โข 4โญ โฃ I loved this volume and it’s totally revitalised my love for this series, coincidentally, it was also one of the saddest volumes in the series. I absolutely CAN’T WAIT to read volume 6.
- A Notorious Vow [23/01] ๐ง โข 4.5โญ โฃ I genuinely don’t know what to say right now. I’ve never read anything by this author before so I had zero expectations going into this but I ended up loving this!
- A Night to Surrender [23/01] ๐ง โข 4โญ โฃ God damn okay where’s the next book?
- A Week to Be Wicked [24/01] ๐ง โข 4โญ โฃ Okay, so I have officially found a new favourite series!
- A Lady by Midnight [24/01] ๐ง โข 2.75โญ โฃ This was… not good. I genuinely wish I’d enjoyed this more than I did but as much as I liked Kate, I couldn’t stand any of the other characters and I found the plot completely uninteresting.
- A Duchess Will Do [24/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ Not as good as the first two but a vast improvement over book 3! I really liked the characters and it involved one of my favourite tropes so I was having a great time!






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- Lord Dashwood Missed Out [25/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ Cheesy in just about every way but I really liked the main characters and got a real kick out of seeing the characters from the previous books all working together.
- The Assassin’s Blade [11-25/01] ๐ป๐ง โข 2โญ โฃ Yeah… this was not for me, unfortunately.
- Do You Want to Start a Scandal [26/01] ๐ง โข 4โญ โฃ All I know is this title reminds me of Do You Want to Build a Snowman from frozen and it’s really distracting.
- Splendid [27/01] ๐ง โข 3.75โญ โฃ A lot of fun, I loved the main characters!
- Dancing At Midnight [27/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ so ridiculous it hurts
- North and South [02 – 28/01] ๐ง โข 3โญ โฃ pride & prejudice but make it b o r i n g


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- The Honey-Don’t List [29/01] ๐ง โข 4.5โญ โฃ So stressful but I loved it!
- The Bone Season [13 – 31/01] ๐ง โข 4โญ โฃ I wasn’t so sure about this when I first started it (super confusing!) but I ended up really enjoying this one and I’ll defintiely be continuing this series!
*Click on the titles to go to my Letterboxd reviews!






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- We Can Be Heroes [12/01] โข 0.5โญ โฃ Starting 2021 on a true low note.
- Love Actually [13/01] โข 3.5โญ โฃ Haven’t seen this one in years but actually genuinely really enjoyed it.
- Valentine’s Day [13/01] โข 2โญ โฃ There should’ve been more Mark Sloan.
- Candace Against The Universe [16/01] โข 3โญ โฃ Phineas and Ferb are a curse on my brain now.
- The Fast and The Furious [18/01] โข 3โญ โฃ the car go vroom vroom the boy go ๐คฌ๐คฌ
- 2 Fast 2 Furious [19/01] โข 2.5โญ โฃ Loved this much more on my re-watch!






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- The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift [20/01] โข 2.5โญ โฃ Oh my god, this was terrible i hate it here
- Fifty Shades of Grey [21/01] โข 1โญ โฃ This is like a sick guilty pleasure to me at this point. I don’t know why I keep coming back to this series, I htink it’s the soundtracks.
- Fifty Shades Darker [21/01] โข 1.5โญ โฃ A mess but the second half was better than the first.
- Fifty Shades Freed [22/01] โข 1.5โญ โฃ The best movie of the three but the story was everywhere.
- Instant Family [22/01] โข 3โญ โฃ Don’t mind me just causally crying my eyes out over dora the explorer
- Fast & Furious [22/01] โข 4โญ โฃ My favourite movie so far. I am seriously loving this franchise.




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- Fast Five [22/01] โข 3.5โญ โฃ I ๐ญ love ๐ญ fast ๐ญ cars ๐ญ and ๐ญ furious ๐ญ men ๐ญ
- Hobbs & Shaw [22/01] โข 4โญ โฃ A perfect movie. 2 furious boys yelling at eachother and saving the world ft. great sweeping shots of Samoa.
- A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits [28/01] โข 1.5โญ โฃ The first half was low-key pretty funny but overall this movie was too bad to be laughed at.
- Chuck Season 1 [29 – 30/01] โข 3.5โญ โฃ I’ve been meaning to watch this for YEARS and I finally did it and I ended up loving it so much! I loved the family dynamic between Chuck and Ellie (also Captain Awesome!) and I really hope that continues in season 2!

- WandaVision [15/01 – ??] – I’m currently 4 episodes in and really loving this show so far! I wasn’t fussed on the first 2 episodes but have LOVED 3 and 4 so hopefully I continue loving the show!
What content did you love this month?
Did we read/watch any of the same things in January?
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41 books??? That’s awesome! I’m barely reading/watching anything this month, but I spent waay to much time on youtube watching random videos haha ๐
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I know! I still don’t know how I did it! ๐๐
Honestly, I feel that. I feel like I’m going to crash in March and read/watch nothing.
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Ahh, you did soo amazing, there are definitely books I’m going to pick up based on your rating! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you!!
That means so much, I’m glad I could help! โค
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Oh wow, starting of the year great! I hope February is also an amazing reading month!
(www.evelynreads.com)
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So far February is going really well! Thank you!
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My goodness that’s a crazy amount of books read!!! Congrats!!
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I know! February has been much more relaxed!
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I am in awe! That is absolutely amazing! Well done you!
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Thank you! โคโค
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Wow that a great number of books to have read! Congrats!
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Thank you! โคโค
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