Already it’s the end of the first month of 2024. I had a good start with my reading so far. No 5 star ratings yet but hopefully next month! My favorites were Forging Silver into Stars, They Were Here Before Us and Becoming Madam Secretary (a review for this will come in March for the blog tour!)
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BOOKISH STATS:
Books read in October: 14
physical books: 2
e-books: 5
audiobooks: 7
rereads: 2
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas — 3/5★
The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones — 3/5★ (my review)
The Temple of Persephone by Isabella Kamal — 4/5★ (my review)
The Stone Age: A History from Beginning to End by Hourly History — 3/5★ (my review)
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas — 4/5★
Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer — 4/5★
Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet by John McWorther — 3/5★
They Were Here Before Us: Stories from the First Million Years by Ran Barkai & Eyal Halfon — 4/5★ (my review)
The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance by Larissa Tracy — 4/5★
My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey — 3/5★
Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome by Eve MacDonald — 4/5★
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix — 4/5★
The Roommate by Dervla McTiernan — 3/5★
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray — 4/5★
Have you read any of these books?
What was your favorite book of the month?
Wow, 14 books! What a great start for the year! Fingers crossed you get your first 5-star read soon!
Yes, not a bad start! 😀
I’m still waiting for a 5-star book too. I hope February is a great reading month for you!
February WILL have a 5 star read. I’m gonna manifest it haha!
I had two 5 star reads this month and I was surprised! Looks like a really good month. And you read Paperbacks from Hell, cool. I really want to read it😁
Paperbacks from Hell was REALLY interesting. I loved learning all about older horror books. It was great! 😀
It looks like you had a good reading month, Stephanie. I want to try something by Brigid Kemmerer one of these days. Becoming Madam Secretary also really interests me. I hope you have a wonderful reading month in February!
A good start of the year. I have not read any of the books but there are a few I will put on my Reading list:
The Cleopatras, Ancient Writing … and Hannibal.