The month that was… January 2019

January always feel like a long month to me, and I’m not sorry to see the back of it.  The short days, the cold weather, no holidays in sight… if I could hibernate, I would.  January is at least a good month for hiding indoors and curling up with a good book, and to that end I reviewed 10 books during January, of which my favourites were:

You can find my reviews here:

• The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell
• The Murder of Harriet Monckton by Elizabeth Haynes
• The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal

I also posted reviews of:

• The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell
• The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
• Wrecker by Noel O’Reilly
• Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
• A Long Night in Paris by Dov Alfon
• Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti
• The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder by Sarah J. Harris

And I shared a summary of my blogging during 2018, and highlighted a few of my most anticipated reads of 2019.

TBR Watch

During the last few years, I’ve taken part in some form of backlist challenge.  I’ve not joined one this year, but I’m still determined to read through my backlist titles and to reduce my TBR a little (because I’ve never said THAT before!).  Here’s how my TBR looks heading into February:

So… I was hoping to have made more of an impact than that, but at least it’s heading in the right direction! 😀