Saturday, January 31, 2015

Books Rue Completed in January and February expectations

It's about 15 minutes into February here, so it's time to see what Rue read for the month of January. At the beginning of the month, I said that to be able to complete my reading goal for 2015, I needed to complete 6 to 7 books a month to complete this goal. Now, I knew when setting this goal that from mid Jan to first of May, I wouldn't be able to read a lot due to studying, but at my new job, I can now listen to books on audio, so I will hopefully get to stay on track. I know that will probably have some months that I will not read as much, so I am not stopping at 7 books a months. If I can do what I did in 2014 and up my goal, that would be amazing.

So how did January go for me? I was able to complete... 14 novels. Now the majority of them were completed by listening to them on audio book. Depending on the day and the length of the novel, I can finish a book a day at work, but most of the time it takes two to three days to finish them. This month I discovered two series this month (Crossfire Novels by Sylvia Day and The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison)  with one of the series I have almost completed all the written novels, and the other one has 13 novels in it (I think), and I have read four of them this month and working on the other one.

Here is what I completed in January...
Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.
The One by Kiera Cass. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.*
Bared to You by Sylvia Day. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars*
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.
Reflected in You by Sylvia Day. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.
Entwined with you by Sylvia Day. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars*
The Maze Runner by James Dashner. I rated this book 3 out of 5 stars
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner. I rated this book 4 out of 5 stars
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars
The Death Cure by James Dashner. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.
The Good, the Bad, and The Undead by Kim Harrison. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.
Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.
For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars.

As always the books that have are in BOLD, I listened to on audio. The books that have stars(*) and are not bold, are books that I own and physically read. Books without stars or bold, are books that I have borrowed from my local library

Both the Crossfire Novels by Sylvia Day and The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison are adult fiction, and I would not suggest them for younger audience. I am going on 26 years old, but especially with the Crossfire Novels, I would not recommend it for younger than 18 years old.

The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison, I have book 1, 2, 4,and 5. I had to skip three because my local libraries did not have it. This is a series that I feel that I can do that with since I feel that I am caught up on what happened within the first few character. I just do not know in detail what happened. I do plan on going back to read the book that I skipped. I have already had to do this with book 6 as well, but I am going to complete it as well when I can get my hands on it.

With the Maze Runner Series, I marathon the series, listening to them back to back, and all I am going to say about the series, is I thought it got better as the series went on. I wasn't the biggest fan of the first novel.

For February....
Side note, February is my favorite month of the year.... My birthday is in February, and I will be turning 26 this year. I feel that I am officially an adult.

I could slack on reading in February since I am 7 books ahead on my reading goal, but I am not. I want to complete 6 to 7 books this month. I am currently listening to book 7 of The Hollows Series, and reading Captivated by You by Sylvia Day, which is book 4 of the Crossfire Novels. I am hoping that I can possibly finish The Hollows Series this month, but I am not sure. Also college is back in full swing, so I don't know how many books I will be able to complete. This semester I am only taking two classes, and there is a lot required for them, but I am only into the first full week, so I will not get a feel for reading until mid February.

I am planning on updating you all soon on my goals for 2015, which I think I am going to start doing monthly as well, but I am not sure when I will post it. I may wait until the middle of the month to post it.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.

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