January 2024 Book Report

January 2024, Manchester, NH

I finished 11 books last month.

A quote from this month's reading:

"I still live by the Southern Lady code: If you don't have something nice to say, say something not so nice in a nice way. For example: 'Your Instagram is beautifully curated' is Southern Lady Code for 'Your real life must be a hotter mess than spaghetti and meatballs in a clothes dryer.' But I would never write such a message in your comments. My thoughts on your business are not the world's business." --Helen Ellis, Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge

Here is my progress toward various goals and challenges:

• 2 were from my owned-but-not-read shelf  (currently at 137 books)
• 0 counted toward the 17th Canadian Reading Challenge 
• 1 counted toward the 2024 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 
• 1 counted toward the 2024 What's in a Name Challenge
• 0 were from my Readers' Advisory Reading List 
• 3 were from my #NonFicNov TBR 
• 1 was from my Classics Club List 

 Here are the books I finished in January 2024: 

1. An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear (4-stars)
2. Death in Print by G. M. Malliet  (4-stars)
3. Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy (3-stars)
4. Congratulations, The Best is Over by R. Eric Thomas (audiobook, 4-stars)
5. Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge by Helen Ellis (4-stars)
6. The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld (3-stars)
7. Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit (4-stars)
8. No Good Tea Goes Unpunished by Bree Baker (audiobook, 3-stars)
9. Jamaica Inn by Daphne DuMaurier (4-stars)
10. The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel (3-stars)
11. Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant (5-stars)

A good start to my reading year -- a nice mix of books and several 4-star reads!