Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Hello! I've had a great start to my reading year, and I hope you have too. Hopefully you'll find some great reading recommendations in my reviews of seven of the books I read in January.

To see my reviews of the other five books I haven't reviewed here, check out my vlog from earlier in the month:
youtu.be/nGfF2xi4jwU?si=8uQDSyMuXeDZHaRr

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Creators mentioned:
@nathansnook
@leenanorms
@SavidgeReads and @louisesavidgemuses4135 (Savidge Prompts)

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Books mentioned:
📖 Elena Knows, by Claudia Piñeiro (tr. Frances Riddle)
📖 Birding, by Rose Ruane
📖 Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
📖 The Gathering, by Anne Enright
📖 The Gallopers, by Jon Ransom
📖 The Wedding People, by Alison Esbach
📖 Cassandra at the Wedding, by Dorothy Baker

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00:00 January reflections
03:18 Elena Knows
06:57 Birding
11:27 Cloud Cuckoo Land
15:35 The Gathering
19:21 The Gallopers
23:26 The Wedding People
28:36 Cassandra at the Wedding
31:57 Goals and challenges

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Thank you so much for watching.

📚 Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707

✉️ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
📊 Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
🎁 Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA

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