MsReads A lot | I read some great books in January! 🔥🥰 #readingwrapup #pastfuturereadathon @MsReadsAlot | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 20 minutes ago.
#januaryreadingwrapup, #pastandfuturereadathon, #1001bookcountdown
Hi Everyone,
January turned into a great and successful reading month. I had my first 5 star read, a great book about the body, a favorite author, group and buddy reads. It was absolutely lovely even though I didn't read 100% of my TBR.
||📚Books Mentioned📚||
Middlemarch by George Eliot✅ - youtu.be/3tCcVlYv49w
La Reine Margo by Alexandre Dumas ❌
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel ✅
Everything that Rises must Converge by Flannery O'Connor ✅
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor ✅
Where Angels Feat to Tread by EM Forster ✅
A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman ✅ - youtu.be/3A8f9PyNMKA
Body Respect by BAcon & Apghramour ✅ - youtu.be/vWgWB-qeWkU
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers ✅
Carrie by Stephen King ✅
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✅
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl ✅
The Drowned World by JG Balland ✅
Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker ✅
First - The Past and Futures Readathon hosted by Emily @novellenovels , Gemma @GemofBooks , Jack @spreadbookjoy and Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf Excellent prompts with a corresponding bingo board! You can find all of the information in their announcement videos linked below.
Emily's video: youtu.be/L5EdYg5tzMA
Jack's video: youtu.be/odFQ4TePCMk
Gem's video: youtu.be/kqu5V2gb9Q4
Alice's video: youtu.be/mcF4RQTLg1g
The Prompts
Past:
1. Read a book by a favourite author.
2. Read a book you've had on your shelves for far too long (TBR vet).
3. Read a children's book (to relive your youth)!
4. Read a book from before you were born.
Future:
5. Read a book set in the future.
6. Read a book you're looking forward to.
7. Read a book with a protagonist older than you.
8. Read a feel-good book to set the tone for the new year!
Second - Flannery O'January
This readathon is all about reading the works of Flannery O'Conner! The event is hosted by
@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse
@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace
@amusicalbookworm
@TheCodeXCantina
@beautifulminutiae
The group read for the event is Wise Blood! Should be fun!
Third - EM Forster Readathon hosted by Jen the Librarian. @JentheLibrarianreads
Readalong announcement Video - youtu.be/yLCZ6aGBLjo
The January read is Where Angels Fear to Tread. This will be my second EM Forster novel for the countdown! Excited to pick this author up again over 2023!
||Channels Mentioned||💕💕💕
@Shellyish
@SpringboardThought
@BookwormAdventureGirl
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
@FreshlyReadBooks
@GemofBooks
||1001 Book Club Picks for 2023|| - youtu.be/qvxo3Ut-wBI
January - No selection
February - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
March - Les Miserables by Viktor Hugo
April - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
May - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
June - Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
July - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
August - No Selection
September - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
October - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
November - North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
December - Nana by Emile Zola
Social Media
Instagram: instagram.com/ms.readsalot1001
Goodreads: goodreads.com/msreadsalot1001
voxer: msreadsalot
email: msreadsalot1001 [at] gmail.com
discord server: discord.gg/upN4WaqrDj
Thank you for watching!
Sandy aka Ms Reads A Lot
#januaryreadingwrapup, #pastandfuturereadathon, #1001bookcountdown
Hi Everyone,
January turned into a great and successful reading month. I had my first 5 star read, a great book about the body, a favorite author, group and buddy reads. It was absolutely lovely even though I didn't read 100% of my TBR.
||📚Books Mentioned📚||
Middlemarch by George Eliot✅ - youtu.be/3tCcVlYv49w
La Reine Margo by Alexandre Dumas ❌
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel ✅
Everything that Rises must Converge by Flannery O'Connor ✅
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor ✅
Where Angels Feat to Tread by EM Forster ✅
A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman ✅ - youtu.be/3A8f9PyNMKA
Body Respect by BAcon & Apghramour ✅ - youtu.be/vWgWB-qeWkU
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers ✅
Carrie by Stephen King ✅
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✅
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl ✅
The Drowned World by JG Balland ✅
Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker ✅
First - The Past and Futures Readathon hosted by Emily @novellenovels , Gemma @GemofBooks , Jack @spreadbookjoy and Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf Excellent prompts with a corresponding bingo board! You can find all of the information in their announcement videos linked below.
Emily's video: youtu.be/L5EdYg5tzMA
Jack's video: youtu.be/odFQ4TePCMk
Gem's video: youtu.be/kqu5V2gb9Q4
Alice's video: youtu.be/mcF4RQTLg1g
The Prompts
Past:
1. Read a book by a favourite author.
2. Read a book you've had on your shelves for far too long (TBR vet).
3. Read a children's book (to relive your youth)!
4. Read a book from before you were born.
Future:
5. Read a book set in the future.
6. Read a book you're looking forward to.
7. Read a book with a protagonist older than you.
8. Read a feel-good book to set the tone for the new year!
Second - Flannery O'January
This readathon is all about reading the works of Flannery O'Conner! The event is hosted by
@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse
@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace
@amusicalbookworm
@TheCodeXCantina
@beautifulminutiae
The group read for the event is Wise Blood! Should be fun!
Third - EM Forster Readathon hosted by Jen the Librarian. @JentheLibrarianreads
Readalong announcement Video - youtu.be/yLCZ6aGBLjo
The January read is Where Angels Fear to Tread. This will be my second EM Forster novel for the countdown! Excited to pick this author up again over 2023!
||Channels Mentioned||💕💕💕
@Shellyish
@SpringboardThought
@BookwormAdventureGirl
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
@FreshlyReadBooks
@GemofBooks
||1001 Book Club Picks for 2023|| - youtu.be/qvxo3Ut-wBI
January - No selection
February - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
March - Les Miserables by Viktor Hugo
April - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
May - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
June - Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
July - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
August - No Selection
September - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
October - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
November - North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
December - Nana by Emile Zola
Social Media
Instagram: instagram.com/ms.readsalot1001
Goodreads: goodreads.com/msreadsalot1001
voxer: msreadsalot
email: msreadsalot1001 [at] gmail.com
discord server: discord.gg/upN4WaqrDj
Thank you for watching!
Sandy aka Ms Reads A Lot
