JANUARY 2020 WRAP-UP
📚 Wow, 2020 has been starting crazy on the reading scene. I have been reading a lot, according to my standards.
📚 Besides The Classics Club, I have been doing the Japanese Literature Challenge (until March), I joined the #Pondathon (a reading competition: I earn points for my #Xiaolong team based on the number of pages I read and the number of books I finish), and the Murakami online Book Club.
Oh and of course at the beginning of January was Bout of Books. It was a busy week, so I didn’t read as much as I wanted, but still it worked fine.
📚 The biggest news for me is that so far, I have managed to review all the books I have been reading this month, and even started catching up on books read last year.
Posting again for the Sunday Post has been very helpful for that, as I post there small reviews when a much longer review is really unnecessary.
I also enjoy doing a Book Journal section in this weekly Sunday Post: I update it every day, recapitulating what I read the night before. Looks like more and more of you have been enjoying this section of my post as well. This helps me keep track and be more consistent.
📚 There were lots of posts in the blogosphere related to the previous decade. In case you missed them, I have a post on my favorite books and one on my favorite book covers of the past decade.
📚 Also, as I am reading a difficult Orthodox theology book, I have been again reposting book notes after a couple of chapters or so on my Orthodox blog.
I suddenly remembered I had lots of Orthodox notes and quotations on a very old book blog, so I’m going to republish these on my new Orthodox blog the coming months.
So here are the titles I read in January:
11 books:
8 in printÂ
=Â with 1,862 pages, an average of 60 pages/day
3 in audio
= 11H37, an average of 22 minutes
5 in literary fiction:
- Book of Genesis –Â audio
- Sanshiro, by Natsume Soseki –Â ebook
- Goddess Power, by Yung In Chae –Â for review
- And Then, by Natsume Soseki – ebook
- The Gate, by Natsume Soseki – ebook, review will be live on 2/4
What a wonderful experience to read Soseki’s whole trilogy in the same month
4 in mystery:
- Perfect Little Children, by Sophie Hannah –Â ebook, for review
- Eagle Strike, by Anthony Horowitz
- Pietr-le-Letton, by Georges Simenon – ebook
- The Haunted Bookshop, by Christopher Morley – audio
1 in children:
- Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate
1 in nonfiction:
- The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura – ebook
It feels so good to see all these links under the books I read THIS month!
MY FAVORITE BOOKS IN JANUARY
 
READING CHALLENGES & RECAP
Classics Club: 15/50 (from October 2019-until September 2024)
Japanese Literature Challenge: 4 books read
Total of books read in 2020 = 11/110
Number of books added to my TBR this past month= 9 (less than 10, I deserve some applaud, lol)
OTHER BOOKS I REVIEWED IN JANUARY
Besides the books above listed, this month I also reviewed:
 
 
 
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How was YOUR month of January?
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I wanted to do the decade posts, but just didn’t have time with switching my blog over to WordPress this month. Maybe later this year I’ll have time for it. Hope you have a great February!
Check out my January Wrap-Up Post
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thanks, you too, and good luck with the switch!
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I’m so behind on reviews so I’m very impressed that you’re all caught up.
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well, it only took me 10 years to get in the rhythm!!
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What a wonderful reading month you had!
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Thanks. May it last! Happy February reading to you
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So jealous that you’re all caught up on reviews! I will never get to that point.
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well, it took me only 10 years to find a balance between short reviews on Sundays and longer reviews only when needed
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You’ve read quite a lot this month! That’s awesome! I started reading The Book of Tea. I’m about halfway through with it. I, too, am trying to write more reviews of the books I read. 🙂
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awesome!
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Looks like you had a great month! Great job getting all your books reviewed. I’m so far behind. Have a great February!
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You too! I finally found a way to do short reviews after I finish a book. Keeping longer reviews when really needed
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Sounds like you have a great reading month! I also joined the Pondathon and I’m on team Xiaolong too. Hope February will be great for you too 🙂
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oh cool. And I just sent you an invite to team together to get the Potion of Trust! Enjoy the #pondathon this month!
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Oh… do I comment too much?
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The more the better, I so enjoy our book talks!
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This sounds like a great month. I am supposed to be part of this Japanese Lit Challenge too, and it is pity I did not have much in January to get into Japanese books. I plan to do something about it this month. Natsume Soseki is a very interesting choice. I have heard about his “Kokoro”, but not much else (I am interested in his book “Ten Nights of Dreams”, too). I am looking forward to your reviews!
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Kokoro is great! I have already reviewed the first 2 of his trilogy, and hopefully the last one tomorrow
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Wow, you’ve been busy! It’s great that your year got off to such a great start. I’ve heard a lot about the Book of Tea, so it’s good to hear that you liked it too. Maybe I’ll try it!
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definitely worth your try
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You had an excellent reading month and I’m so impressed you are caught up on reviews. I really enjoyed reading your cookbook reviews–I’m always interested in learning about new recipes and foods to try.
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So glad I can be of help. Enjoy your reading week
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I’m glad you mentioned your book covers post because I had missed that one. Off to go see what kind of covers you like now…
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Thanks, yes I thought that could be a cool idea for the decade
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