What are we reading in January?

I can't believe it's time for this thread already, but...what are you reading in January? I'm starting off the year with The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver. Please share what you're reading or planning to read below, and happy New Year!

I finished Afterlife early this morning. Now I’m reading Out.

For the CalendarCAT I'm reading Becoming Kirrali Lewis, which is about a young Aboriginal woman discovering her heritage. For the PrizeCAT I'm reading Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata.

I started my challenge a few days earlier so I am now reading my third book which is The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer. This is an author that I can count on to deliver a gripping and exciting story.

This morning I started The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey. It's the first book chronologically in her Valdemar series.

I have three books going right now:
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich for my ebook
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger for my physical book
The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner for my audio book.

I've begun Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen.

I finished The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe yesterday, and am continuing with another reread: Dragonfly in Amber, the second Outlander novel.
I am also listening to My Dear I Wanted To Tell You by Louisa Young and it is terrific, although hard to stomach sometimes.

On paper I'm reading Who Fears Death
On CD in the car I have Death on Gokumon Island and Coraline on audio on the phone.

I have several going at this time:
The Wilder Widows by Katherine Hastings
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally

Yesterday I read The Amish Library by Naomi Troyer for my first book of the year.

Getting my French category off to a good start with Les poisons de la couronne, by Maurice Druon, which I think I tried to read in 2022 but didn't get very far with.

I'm kicking off the new year with cousin Rex's Too Many Women. (Rex Stout was my great-grandfather's 3rd cousin!) I didn't manage to finish the audio of So Shall You Reap by the end of the year, so that will be my first audiobook.

I'm reading Cackle, a witchy book by Rachel Harrison.

Currently reading She Shall Have Murder by Delano Ames.

I finished Six Wakes last night. It's a sci fi locked room mystery and I enjoyed it. Now to pick the next read. Happy New Year!

Finished two books so far this year: Hafni fortæller and The mountain in the sea.
Started three books: Omgivet af idioter, Vølvens vej - Snehild and The night circus.
Vølvens vej is for the calendar challenge, the rest I think fits onto one or another square in the bingodog challenge.

I knocked off Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello for my January PrizeCAT.

I’m always reading way too many books at once, but ones I’ve recently started are The Rabbit Hutch (for my Tournament of Books category) and Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather, an SF author I’ve just discovered who I’ve been enjoying.

>13 sturlington: I have Cackle as an audiobook. I’ll be interested to hear what you think of it.

>16 amberwitch: I was thinking about reading The Mountain in the Sea for one of my SFF categories. Your tags for it alone make it sound intriguing!

I finished Too Many Women. Next up is Black Hearts in Battersea.

Currently reading War and Peace, Serpents In Eden and Lives of the Ancient Egyptians as my books that I read a certain amount per day.
My fiction read at the moment is The Secrets of the Huon Wren for RandomKIT.

>18 cbl_tn: Ooh, I need to reread The Wolves Chronicles.

I just read The Gingerbread Cowboy for the "food or cooking" BingoDog square.
I am still reading Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord for NetGalley and A New Song for the Amish Bed and Breakfast by Karen Anna Vogel from Kindle Unlimited.

I am trying out my new headphones by listening to Cassandra At the Wedding and also reading A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie.

My library hold of the audio of The Book That Wouldn't Burn came through earlier than expected, so that's starting my year. Also reading York: The Shadow Cipher. Both are about books and puzzles so I'm finding I'm a bit confused at times, lol.

I am working on The Magus by John Fowles and The Best American Noir of the Century edited by James Ellroy. I am also planning on starting a reread of The Black Company by Glen Cook.

I'm excited for a Georgette Heyer reread; I'm going with Faro's Daughter.

Finished Who fears Death on paper. Next up is Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller.
For the ears I finished death on Gokumon Island and still have Coraline on the go.

I'm continuing reading Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski which my husband and I received as a joint Christmas gift. About to go back to reading Necessary Trouble by Drew Gilpin Faust for one of my book clubs.

I'm reading Twilight by Julia Frankau who wrote about Jewish life in London as Frank Danby. From her brief Wikipedia biography, she sounds like a free thinker. This is her last book, published in 1916.

I'm also reading an historical romance from NetGalley, by an author I've read before. It's not holding my interest, but I'll have to finish it and write a constructive review.

Currently reading Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It meets two of my challenges for the month and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

I just finished Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord and also Max Fernsby and the Infinite Toys. I just started The Amish Quiltmaker's Unlikely Match.

I am currently reading Vivid by Beverly Jenkins and enjoying it so far. I have also read the first three short stories in Crimespotting - An Edinburgh Crime Collection and hope to continue soon.
On audio, I plan to finish listening to My Dear I Wanted To Tell You by Louisa Young this weekend.

I am working my way through the complete Franka graphic novel series in preparation for a square in the BingoDog challenge (it was prompted by the "A book from one of the libraries listed under the "Similar libraries" featured on your LT profile page", but really because I've felt like re-reading the older works, and reading the ones that has been published in the last .. 15 years)

I read in 3 evenings All That Is Mine I Carry With Me that was recommended from a LT friend and I received it for Christmas. Next up is Three Blind Mice and I'll also be reading Pan: The Great God's Modern Return over the next little bit.

I've just finished The River We Remember by WIlliam Kent Krueger, his latest stand-alone book.

Finished listening to Coraline, next up for the ears is Supporting Cast.
Still reading Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller on paper.

I finished The Magus by John Fowles and also started & finished in one day Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff. I did start The Black Company by Glen Cook, not too far in yet and am slowly making my way through The Best American Noir of the Century. And the next one I will be starting is Foe by Iain Reid. I like to have a few books going so I can switch between them depending on my mood.

I just started The Girls Who Fought Crime and I've also just started the audio of The Golden Calf.

I've begun Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin.

I've started Tidal Pools a mystery by Lawrence Thackston placed here in South Carolina. So far enjoying it very much.

I'm not sure if I'll finish Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans, by Kenneth Womack, before it's due back at the library, but I'll give it my best shot. (If not, I'll just return and re-request it.)

I am reading The Amish Quiltmaker's Unlikely Match and A Summer at Sea.

I've just finished Twilight by Frank Danby (Julia Frankau) which was a read oddity and well worth reading. It's free on Gutenberg and elsewhere. Now I'm reading The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett (another free ebook) and continuing with The Visitors by Jane Harrison.

Getting ready to start Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones. I've seen the movie, but it was a while ago, so I'll be interested to see how much I remember and what I can identify as different.

Yellowface on audio and just finishing up the silly, but enjoyable, My Roommate is a Vampire in print. Next up is Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone.

I just started The Quiet Tenant.

I’ve started Babel-17 by Samuel Delany for my Classic SF category. It will also fill the bill for the POC author BingoDog square.

Starting Legends and Lattes.

>43 rabbitprincess: I haven't seen the movie but love the book!

Next up for me is Swordheart by T. Kingfisher, for which I have high hopes!

>43 rabbitprincess: There are quite a few differences but I like both of them.

I am reading a book off the 1,001 List with The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas and on the lighter side, I just started a historical romance with Salt Bride by Lucinda Brant.

>49 hailelib: its been a while since I saw the movie, but as I recall, the book and the movie almost seemed like two different stories to me.
But I adore the book:)

>48 christina_reads: >49 hailelib: Just finished the book this morning and really liked it!

>43 rabbitprincess: I read Howl's Moving Castle last year and loved it. I love the movie and had never read the book. I bought the trilogy so need to continue with it.

I have Started Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann. So far so good, i am really enjoying it.

Starting Legends and Lattes and Naked in Death.

>54 Annie_09: oh, that was sooooo controversial when it first came out.

I finished The Quiet Tenant which left me a little underwhelmed. I'm still reading The Rachel Incident and hope to get to some of the other books I slated for this month. My reading has been going slowly so far this month, but I hope to pick up the pace soon.

Starting House of Odysseus, the second book in the Songs of Penelope trilogy.

I’m making progress on Sense and sensibility but it’s an old paperback and the very small print is slowing me down.

I'm starting Death Comes to the Fair, book #4 in the Kurland St. Mary series by Catherine Lloyd.

I finished A Summer at Sea by Katie Fforde, and enjoyed it very much.
Also finished The Amish Quiltmaker's Unlikely Match by Jennifer Beckstrand, which had a real twist on the usual Amish romance novel.
Currently reading a Kindle Unlimited Murder and Cake: Royal Appointment by Luna Snow. There are a lot of typos! In addition, there is a story within the story, and this is not set apart in any way using a different font or italics, so that was very confusing at first. This is a fun and humorous read but needs an editor!!

I am reading The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. It's set in post-WWI Malaya and South Africa, and Somerset Maugham is one of the characters.

I’m currently reading The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth about Food and Flavor (by Mark Schatzker) and The Cat Who Saved Books (by Sosuke Natsukawa; translated from the original Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai).

I'm about to start The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells -- this trilogy has been on my shelves for nearly 10 years!

I'm starting Life on the Mississippi and I'm well over halfway through the audio of The Golden Calf. I'm really liking The Golden Calf so far.

I've finished Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner and started listening to The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith.

I'm enjoying Legends and Lattes and also re-reading A Memory Called Empire so I can go on to book two.

I am reading Case of the Bleus which is part of the Cheese Shop mystery series.

Finished The Cat Who Saved Books (by Sosuke Natsukawa; translated from the original Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai) and have started The Monster of Florence (by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi; narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris).

I'm reading The Heiress, which is turning out to be quite the page turner.

I'm being a book tart. I Started The Seabird's cry on paper, but as hardback, I decided it was too big & heavy to take on the train to London (what with everything else I'd have in my handbag), so I'm also now half way through The Night hawks.

Still listening to A History of Treason finished the Tudors, the gun powder plot & the execution of King Charles I.

>64 christina_reads: I hope you’ll like them. I must have traf those at least 5 times in the last 10 years.

>72 amberwitch: I had to look up what TRAF means (I'm assuming it's this?), and it makes sense why you'd do that with these books! I'm nearly finished The Wizard Hunters now...it's well written and entertaining, but I'm finding it pretty put-down-able, if that makes sense. I find I have less patience than I used to for these big, beefy fantasy novels.

>73 christina_reads: good thinking om the traf. But really it is just me being too lazy to change language setting so the autocorrect changes my English “read” to the Danish word traf (met).
All I wanted to say was that I love the Wizard hunter trilogi so much that I have re-read again and again. Sorry for the confusion.

>74 amberwitch: Haha, thank you for clarifying! I obviously made it much more complicated than it needed to be -- as I often do!

I finished Babel-17, which I really enjoyed (enough that I may now have the courage to try Dhalgren), and I’ve started two new books: Cat Brushing for the “author over 65” BingoDog square, and then Broken Monsters because Cat Brushing is depressing and I thought some gruesome murders would cheer me right up.

I am currently read a WW II story with Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black and starting Wanderers by Chuck Wendig.

Finished The Night hawks, so back on The Seabird's cry
Still listening to A History of treason. We've dealt with the regicides, the Glorious Revolution is up next.

I've just finished The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng and have started Cassandra at the Wedding, which is a book bullet from DeltaQueen.

I'm reading Northwoods, not to be confused with North Woods, which I also plan to read very soon. I'm also working on Rear Window and Other Murderous Tales, and hope to get to The Waters before it has to go back to the library.

I'm reading The Truth-Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn, which so far is a pleasantly low-stakes fantasy novel.

I read Murder and Cakes: Orange Marmalade Cake Murder. This was a thankfully easy and quick read, and seemed as if it was written by a teenager. Lots of word errors and confusing information.

I’m now reading The Amish Matchmakers which is so far a hilarious story of two elderly sisters who try to match up the same guy for each other.

I've just finished The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith which I think I'll use for the Mystery Kit.

I'm reading The King's General by Daphne du Maurier.

I've begun Mimi Matthews's latest novel, The Lily of Ludgate Hill.

Very much enjoying Pemberley: Mr Darcy's Dragon - Pride and Prejudice with dragons. This is the first book and at this rate I will definitely be continuing with the rest of the series.

I am reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig and at 800 some pages, I will be reading this one for some time. I am also listening to Insidious Intent by Val McDermid.

Finished both The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor (by Mark Schatzker) - NF book about how “natural” and artificial flavors are added to bland foods to trick our brains into eating nutritionally poor foods and;
The Monster of Florence (by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi; narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris) - NF account of the still unidentified serial killer who shot couples in their cars. Starting in 1968 and continuing through 1985, the “Monster of Florence” (Italy) would murder 14 people and his gruesome ritual after the slayings would become the inspiration for Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lector. Twenty years later, the two authors of this book would become embroiled in the still ongoing investigation.
I also knocked out a romance novel, Beautiful Graves (by L. J. Shen) - A second chance novel which is a departure from the author’s signature a**hole boyfriend type. Not my favorite story as the female protagonist Everlynne was pretty much a mess throughout and didn’t really seem to redeem herself convincingly; but the story was engaging for breathing life into the characters and an old trope.

Just started Apollo in the Age of Aquarius (by Neil M. Maher; narrated by L. J. Ganser) - NF about NASA’s Apollo program in the context of the 1960s counter culture and;
The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World (by Steve Brusatte) - Yes, more NF!

I just finished The Amish Matchmakers by Beth Wiseman which was alternately hilarious and touching. I liked that the story included a romance between senior citizens.

I am still reading Horseplay by Judy Reene Singer.

Little late to the game but so far I've read Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, From Blood & Ash, A Kingdom of Flesh & Fire, The Crown of Gilded Bones, and just finished A Shadow in the Ember last night. Will be starting The War of Two Queens today.

Starting Mary Balogh's latest, Always Remember.

I'm reading Charming Billy and just downloaded The Fury from the library.

Finished A History of Treason, which was fascinating. Next up for the ears if Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal.
Still reading The Seabird's Cry on paper.

Back at the office after a week off to focus on my master's, and I started the compulsively readable Mystery Man, by Colin Bateman. Definitely a change from scientific papers :)

I finshed the audio of The Golden Calf and I'm starting the Librivox audio of The Poison Belt.

I started to read West Heart Kill but it was a DNF. I am currently reading Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble which is a Kindle Unlimited title. It is the second one in a series featuring these ladies, and a spin off series from the Melanie Travis dog mysteries.

I'm almost finishedCharming Billy next up will be The Fury and Sing Wild Bird Sing.

I've begun The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards -- finally taking some nonfiction off the shelves!

I am currently reading The History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig and my audiobook is Der Klang meines Lebens, an autobiography by singer Patricia Kelly. I only have two hours to go, so I think I will finish it this weekend.

I have started on The Bee Sting by Paul Murray and Hero At the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton.

I finished the audio of The Poison Belt and I've started listening to The Dead Alive.

Finished The Seabird's cry on paper and now in a very different place reading Sylvester
Finished listening to Supporting Cast (very good, btw) and am now listening to Offshore

I finished Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble and I am currently reading The Fatal Folio and The Last Resort by Alison Lurie.

I’m reading Yellowface, which will likely carry me into February.

I finished Cat Brushing, which was a downer, and Light from Uncommon Stars, which I wish I’d liked better than I did. I’m in the middle of Public Reading Followed by Discussion for the “< 100 copies” BingoDog square, and I’ve just started the audiobook of Our Wives under the Sea for the “featuring water” square.

I've just finished Life on the Mississippi and I'm starting One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. I also finished the audio of The Dead Alive and I'll be starting the audio of Right Ho, Jeeves.