#1 - Readings of the month

I am sorry for being away for this couple of days but I had some family responsibilities to attend. Now, back to business!

Summary of January

Every month I will make a summary of my readings of the month, starting this month.

January 2018

Total books read:

Genres (the books can have more than one genre):

- Fantasy - 1

- Young adult - 1

- Biography - 1

- Classics - 1

- Philosophy - 1

- Politics - 1

- Historical Fiction - 1

- WW II - 1

- Humor - 1

- Christmas - 1

- Poetry - 1

- Travel - 1

- Mystery - 1

- Fiction - 2

- Feminism - 2

- Romance - 2

- Psychology - 2

- Short stories - 3

- Comics - 4

- non-fiction - 5

- Children - 13

Kind of book:

Paperback books: 2

E-books: 33

Audiobooks - 1

Authors:

Authors for the first time: 31

Authors that I've read before - 3

Sex: (if I read more than one book I only count once):

Male authors: 11

Female authors: 22

Nationalities (can have a double nationality or if I read more than one book I only count once):

- English - 11

-Australian - 1

- Indian - 1

- Chinese - 1

- American - 15

- New Zealand - 1

- Morocco - 1

- Unknown - 4

Total pages:

4684

Ratings:

1. Harry Potter: The Prequel, J. K. Rowling, 1/5

2. One man's meat..., Jeffrey Archer, 4/5

3. Helpless: a True Story, Rosie Lewis, 5/5

4. A Long Way Home, Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose, 4/5

5. The art of the war, Sun Tzu, 5/5

6. The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf, 4/5

7. The Holiday Swap, Zara Stoneley 4/5

8. My first book of bedtime stories, Tig Thomas 5/5

9. The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris 5/5

10. Charlie the Caterpillar, Andy Gutman 4/5 (ARC)

11. Breaking up is hard to do... but you could've done better, Hillary Campbel 3/5 (ARC)

12. That's not my puppy… its coat is too hairy, Fiona Watt; Rachel Wells 5/5

13. Herding Cats - A Sarah's Scribbles Collection, Sarah Andersen 4/5

14. Knees: The mixed up world of a boy with dyslexia, Vanita Oelschlager 3/5 (ARC)

15. Harvey's Hideout, Russell Hoban 5/5 (ARC)

16. Discover London (Discover Reading), Juliana O'Neill 1/5 (ARC)

17. Striking The Balance (Pico Bogue, #4), Dominique Roques 3/5 (ARC)

18. Lies We Tell Our Kids, Steve Hoover 4/5 (ARC)

19. Postcards from a War, Vanita Oelschlager 4/5 (ARC)

20. Piney the Goat Nanny: A true story of a little pig with a big heart, Leanne Lauricella 4/5 (ARC)

21. On the dog walk!, David J. Robertson, 5/5 (ARC)

22. Miss Winter's Demise and Other Crimes Against Poetry, Paul Minton, 4/5 (ARC)

23. ABC for Me: ABC Mindful Me: ABCs for a happy, healthy mind & body, Walter Foster Jr. Creative Teams, 4/5 (ARC)

24. Seed School: Growing Up Amazing, Joan Holub 4/5 (ARC)

25. Davy's Summer Vacation, Brigitte Weninger, 5/5 (ARC)

26. Discover London: Level 3 Reader, Juliana O'Neill, 3/5 (ARC)

27. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge, 2/5

28. 101 Games to Play Before You Grow Up: Exciting and fun games to play anywhere, Walter Foster Jr. Creative Team, 4/5 (ARC)

29. The View from Rainshadow Bay (Lavender Tides #1), Colleen Coble, 3/5 (ARC)

30. The Kindness Cure: How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World, Tara Cousineau, DNF, (ARC)

31. Weddings Away: The New Destination Wedding and Getaway Wedding Celebrations Guide, Sharon Naylor, 3/5, (ARC)

32. Little Concepts: ABC French: Take a fun journey through the alphabet and learn some French!, Daniel Roode, 4/5, (ARC)

33. Megabat, Anna Humphrey, 4/5, (ARC)

34. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library), J.K. Rowling, 5/5

35. The Wedding Caper, Laura Briggs, 3/5

36. 12 Ways to Experience More with Your Husband: More Trust. More Passion. More Communication. , Cindi McMenamin, 3/5 (ARC)

My favourites were:

Helpless: a True Story, Rosie Lewis, 5/5
The art of the war, Sun Tzu, 5/5
My first book of bedtime stories, Tig Thomas 5/5
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris 5/5
That's not my puppy… its coat is too hairy, Fiona Watt; Rachel Wells 5/5
Harvey's Hideout, Russell Hoban 5/5 (ARC)
On the dog walk!, David J. Robertson, 5/5 (ARC)
Davy's Summer Vacation, Brigitte Weninger, 5/5 (ARC)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library), J.K. Rowling, 5/5

Bookshelf:

- I bought 2 paperback books and 2 ebooks.

- I downloaded 21 ebooks

- ARC - 22

Money in Piggybank:

- Monthly: £36

- Total: £36

After writing this post I realised that I have some reviews to write. It was impossible so far due to personal responsibilities... During this week I will do it for sure!

So here they are the reviews that I need to write (lot's of work for me for the next days! 19 Books!!):

That's not my puppy… its coat is too hairy, Fiona Watt; Rachel Wells
Discover London (Discover Reading), Juliana O'Neill
Striking The Balance (Pico Bogue, #4), Dominique Roques
Lies We Tell Our Kids, Steve Hoover
Postcards from a War, Vanita Oelschlager
Piney the Goat Nanny: A true story of a little pig with a big heart, Leanne Lauricella
Seed School: Growing Up Amazing, Joan Holub
Davy's Summer Vacation, Brigitte Weninger
Discover London: Level 3 Reader, Juliana O'Neill
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
101 Games to Play Before You Grow Up: Exciting and fun games to play anywhere, Walter Foster Jr. Creative Team
The View from Rainshadow Bay (Lavender Tides #1), Colleen Coble
The Kindness Cure: How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World, Tara Cousineau, DNF
Weddings Away: The New Destination Wedding and Getaway Wedding Celebrations Guide, Sharon Naylor
Little Concepts: ABC French: Take a fun journey through the alphabet and learn some French!, Daniel Roode
Megabat, Anna Humphrey
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library), J.K. Rowling
The Wedding Caper, Laura Briggs
12 Ways to Experience More with Your Husband: More Trust. More Passion. More Communication. , Cindi McMenamin