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January Wrap up!

It's a new month, so I thought I should wrap up the books I read, or finished in the first month of 2020!

Number of books completed

4/40 (10% done) 1 book ahead of schedule.

Leftover from December 

Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

*****5 stars)

Read from 12/29/19-01/15/2020

I loved this series starter so much and I can't believe it took me this long to read this book. I love the characters in the story, and I love the world. A review will come soon.

Marvel: Powers of a Girl by Lorraine Click with art by Alice X. Zhang

****(4 stars)

Read from 12/20/19-01/16/2020

This was a gift as part of Secret Santa and it was very good. I loved reading about all the characters in the Marvel Universe. The biggest issue for me was some characters had large 3 or 4 pages with information, and others just had a small section in a group. I thought it could have been more balanced. Also, I thought we could have seen more characters represented.

First books of 2020

Libra: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign by Sally Kirkman

****(4 stars)

Read from 01/15/2020-01/22/2020

If you want to read about your star sign and learn how you could live better based on your star sign, this is the book for you. I enjoyed learning about my sign and how I could live, and my personality based on the sign. This book was repetitive, and that might turn people off, or cause them to DNF the book. 

Build Your Best Writing Life: Essential Strategies for Personal Writing Success by Kristen Kieffer

***** (5 stars)

Read from 01/1/2020-01/29/2020

I'm a writer of stories as well as a blogger, and this was such a fantastic resource. I highlighted all over the Ebook so I could use them as I needed them. The tone is casual, yet very informative for anyone trying to expand their writing life.  This book details everything for dealing with resistance to publishing. The added bonus is there are activities for the writer to put the tips into practice. I would recommend this book even if you're just a blogger, as there are chapters that would be relevant for crossover.  

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