2017 Reading Challenges - January Check In

Here we are one month into my new reading year! Let's see how I'm doing. Here is the original post about all of the reading challenges I'm taking on. The date listed after each book is the date I completed the book.

PopSugar Monthly Challenge

• January (A book with one of the four seasons in the title ): Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (1/25)

 PopSugar Ultimate Reading Challenge Basic

•  A book recommended by a librarian: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (1/19)
• A book you loved as a child: Matilda by Roald Dahl (1/12)

Pop Sugar Ultimate Reading Challenge Advanced 

• A book about an immigrant or refugee: The Radius of Us by Marie Marquadt (1/23)

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

• Read a debut novel: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (1/6)
• Read an all ages comic: Scenes from an Impending Marriage by Adrian Tomine (1/14)
• Read a book you've read before: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1/19)
• Read a book about war: Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese (1/29)
  
• Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (1/31)

Curious Iguana's Read Broader

• Peek into the Past: Putin Country by Anne Garrels (1/7)

Challenge Totals:

• January: 10 books

 How did it go this month?

Pretty good! 10 books is a solid start in my opinion. I've found that I read broader than I thought I did. It hasn't been too challenging to find categories for the books that I've read this month. I'm sure that will get a little harder as the months go on!