Time may be only an illusion but it did fly by this January. 2020 has been off to an interesting start so far. Going into it, I was less prepared than I would have liked to be – pages on the blog were still under construction, not a single post was scheduled and I had a ton of things that I hadn’t planned out. How did that pan out for me? Let’s nosedive into my January 2020 wrap-up to find out!
Reading
I managed to read 4 books this month, which is on the lower side. However, the start of the year really overwhelmed me and I finished my first book only on January 12th. The quality of books I read was average and overall, I’d say it wasn’t my best reading month.
January 2020 Reading Stats Wrap-Up
✨Books read: 4
✨Average rating: 4 stars
✨Pages read: 1,671
✨Favourite of the month: Timekeeper by Tara Sim
✨SARC 2020: 2
✨YARC 2020: 2
✨StartOnYourShelfathon: 0
Blogging
My blog didn’t get off to the flying start I had wished for. I’ve been trying to work through a backlog of posts and design elements that needed to be done before January 2020 started. Nevertheless, I’m happy that I got over my perfectionism and started posting because I love creating content for Novels and Nebulas!
January 2020 Novels and Nebulas Wrap-Up
✨Posts: 9
✨Views: 600+
✨Likes: 50+
✨Most popular post: How to Build a Regular Reading Habit
✨Underrated post: Discussion: How Diverse is the Adult SFF Genre?
January 2020 Favourite Posts Wrap-Up
- Krisha @ Bookathon – 60+ 2020 Releases to Look Forward To
- Sahitya @ My World of Books – 50 Bookish Questions
- Skye @ The Quiet Pond – The Pond Book News #22 – Sprout’s Back! This Week’s Queer Fantasies and Desi Book Announcements
- Marie @ Drizzle and Hurricane Books – Why I will (and won’t) read your blog
- Shruti @ This is Lit – Blog tour | Hey, Tweet Cute, I want my wig back.
Projects
This year I feel like I have taken on a bit more than I can chew off. I managed to read the Stars and Sorcery BOTM and 2 books by South-Asian authors but they weren’t the books chosen for SARC in January. Despite my lack of efforts, Stars and Sorcery and SARC started off on a high note in 2020, for which I’m really grateful to the book club members and SARC co-hosts.
Stars and Sorcery January 2020 Wrap-Up
✨Read by: 4 members
✨Average rating: 3.6 stars
✨February 2020 BOTM: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
SARC January 2020 Wrap-Up
✨Featured post: 2020 Book Releases by Indian Authors
✨February 2020 info: South-Asian Reading Challenge || February 2020 Theme ‘Mohabbat’ & Books of The Month Announcement
✨Find us on: Website | Twitter | Instagram
How was your January 2020 reading month? Do you post monthly or weekly wrap-ups on your blogs? Link those below so I can check them out! I hope everyone has a fabulous February planned. Have a stellar weekend, readers from Earth!
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This is cool babe !!!! I have never done wrap ups before, so I’m just planning one for the whole quarter on the 31st 😊😊
But you’ve gone into so much wonderful detail and it’s awesome. I love it !!!
Thank you so much, Sahi! 😊 I’m finally getting through my post backlogs. 🙈 I didn’t want to add a lot of text in because I feel like wrap-ups make nice videos but I don’t know how to turn them into interesting blog posts. As the bookish community is obsessed with stats, I decided to add them and I’m happy with the result. I can’t wait to see your quarterly wrap-up! 💖
Ya… mine would probably be only text if I had done previously.. but now I have those graphs, so I thought I’ll try as well. And once per quarter seems reasonable… monthly is a bit much for me 😂😂😂
Yours is very pretty and comprehensive… don’t worry about being late !!!
You always say the nicest things, Sahi! 🥰 Ooh, graphs! I’m waiting. 😍
It’s coming on Tuesday !!!!
I definitely haven’t been reading as much/as fast as normal lately, but that happens sometimes. Fun visual wrap-up!
Oh, that sucks but I hope you get your reading mojo back soon and be kind to yourself until that time. 💖 Thank you so much! 😊