Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I'm sharing my first update for my January progress on the year long Beat The Backlist 2025 reading challenge, hosted by Austine Decker. You can see my original tbr here. In January, I completed 5 out of 24 books on my tbr. Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in January:
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The Haunting of Blackwood House (The Haunting of Blackwood House #1) by Darcy Coates even if it might have been just a bit too long. If you like ghost stories and haunted house stories, you'll have to give it a try. I'm so glad I decided to start reading Darcy Coates. I love her style and I have so much to explore.
My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.
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Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes has a fantastic concept with a fun sense humor, but it doesn't need to be nearly as long as it is. Some of the characters also come across as fairly flat. I also wish we got to see more of the "classes". I think I was hoping for something more like The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn.
My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.
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Honestly, I don't really have much to say about Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio. It doesn't really go anywhere and there's not much to the plot or characters, but the atmosphere helps make up for it.
My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.
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Hunter's Moon (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #43) by Paul Finch is easily my least favorite Doctor Who: New Series Adventure book so far. The Doctor, Amy, and Rory aren't themselves at all to the point where they might as well have all completely different names. It was all quite out of character for those that I know and love. I was just disappointed.
My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.
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I've never read anything from this author but I really want to now. I loved the style of The Tea Master and the Detective (Universe of Xuya) by Aliette de Bodard and I need to know more to fill in some of the gaps that this left me with since I haven't read any of the other stories set in this world. I love just how hard boiled and Holmesian this felt as well.
My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.
Are you participating in this challenge? Have you read these book? As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!
Sorry Graveyard Shift wasn't that great. I do want to try the author though.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed her other one If We Were Villains and I've heard only good things about her next one so far. I hope you enjoy her stuff. 🙂
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