January 2011: Monthly Summary & Resolution Progress

Books Read in January 2011

Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
selected essays (5) from Persuasions #31 by various authors
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Books Purchased in January 2011

Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Jane Austen’s Little Advice Book by Cathryn Michon and Pamela Norris
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Kindle)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Kindle)
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth (Kindle)
The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig

Books Added to TBR List in January 2011

Delirium by Lauren Oliver (Ms. Martin Teaches Media’s review post)
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany (Eva’s Library Loot post)
The Blue Fox by Sjon (Eva’s Library Loot post)
A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi (Michelle’s review post)
Day After Night by Anita Diamant (just browsing around Amazon.com)
A Wall of Light by Edeet Ravel (just browsing around Amazon.com)
Swimming in the Congo by Margaret Meyers (just browsing around Amazon.com)
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende (Just a Bookworm’s review)
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
The Free World by David Bezmozqis

New Year’s Resolutions Progress

1 memoir towards my Memoir/Biography Resolution (4 to go for this one)
1 book from my Personal Collection (9 to go for this one)

Now, I know that it’s not a bookish resolution, but I resolved to eat better (mainly cut out fast food and sweets). So, in January I lost 6 pounds from that alone 😀 Just 9 pounds to my goal weight (what I weighed when I graduated high school 5 years ago) 🙂 I did resolve to work out more, too. Unfortunately I haven’t been doing that regularly since I’ve made such progress with my weight from eating better alone. But I know that while I lose weight, that doesn’t make me “in shape”, so I really need to start working out some more.