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January Reads

1st Feb 2015 in Books

For me, January was a month of snow, snoozing and big fat books. I finished 2014 by getting emergency back surgery (which came as a surprise to everyone, me and the doctors included). That meant that January was mostly spent on bed-rest, which was pretty boring but did mean I got a lot of reading done. Thirty books, to be exact! Usually I’d pick a top 3 every month, but I read so many wonderful books that it was too hard to choose. Here are the best:

• Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch – magicians committing and solving crimes in modern London.
• All the Truth That’s In Me, Julie Berry – beautifully-written historical YA.
• Days of Grace, Catherine Hall – I’ve never cried so much at a book.
• NOS4R2, Joe Hill – so vivid and creepy. One of my favourite horror novels.
• Only Ever Yours, Louise O’Neill – a terrifying and thoughtful feminist dystopia.
• Girls Will be Girls, Emer O’Toole – get this book for every teenage girl you know. Wish I’d read it when I was 13.
• The Hourglass Factory, Lucy Ribchester – suffragettes and circuses in Victorian London (this isn’t in the photo as I lent it to my mum!)

What were your favourite January reads? Share in the comments below, or on GoodReads.