The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Our first month is already drawing to a close, and we've had so much discussion happening all over the group!

What have been some of your favourite reads of the year so far? Any you'd recommend? Any you have particular strong opinions about?

Unfortunately I had two weeks of exams so all January I had to revise :( . I only got finished : The knife of never letting go, I think its ok as it had some fantastic parts but two parts spoiled it all!

At the moment I'm reading: confessions of a murder suspect book one, I got it from my reading club seems good so far.

Can't wait to read more in February

The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo. This was probably the best book I read in January. It really challenged my views on capital punishment.

So far I've read 13, hope to get a few more in before January ends

I was disappointed and expected more from The Nightingale

Other books poorly received - Mermen, but it was fun to do a buddy read with that one so it still ended up a good experience.

Favorite has been the Harry Potter books I've been reading - Started with Chamber of secrets and am on Half-Blood Prince right now. Also Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews, what a fun start to a series.

I've had a great reading start as I've already read 6 books this month: Ignite Me by Mafi,
all 3 books of the Hogwarts Library, Out of the Easy by Sepetys, and A Discovery of Witches by D. Harkness (which is my fav book so far this year), plus I'm hoping to finish Shadow of Night by the end of the month too :)

I'm way behind my usual number by this time. I reread The Odyssey and finally read The Last of the Mohicans.
I also read Shards of Honor, the first in a scifi series. It was quite good and surprisingly the author's first novel. That's it. Three.
I'll finish A Question of Upbringing by the end of the month for four, but I'm already way behind my goal. BooHoo. At least they were all really enjoyable reads. :)

I'm proud to say I started my reading strong with 16 books and over 5,000 pages, well over my average for a month's time. My first month was spread out fairly evenly between exciting reads and duds. My favorite book of the month was The Diviners and I would also recommend Me Before You.

I have read 15 books and they have all been pretty good reads. My fave for the month was A Head Full of Ghosts

I've been plodding through my "text" book. So my current count for books "finished" is "0", but overall it is "1" (just not completed yet)