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Ashley IN MEDIAS RES

• House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) by Sarah J. Maas
• Pillars of Wealth: How to Make, Save, and Invest Your Money to Achieve Financial Freedom by David Greene
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk*
• Think and Grow Rich for Women: Using Your Power to Create Success and Significance by Sharon L. Lechter * 

*Ashley’s still waiting for these two titles to come back off hold at the library…struggle bus.

Nikki IN MEDIAS RES

• House of Blood and Earth (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas
• Soul Reset by Junius B. Dotson
• The Self-Care Prescription by Robyn L. Gobin, PhD

Ashley FIN

• House of Blood and Earth (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas
• Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas
• Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas
• Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6) by Sarah J. Maas

Nikki FIN

• The Duke’s Bartered Mistress (Surprise! Dukes #2) by Caroline Lee
• Life Lessons from Psalms by Max Lucado
• Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas
• The Duke’s Deceitful Governess (Surprise! Dukes #1) by Caroline Lee
• Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6) by Sarah J. Maas
• Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas

Darling Readers, please be aware during this Janet in January celebration that I have not read any other titles than those written by our beloved Sarah Janet Maas. Goodreads is telling me I am 4 books behind schedule. I do not appreciate that. (Tell me you’re an Enneagram 1 without telling me you’re an Enneagram 1.) Please note that sometimes you just need to #ReadWhatYouWant. I did that. Continue to live your best life, and don’t listen to Goodreads.

~Ashley

It’s been eleventy billion days of January and like four minutes to read and not in a row, or at least that’s how the list above feels.  However, feelings aren’t facts, so I’m going to drop some facts.  While Ashley may have only read Sarah J. Maas books this month, she did read more than 3,100 pages within her four books, in addition to the other pages read this month.  As for me and my list, I read three of those same Maas titles and two palate cleansers because, in case you aren’t aware, Empire of Storms ends on a ding dang awful cliff, and the push to the end (which, #notaspoiler, is usually the last 100ish of a Maas book) is roughly 300 ding dang pages in Kingdom of Ash which is a lot to handle on January 852nd, oh and the last chapter of another book.  But we didn’t die, even if we’re pivoting on our rereading plan, and even if we’re both behind according to Goodreads.  So, we’re diving into our Crescent City reread amidst our usual February blog reading, so we need to ask for a bit of a favor darling readers.  Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, DO NOT send us spoilers to House of Flame and Shadow until you confirm with us that we are complete with that novel or we may have to find a way to send sweet Bryaxis to visit you.  We do acknowledge we’ll be a bit behind, but likely only two to three weeks, which when we’re talking about 2,400 pages of Maas, including one title I’ve only read once (and started several weeks after publication) and a brand new one, so I’m seeing some late nights in our future, for better or worse, and might be shockingly quick, even though it won’t feel like that even sort of.

And while we’re at it, I’d like a quick soap box moment – read what you want!  School is school and a different conversation, but when reading is a hobby, please read what you want!  When I wanted to pause and read something with less feels, I did and I will continue to do so.  When I felt the need to (gasp) read some nonfiction, I started some nonfiction.  Hobbies should be what we enjoy and sometimes also help us grow in some way (but not necessarily all the time, as shouldn’t hobbies be a part of your rest and refresh routine?).  I don’t accept shoulding in my hobbies, and also encourage you to reject and rebuke that stuff and nonsense.

What do you want to read next?

~ Nikki 

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