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The Monthly Chapter | January 2023

Jan. 01, 2023

The Monthly Chapter | January 2023

Welcome to The Monthly Chapter for January 2023.

It’s a new year and let me tell you I have big plans for both blogs this year. Right off the bat you can see I changed a few things with this particular series. Not too much because honestly, it has been one of my more popular series and giveaways. There will be a few new things happening around here and a few tired and true things.

One of my biggest things here is to post a little more often here. I feel like I fell behind so much here last year and I don’t want that to be the case. I have been working ahead and prepping as much as I could. Some things just can’t be done early but I wanted to be sure I was ready.

I had fallen into a bit of a reading slump the last few months of last year and it really showed here. I don’t know why but it seemed like nothing interested me at all. This month I am hoping to rekindle my reading fire and find not only new authors but expand my genres a little more.

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Cute But Psycho by LLV
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  1. Sherry says

    January 1, 2023 at 11:36 am

    I’ve got a few Jayne Ann Krentz and Linda Howard books that I’m going to read soon.

    Reply
  2. Betty S says

    January 1, 2023 at 2:00 pm

    I would love to take January and catch up on my reading. My daughter left me some great books on her visit and with a warm mug of tea, I should be able to achieve my goal

    Reply
  3. heather says

    January 1, 2023 at 3:24 pm

    I plan to read more this year that’s for sure but I don’t have anything on deck at the moment. Happy New Year to you best wishes in 2023!

    Reply
  4. Elaine G says

    January 1, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    I’m not entirely sure what I will read but I do want to finish off series I’ve started last year. Tracy Wolff and K.F. Breene are a couple authors I will read.

    Reply
  5. bn100 says

    January 1, 2023 at 6:15 pm

    not sure yet

    Reply
  6. Shayna Brookman says

    January 2, 2023 at 12:40 pm

    I got a couple of great books for Christmas. I am hoping to find the time to enjoy them.

    Reply
  7. K says

    January 2, 2023 at 6:10 pm

    I would really like to read more books this year!

    Reply
  8. Jessica Beard says

    January 2, 2023 at 10:01 pm

    My kids and I will be reading a lot together. I am reading The Nightingale right now.

    Reply
  9. Athena Graeme says

    January 2, 2023 at 10:36 pm

    This week I am re-reading “Dune”. I just finished another book by the author “the White Plague”, I really wanted to like it, but it felt … unfinished, unpolished, like he wasn’t sure where he wanted to go. I made me miss his other stuff.

    Reply
  10. Sandra says

    January 3, 2023 at 11:41 am

    I am not sure what trope to start with this year I like to choose a different one each month.

    Reply
  11. Jeanna says

    January 3, 2023 at 12:49 pm

    I’m planning on working my way through my ARC’s that I have to get done this month!!

    Reply
  12. sandra says

    January 3, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    just trying to finish up a book for book club

    Reply
  13. xjanelx78 says

    January 4, 2023 at 10:44 am

    Looking forward to reading Elsie Silver’s books this month.

    Reply
  14. Betsy Barnes says

    January 4, 2023 at 4:25 pm

    I’d like to add more true crime books this year and looking forward to reading ‘I Have Some Questions for You’ by Rebecca Makkai.

    Reply
  15. Adriane says

    January 4, 2023 at 5:28 pm

    My reading time will be limited this month, so not sure yet

    Reply
  16. Marisela Zuniga says

    January 4, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    I’m excited for The backup plan by Jill Shalvis to release this month

    Reply
  17. Kelly D says

    January 8, 2023 at 10:00 pm

    I am going to read some new mysteries, not sure which ones yet.

    Reply
  18. Melanie B says

    January 9, 2023 at 5:03 pm

    I plan to finish up the books I’d started reading since last year then I’ll go from there

    Reply
  19. Judith Bayer says

    January 9, 2023 at 6:50 pm

    looking forward to reading Kate Batement novels.

    Reply
  20. Sharon Rooney says

    January 10, 2023 at 6:56 am

    I plan on reading the Catherine Coulter FBI Thrillers that I haven’t had a chance to read. I buy them and they are ready to be read. lol

    Reply
  21. Maria Lynn says

    January 10, 2023 at 9:50 am

    i see some good books here that i would love to read, just give me some time to get to them! never enough time to sit down and get into a good book!

    Reply
  22. Emily M says

    January 10, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    I’m hoping to read more in January. I read Untamed by Glennon Doyle over the holidays and enjoyed it.

    Reply
  23. Veronica Murillo says

    January 10, 2023 at 4:28 pm

    I have a couple of books I definitely want to read this year. Hope to get to them soon ☺️

    Reply
  24. Natalie says

    January 10, 2023 at 6:56 pm

    I am reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle. I also would like to reread The Count of Monte Cristo.

    Reply
  25. Dreaa Drake says

    January 10, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    My plans are to read as much as I can. I have a super long tbr but next up is The Keatyn Chronicles by Jillian Dodd.

    Reply
  26. Nina Lewis says

    January 10, 2023 at 10:20 pm

    I want to read at least 5 books this month. I’ve read 2 so far. Can’t wait to read Cute But Psycho! Love LLV’s books! 🙂

    Reply
  27. Nova S says

    January 11, 2023 at 1:18 am

    im looking forward to finishing The Words of the Wandering by DE Night

    Reply
  28. Jenness M says

    January 11, 2023 at 4:49 pm

    I bought a couple books off my wish list to read at the end of the month when I’m on vacay.

    Reply
  29. Gina Ferrell says

    January 11, 2023 at 6:49 pm

    I’m looking forward to reading Spare by Prince Harry.

    Reply
  30. Laurie Nykaza says

    January 13, 2023 at 12:23 am

    This month will be busy cleaning up the water maybe get a romance book in if i’m lucky.

    Reply
  31. Derek T says

    January 13, 2023 at 9:10 am

    As a teacher, I just have to get through the next four months to get to some more dedicated reading and writing time…

    Reply
  32. Cynthia C says

    January 13, 2023 at 11:42 am

    I’m reading Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

    Reply
  33. Shelly Peterson says

    January 15, 2023 at 3:32 pm

    I want to read Thorne Princess by LJ Shen.

    Reply
  34. Jeanna Massman says

    January 16, 2023 at 6:29 am

    I’m reading Historical Romance by Mary Balogh.

    Reply
  35. Susan Smith says

    January 16, 2023 at 12:48 pm

    I haven’t decided what I will be reading. I have a whole TBR list to choose from.

    Reply
  36. Piroska says

    January 16, 2023 at 11:16 pm

    I’m looking forward to reading The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes,

    Reply
  37. Barrie says

    January 17, 2023 at 11:22 pm

    I am normally an avid reader but not been as into it this month. I’m feeling out what I’m interested in reading.

    Reply
  38. Jen R says

    January 18, 2023 at 4:58 pm

    I am looking forward to Shari Lapena’s new book coming out in the summer and I just read about a Nora Roberts book on your site that interest me, “Montana Sky”.

    Reply
  39. wendy hutton says

    January 22, 2023 at 1:42 pm

    not sure as of yet as have been busy doing some home renos

    Reply
  40. Minta Boggs says

    January 23, 2023 at 1:40 pm

    I haven’t had a chance to catch up on my reading too many things to do around the house!

    Reply
  41. Daniel M says

    January 23, 2023 at 5:00 pm

    so far behind don’t know what’s next

    Reply
  42. Wendy Browne says

    January 24, 2023 at 8:43 am

    My eyes have been so tired lately that I haven’t made reading plans.

    Reply
  43. Elizabeth says

    January 24, 2023 at 11:52 am

    I was looking forward to the new volume of the Given manga, but it was kind of a letdown…happy to pick up Hirano and Kagiura at the library soon, though!

    Reply
  44. Heather B. says

    January 24, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    There are so many books I’m looking forward to reading. Some top ones are Carlene O Connor’s Murder at an Irish Bookshop, and Kaitlyn Dunnett View to a Kilt.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  45. Madie says

    January 24, 2023 at 9:59 pm

    Right now I’m trying to finish A Tale of Two Cities. I’m not sure which book from my TBR I’ll do next, but most likely it’s between Vannetta Chapman’s ‘Bishop’ mystery series, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, The Copper Box (Jerome mystery #1), or Millenial Robin Hood.

    Hope you have a safe winter filled with good books 🙂 !

    Reply
  46. Olivia Parker says

    January 29, 2023 at 10:59 am

    I am finishing a book cozy by the fireplace this cold month. I will be reading next a Rip Through Time.

    Reply
  47. Bea LaRocca says

    January 29, 2023 at 8:14 pm

    I am trying to read some of the series that have been waiting on my Kindle for awhile now, The Stones of Heart Falls series by Vivian Arend, The Dare series by Carly Phillips and the remaining books in the Ashes and Embers series by Carian Cole, just to name a few

    Reply
  48. Jenny Ham says

    January 30, 2023 at 9:33 am

    I am gettin ready to read Funny You Should Ask, by Elissa Sussman.

    Reply
  49. Colleen Debs says

    March 9, 2023 at 8:59 am

    Som of these look good

    Reply

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