On My Mind (6) January Wrap-Up and Thoughts

While I'm not one for doing end of month wrap-up posts, I thought "why not" just try it once. Who knows, I might like it...you might like. *let's try something different, yes*

I am 90% sure that I will not be able to repeat the number of books devoured this month again this year. Though, I am happy to say that so far 2016 is off to a wonderful start when it comes to books. I have enjoyed every book I read; sure over half were rereads and off my non-review TBR. But after last year, that's exactly how I needed to start the year.

Now, you'll notice that I did not sign up for any reading challenges nor did I accept the GR reading goal challenge. The reason being is that this year, unlike year's before, I want to focus on quality not quantity with what I'm going to read and spend my time on- book-wise that is.I just really want a fresh bookish start this year. And to do that, I knew that I would need to step back from not only book challenges but also cutback on blog tours, as well.

What I Read- January 2016

• 50 Things You Should Know about the First World War [GR | Review]
• Noodles & Albie [GR | Review]
• The Real Princess Diaries [GR | Review]
• Jason and the Argonauts [GR | Review]
• Baltimore Catechism III [GR]
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone *audio* [GR]
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [GR]
• Oedipus the King [GR | Review]
• Oedipus at Colonus [GR | Review]
• Antigone [GR | Review]
• Chief Truths of the Faith [GR]
• Mass and the Sacraments [GR]
• See How They Run [GR | Review]
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets *audio* [GR]
• Catholic Morality [GR]
• Ouran High School Host Club, vol 1 [GR]
• Introduction to the Bible [GR]
• Beyond the Door [GR | Review]
• Ouran High School Host Club, vol 2 [GR]
• Ouran High School Host Club, vol 3 [GR]

With the exception of the first three books, I have been getting deep into books about faith and returning to my love of classic books. For January, I really just went with whatever caught my attention because I wanted to start the year off on a good foot with reading.

My personal favorites, that were not rereads, from January were-

• Oedipus the King
• Oedipus at Colonus
• Antigone
• See How They Run
• Jason and the Argonauts

January also saw the close of my first round of  #OTSPSecretSister. I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun I had participating in the project. I was somewhat nervous going in, but everyone (and I mean everyone) was just so nice and welcoming that it ended up being one of the best things of last year.
  I feel very fortunate to have meet so many wonderful people through the six months it went on. So much so, that I even signed up for the next round because saying goodbye to the whole project was just something I did not want to do.