My January 2022 TBR

 Hiya everyone

Another year is here and a chance to read even more books than I did last year. Well at least the hope to anyway. I am trying to start this year on a good note so I have picked five books that should help me stay encouraged through out the year to keep reading.

Here are my five books for January:

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

I love the Heartstopper series so much that I think I have read it about four times. Therefore, it was no surprise that when I found this book I knew that I had to have it. This is a short book so I don't think that it will take me long to read. 

Basically Nick is leaving for University and Charlie is being left behind, this book is all about how they cope with this drastic change as a couple and individuals. As people tell them that long distance relationships rarely last as does first love. 

I am very excited to read this and to see how they deal with this but I have hope they will make it through if not I am going to be so heart broken.

City of bones by Cassandra Clare

This is a book that has been sitting on my TBR for such a long time and I do not know why I have not read this yet. But I am going to, at least that is the plan. 

Ignoring all the hype that this book has gotten the story to it does sound interesting and something that I would read anyway. I have been trying not to listen to other people's reviews about this book. As I find sometimes with people raving how good something is you are disappointed when it does not live up to your 'out of this wold' expectations.

In this book we follow Clary after her mother had vanished and she is thrown into the world of the shadow hunters. A world she would not be able to see if she was human. She needs to find out who she is as well as find her mother not to mention all the demons she has to fight too.

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

If there was ever a time and place to read a book like this it is now. This is about Jenny's journey with depression and mental illness with recent events in the world it is something that most of us can relate to in one way or another. I know that I can.

However, despite the serious topic many people who have read the book have said that they were laughing for most of, due to her writing style and interesting way at viewing the world. This has me very excited to read this book as I too have a weird way of looking at the world. I am weird and proud.

Anyway, I hope to get a few laughs from this book or even some ideas in how to deal with mental illness.

Jay's gay agender by Jason June

Huh another LGBTQ+ book ... yay. 

In this book we follow Jay who in his home town was the only out gay kid at his community and could only dream of the hookups and romance that his friends experienced. This changes when he moves to Seattle where there are already so many people already out of the closet. He finally can be free to date and experience all that his friends had but still be true to himself.

I think that this could be such a lovely book and I can not wait to read it. 

The secret dream world of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

This is another that has been on my TBR for such a long time, it's one that I want to read more out of curiosity than anything else. I think my mum watched the movie for this and I think that's where I became curious about the book, also I think in many ways this book is relatable. I am no shopaholic but I have struggled with money in the past and it'll be interesting to read someone else take on that and how their characters deals with such a common issue. If nothing else I am hoping for a good laugh from it.

In this book we follow Becky who seems to have it all, a great job, a great flat in the city, amazing friends and wardrobe with all of the essentials. Except for one tiny detail, she can't really afford it and the bank has been asking for its money. All seemed lost as tries to cut back until something at work changes everything.

So that is my TBR for January. I am very bad at following my tbr's usually and I am not going to try and change that too much. I have been telling myself to at least read three books of my list and if I read one that was not then it's okay. Baby steps.