{"id":4559,"date":"2017-02-04T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2017-02-04T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:30:00","slug":"books-i-read-in-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/04\/books-i-read-in-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2017 Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! This is the first time i am doing a month reading wrap-up and I&#8217;m hoping to do a lot of these this year. January was a pretty good reading month for me. I finished 6 books. All of these were sent to me for review by their author. I have been lately focusing solely on review books as I want to be done with them.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s my list:<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">1. The Resurrection of Evil by Neelabh Pratap Singh<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1475398277l\/32329443.jpg\" alt=\"The Resurrection of Evil\" width=\"203\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/32329443-the-resurrection-of-evil\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Resurrection-Evil-Fiction-Thriller\/dp\/8193287681\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1485426066&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=resurrection+of+evil\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a great mythological thriller set in India. I really loved the writing and how the book is paced. I gave it 4.5 stars. You can read my full review of this book <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/28\/book-review-the-resurrection-of-evil-by-neelabh-pratap-singh\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">2. The Girl from Rostov by Shitij Sharma<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1472800588l\/31821952.jpg\" alt=\"The Girl from Rostov\" width=\"204\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/31821952-the-girl-from-rostov\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/GIRL-ROSTOV-Everything-breath-catches-ebook\/dp\/B01LDFM9EK?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=3626&amp;creative=24790&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=x_gr_w_bb&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This book is a crime thriller set in Russia and India. This book is fast paced\u00a0has a very interesting plot. It is something different and I definitely think more people should try it. I gave it 4 stars. You can read my full review of this book <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/11\/book-review-the-girl-from-rostov-by-shitij-sharma\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">3. Girlgoyle by Better Hero Army<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1470440090l\/31357985.jpg\" alt=\"Girlgoyle\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/31357985-girlgoyle\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Girlgoyle-Hollow-Mountain-Butterfly-Book-ebook\/dp\/B00XMKONZI?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Girlgoyle&amp;qid=1483908756&amp;ref_=sr_1_1&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This is a YA paranormal book. It is the first book in the\u00a0Hollow Mountain Butterfly series and has a very original concept. I gave this book 4 starts. I will be posting a review of it soon.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">4. Take the Body and Run by Jada Ryker<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1473112126l\/31842341.jpg\" alt=\"Take the Body and Run (Macey Malloy Mysteries with a Chick-Lit Twist Book 1)\" width=\"224\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/31842341-take-the-body-and-run?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Macey-Malloy-Mysteries-Chick-Lit-Twist-ebook\/dp\/B01HC30YG2?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=3626&amp;creative=24790&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=x_gr_w_bb&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a fun read! It is the first book in the\u00a0Macey Malloy Mysteries with a Chick-Lit Twist. I gave it 3.4 stars and I will be posting a full review of it soon.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">5. Angel in the Shadows by Amy Deason<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1440151422l\/26117893.jpg\" alt=\"Angel in the Shadows\" width=\"224\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/26117893-angel-in-the-shadows?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Angel-Shadows-Amy-Deason-ebook\/dp\/B013KWTIUW?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=3626&amp;creative=24790&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=x_gr_w_bb&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This is a dark romance novel. I absolutely loved the writing style. However, there were certain things in the plot I didn&#8217;t like. I gave it 3 stars and will be posting a review of it\u00a0soon .<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">6. The Reflections of Queen Snow White by David Meredith<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1384194542l\/18780192.jpg\" alt=\"The Reflections of Queen Snow White\" width=\"230\" height=\"367\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18780192-the-reflections-of-queen-snow-white?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Reflections-Queen-Snow-White-ebook\/dp\/B00FLF4JAG?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=3626&amp;creative=24790&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=x_gr_w_bb&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I have never read a book like this book before. I really liked the plot and I definitely recommend it. I gave this book 4.5 stars and will be posting a review of it soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>So thats it for this post. I really hope you enjoyed. Let me know down below the books you read in January and your thoughts on them<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! This is the first time i am doing a month reading wrap-up and I&#8217;m hoping to do a lot of these this year. January was a pretty good reading month for me. I finished 6 books. All of&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/04\/books-i-read-in-january-2017\/#more-4559\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January 2017 Reads<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[83,85,99,107,187,249,250,318,376],"class_list":["post-4559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-lists","category-miscellaneous","tag-book-recommendations","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-books-read","tag-fiction","tag-january-books","tag-january-wrap-up","tag-mythology","tag-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6830,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/02\/april-2017-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":4559,"position":0},"title":"April 2017 Wrap-Up","date":"May 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"April was an okayish month for me in terms of reading. The first two weeks I wasn't reading much and my school started after that so it got quite busy. The good thing is that I managed to read 6 books and that, good collection too. Two books had been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/game_of_thrones_season_6-150x150.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5199,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/01\/february-2017-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":4559,"position":1},"title":"February 2017 Wrap-Up","date":"March 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! How was February for you? It was a stressful month for me. I had a few tests this month and I have my final exams staring from Thursday. Despite all this, I managed to read 4 books. You can also see my January Wrap-Up here. 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I managed to read 6 books and re-read 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/nf_parksandrec__span-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7795,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/04\/may-2017-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":4559,"position":5},"title":"May 2017 Wrap-Up","date":"June 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In terms of reading, May was a good month. In the beginning, I was reading very slowly but towards the end my summer holidays started and then I was reading like crazy. I managed to complete\u00a08 books out of which 4 were sent to me for review. 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