MBS January 2023 Reading List Wrap Up

MBS 2023 Reading List - JANUARY

Code for the list is:
A = Audio: Audible, Audiobooks.com, and Chirp
e = eBook; eA = eBook from Author; eT = eBook from Tour
NG = NetGalley
P = Print; PT = Print from Tour
TBR = From the TBR shelves prior to 2023

I'm happy with my first month with six books in Favorites!

Favorites for the month:
5 Stars =  Soul Taken
4.75 Stars =  The Return of the Gods, At Love's Command
4.5 Stars =  The Prayer Warrior, How Great Science Fiction Works, and Heaven's River

1. ATBR: Audible Book Review: First Book of the Year, Audible Book Review: The Return of the Gods by Jonathan Cahn; Genre: Christian Spiritual Growth; My Rating: 4.75 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.75; Narration 5.0.
   
2. ATBR: Audible Book Review: At Love's Command, Hanger's Horsemen, Book 1, by Karen Witemeyer; Genre: Christian, Historical, Romance, Western; My Rating: 4.75 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.75; Narration 4.75.
   
3. ATBR: Audible Book Review: Soul Taken, A Mercy Thompson Novel, Book 13, by Patricia Briggs; Genre: Paranormal, Supernatural, Urban; My Rating: 5.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 5.0; Narration 5.0.
   
4. NG20222: #NetGalley Audio Book Review: Coup de Grâce by Paul Centeno; Genre: Adventure, Steampunk; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.0. .
   
5. NG20222: #NetGalley Audio Book Review: The Prayer Warrior by Traci Wooden-Carlisle, D. Tina Batten; Genre: Christian Fantasy, Spiritual Realm; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 4.5.
   
6. ATBR: Audible Book Review: Forging Zero: The Legend of ZERO by Sara King; Genre: First Contact, Science Fiction, Space Exploration; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.
   
7. ATBR: Audible Book Review: The Last Tribe by Brad Manuel; Genre: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.
   
8. ATBR: Audible Book Review: How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe; Genre: Nonfiction, Science Fiction; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 4.5.
   
9. ATBR: Audio Book Review: The Darkest Winter, Savage North Chronicles, Book 1, by Lindsey Pogue; Genre: Paranormal, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.
   
10. ATBR: Audible Book Review: Heaven's River, Bobiverse, Book 4, by Dennis E. Taylor; Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.75.
    

Total read = 10
TBR = 10
New Authors = 4
Audio/Audible = 10 (10 TBRs)
NetGalley = 2 (2 audio) (2 TBRs)
Author Review books (other than NG) = 0
Nonfiction = 2
eBook = 0 (0 TBR)
Print = 0 (0 TBR)

Goal Progress (to Date meaning through the end of the given month):
Goodreads Goal Read to Date: 10 of 125
TBR to Date: 10 of 90 total
Audio to Date: 10 of 100
NetGalley to Date: 2 of 10
Author Reviews: 0 of 12
Nonfiction: 2 of 10
TBR ebooks or Print: 0 of 8

• Series: 5 of 75 (2 continuing, 3 new)
• New to me Series: 3 (1 Yes to continue; 2 likely to continue, 0 maybe, 0 unlikely)
• Finished for me Series: 1 (maybe? Not sure if the Bobiverse series is done)

Special Goals
• Seasonal title: 1 of 4: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn

Darkest Winter

• Alphabet letters covered: 9 Jan (A, C, D, F, H, L, P, R, S) (9 of 26)

• Locations/Places: 1 of 8
      River
• Numbers: 1 of 12

Forging Zero

• Groups of Five:

• Location/Places and Numbers above
• Times of Day: 0 of 5
• Occupations: 1 of 5

Warrior

• Colors: 0 of 5