Abducted by My New Years Resolution: January

"My New Years Resolution" is a meme I'm using to track my progress on my most important New Years Resolution which was to not purchase any new books......at all!



This month I did really good! Technically the only books I bought were 2 textbooks and a cook book on my kindle. But textbooks are for school and the cook book was free so I don't think either of those count.

I did have one book smuggle its way into my apartment and that was Hidden Things. I won a copy of this book from Steph over at Fakesteph.com. Thanks again!



Now here is a list of the top ten books that I would have bought this month if I had only been allowed to!

The number one book I would have bought this month is…



The Dinner by Herman Koch! I just recently read a review for this book about two brothers meeting for dinner to discuss what to do about their sons who have recently gotten themselves into trouble. Just reading the summery has already led to some good debates between me and some of my fellow bookie friends. At first I was nervous that a book about two brothers meeting for dinner wouldn’t be captivating enough to hold my interest for 300 pages. But then I read this blurb by author Gillian Flynn…

“Chilling, nasty, smart, shocking and unputdownable. Read the novel in one big gulp, and then make plans with friends – you’ll be desperate to debate this book.”

Now, I may not know Gillian Flynn personally, but after reading Gone Girl…I kind of trust her.
The other books that made it into my top five were…

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (recommended by FakeSteph)
Just One Day by Gayle Forman (released 1.8.13 link to Goodreads)  
Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone (recommened by OverstuffedBookcase)
The Trouble with Flirting by Claire Lazebnik (review by MidnightBookGirl)

The next five are the ones that I would have really thought about buying and would have either bought them now or saved them to add on to a future shopping cart.

Secret Society Girls by Diana Peter (review by FakeSteph)
Prodigy by Marie Lu (released 1.29.13 link to Goodreads)
Y by Marjorie Celone (released 1.8.13 link to Goodreads)  
Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster (released 1.29.13 link to Goodreads) 
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (I deeply apologize to whosever blog I saw this on because I forgot to write it down! Link to Goodreads)

I promise to remember you guys when 2014 rolls around!

The best part is that since I completed my first month of not buying books I got to get myself a treat from Gigi's Cupcakes!



I wanted to make the candle stand out more so I took the picture with the lights off, but now you can barely see the cupcake! And I would have retaken it...but...um...yeah…it was eaten about three seconds after taking that picture was taken

Anyway, Let me know how you are doing on your resolutions or let me know if there are any books I should keep an eye out for next month.