The Books I Read - January 2026

Here are the 12 books I read in January. As I was going back and writing a bit about each book, I realized I don’t always remember what the book was about, I never remember character names, but I tend to remember where I was or what I was doing when I was listening to/reading them. One of these I was diring to a hockey game and the weather was crummy, one was up on ladders doing some painting in the basement, another I was staining something. I just fint it fascinating that there are feelings or things I remember more than the book itself. Anyone else?
Check out my various pages for ⭐️ ratings of these books:
I hope you find something that looks interesting to you. Below are a few notes on the books this month.
Total books for the year: 175
- 🎧📱⭐️ Telephone Of The Tree by Alison McGhee -
- 📱⭐️ Merry Little Bookshop by Ali Brady -
- 🎧 Mint To Be by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc -
- 🎧📸 Bog Queen by Anna North -
- 🎧 Heart The Lover by Lily King -
- 🎧 Not So Normal Norbert by Hatem Aly & James Patterson -
- 🎧 The Fear by Natasha Preston -
- 🎧⭐️ The Secret Language Of Birds by Lynne Kelly -
- 🎧 Matchmaking For Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell -
- 🎧⭐️ That’s A Great Question, I’d Love To Tell You by Elyse Myers -
- 📱⭐️ Deep In My Feels by Jennae Cecelia -
- 🎧 Buckeye by Patrick Ryan -
– Book Key –
🎧 - audiobook
📖 - paperback/hardcover
📱 - ebook
🎨 - graphic novels
👩👧👦 - read with kids
🌈 - book club pick for The Beacon
📚 - book club pick for Book Worms & Puzzle Piecers
📸 - gorgeous cover
⭐️ - books I rated 5 stars
❤️ - my favorite book of the month

Book Randomness
- Bookstagram - @minihaysreads
- Goodreads Reading Challege :: The StoryGraph :: Fable
- 2026 DNF Book Count: 0
- Have you read any of these books? What did you think?
- How’s your reading challenge going for the year?
