Скачать или смотреть I Read 10 Books in January... & My FIRST 5-Star of 2026! 😱📚 | Monthly Reading Wrap Up

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January was the LONGEST month ever and I read 10 books to survive it! 😅 Today I'm sharing 2 DNFs, my most disappointing reads, the DARKEST book I wish I could unsee, AND my first 5-star read of 2026! 📚✨

Can we PLEASE talk about how LONG January felt?! 😩 Like seriously, it felt like 3 months in one! But I managed to read 10 books (and DNF 2!) and guys... this month took me on an EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER! 🎢

From the darkest book I've EVER read that I wish I could scrub from my brain, to disappointing sequels from authors I love, to my FIRST 5-STAR READ OF 2026... January reading was WILD! 🤯

⚠️ NEW ADDITION: I'm including my DNFs for the first time EVER! Let me know if you want me to keep doing this!

This monthly reading wrap-up has EVERYTHING - police procedurals with lesbian detectives, drag queen murder mysteries, Ruth Ware thrillers, cult extractors (!), cozy mysteries that made me LAUGH, and Chevy Stevens making me CRY! Plus I'm spilling ALL the tea on why some highly anticipated reads just didn't work for me! ☕

📚 BOOKS MENTIONED:

🚫 THE DNFs:
❌ How to Get Away with Murder - Rebecca Phillipsson
❌ The Lake of Lost Girls - Katherine Greene

💔 THE DISAPPOINTING READS:
😱 Nobody Knows You're Here - Bryn Greenwood
📖 Thin Air - Lisa Gray
🔍 You'll Never Know - Caleb Stevens
📚 Long Time Gone - Charlie Donlea

✨ THE SOLID READS:
🔪 Guilt Game - LJ Sellers
🎭 Missing in Soho - Holly Stars
📖 The Woman in Suite 11 - Ruth Ware

🌟 THE WINNERS:
🕵️‍♀️ Long Time Dead - TM Payne
☕ A Quiet Life in the Country - TE Kinsey
🔥 Those Girls - Chevy Stevens

⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro: January Felt FOREVER!
00:46 - The Stats Breakdown
02:21 - DNF's
07:22 - Nobody Knows You're Here - Bryn Greenwood
10:20 - Long Time Dead - T.M Payne
12:50 - Missing in Soho - Holly Stars
14:45 - Thin Air - Lisa Gray
16:56 - Guilt Game - LJ Sellers
19:24 - You'll Never Know - Caleb Stevens
22:42 - Those Girls - Chevy Stephens
25:40 - The Woman in Suite 11- Ruth Ware
28:11 - Long Time Gone - Charlie Donlea
31:30 - A Quiet Life in the Country - T.E Kinsey
33:28 - Wrap Up & Final Thoughts

💬 LET'S DISCUSS:
What was YOUR best book of January?! Drop it in the comments - I'll add it to my TBR! 📖
Do you want me to keep including DNFs in my wrap-ups?!
Have you read any of these books?! Let's chat about them!
Should I give Lisa Gray another chance after Thin Air disappointed me?!

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