Required Reading: January 2014

December was just last month, but people don't have trouble calling it "last year".  As if the term itself is an ax, severing us from what was.  December 2013 was fun, there's plenty to remember.  I do hope everyone will not soon forget the experiences and lessons we've learned, in spite of how excited we are, to begin with, 2014.

Let's take a look at my December 2013 books.

1. Hunted by  Elizabeth Heiter - 3/5 stars- A debut novel about serial killing.
2. A Feast for Crows - 4/5 stars - Not my favorite from the series but I can't deny that I enjoyed reading from a protagonist's POV. 
3. HP and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling -5 /5 stars - A reread for the F2F,  and I added 2 stars more this 2nd time around.
4. Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson - 4/5 stars - This one is actually bone-chilling. And, I like Ron Guidice as the antagonist, he got into my nerves. I just thought that (maybe) he could have gone down differently, It just seems too convenient for a formidable opponent like himself.
5. Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu - 3/5 stars - I don't know. There are plenty of literary references, but I just didn't feel the story like how I usually felt from a fairy tale.

So, let's get the ball rolling! I've already set my goal for 2014, 70 books.   Once more, I am collaborating with Tina, of I Like It Dog-Eared, and her monthly reading challenge.  For January, I am having Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker series.

I've already started with Everlost, but too early to make an assessment.  How about you? Are you done with your first book this month?  Let's hear about it.