Calendar Girls January Wrap Up

Katie and I hope you had loads of fun talking about all the new releases you are excited for this year! What a great way to start off the new year! I definitely added more books to my TBR! How about you?

Katie @ Never Not Reading – The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern	Teri Polen @ Books and Such – King of Fools by Amanda Foody
Lucinda @ Lucinda is Reading – The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden	Deanna @ Deanna Writes About It – Sherwood by Meagan Spooner
Ashley @ Inside My Minds – On the Come Up by Angie Thomas	Clarissa @ Clarissa Reads It All – American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Sam @ Modern Witch’s Bookshelf – Children of Virtue And Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi	Sophie @ Beware the Reader – Honor Bound by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre
Flavia @ Flavia the Bibliophile – Enchantee by Gita Trelease	Lindsey @ Lindsey Reads – King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Dawlyn and Krista @ Little Blind Book Finds – On the Come Up by Angie Thomas	Dani @ Mousai Books – No Country For Old Gnomes by Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne
Lizzie @ Stellar Kitten Book Reviews – Slayer by Kiersten White	Adrienne @ Darque Dreamer Reads – Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

Please let us know if for some reason we missed your post from this month!The votes came in, and the Popular Choice for Most Anticipated 2019 Release is:

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Slayer by Kiersten White

I am so excited that this one won! If I hadn’t gotten lucky enough to receive and read this ARC before January, Slayer would have been my top choice! It was so good and I hope many of you are excited to read it, and love it!

Twitter Chat:

This month’s chat was so fun! We learned a lot about how you all keep up with new books and how soon you enjoy reading them after release date! With email and social media, it’s a great time to be a bookworm!

Myself and @DarqueDreamer want to welcome you to the #CGBchat! This we are talking about our most anticipated reads of 2019. So to kick off our first question:
What do you look forward to more, the start of an exciting new series, or the continuation of a beloved series? pic.twitter.com/vnnOYp3dUL

— Never Not Reading (@NNRbooks) January 21, 2019

Myself and @NNRbooks are excited about #CGBChat Day 2, and it's a double whammy!
📚What has you most excited for your January pick, the author, or the synopsis?
📚What makes you most excited about a new book, the author, the synopsis, or the cover?#CalendarGirlsBooks pic.twitter.com/TfSLqOjBPU

— Darque Dreamer 📚 (@DarqueDreamer) January 22, 2019

Good morning! It's day 3 of the #CGBchat! Today's question is: Do you get more of a thrill from pre-ordering an anticipated release, or going out and buying it the day of? pic.twitter.com/vx8UAt61Gz

— Never Not Reading (@NNRbooks) January 23, 2019

Happy Thursday! It's Day 4 of the #CGBChat!! Today's question is another double whammy:
📚How do you usually find out about books before they’re released?
📚What is your favorite way to follow upcoming releases? pic.twitter.com/hWsBCtkRK7

— Darque Dreamer 📚 (@DarqueDreamer) January 24, 2019

It's Friday and the final day of our January #CGBchat! For our final question, how soon after release do you read a new book? Do you like to read it right away, or wait and let some anticipation build? pic.twitter.com/GGtr7vnENi

— Never Not Reading (@NNRbooks) January 25, 2019

February Theme:

February is almost upon us and it is a very important month to celebrate:

Black History Month: Favorite Book by a Black Author

We are so excited to celebrate strength and diversity and are looking forward to seeing all the amazing authors you all post about! February 4th will be post date for this awesome theme. Make sure to find mine and Katie’s posts to link back to that day so we can add you all to the participant list for everybody to blog hop and discuss!

Reminders:

Don’t forget to join us for our new Twitter chat schedule. Instead of chatting for an hour one day of the month, we decided to spread it out over 5 days to allow more of you to be able to participate! Starting the 3rd Monday of the month (February 18th), each week day will have a new question under the hashtag #CGBChat, and you will have the whole week to join in on the fun!

Adrienne Katie

We hope this helps with those who have never been able to attend the chats before. ❤

And, don’t forget to vote for March’s theme! Voting will close Sunday, February 10th at midnight EST.

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For those who are new to Calendar Girls, it is a monthly blog event that was inspired by the Neil Sedaka song, Calendar Girl. Just like the song, each month has a specific theme, voted on by the participants, where we get to talk about a particular book we love or think fits the theme the best. The blog event was created to incite fun bookish discussions and to spread the blogger love by introducing us to new bloggers and/or books that we have not come across before.

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