Helping you sort out the best from the rest published this month. BY ILANA MASAD This January, we’ve been watching a lot of difficult things happen both here and abroad. The world is a hard place to live in, but literature is one of the things that keeps us strong, educated, empathic, loving, and willing to keep going. And even while the world may be a difficult place, the fact is that there are still books by wonderful new and old talents alike that are coming out month after month, and we’re going to continue celebrating these works, loving them,…