Hello readers!
It's been a rather chilly month with only a few warm days to spend in the garden so I've fit in a lot of reading. I gave myself a mixture of Black authors, fluffy reads, and pink/red covers to read this month but I did stray from the pile a bit. Still, I read 25 books in all this month!
What I read in February:
FICTION READS
Paladin's Grace by T Kingfisher
The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Fable by Adrienne Young
Bunny by Mona Awad
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
What Feasts At Night by T Kingfisher
GRAPHIC NOVELS READ IN FEB
The Daughter of Ys by MT Anderson & Jo Rioux
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila R & Robyn Smith
Always Never by Jordi Lafebre
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
NONFICTION READS
Elvis & Me by Priscilla B. Presley
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
Peace is a Practice by Morgan Harper Nichols
POETRY COLLECTIONS
Blue Iris by Mary Oliver
Once by Alice Walker
Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems by Alice Walker
CHALLENGE PROGRESS
Jan - Feb
Fiction:
14 / 26
8 / 26
Nonfiction/Poetry:
10 / 26
February ABC reads:
Fiction:
P - Paladin's Grace
M - Mislaid In Parts Half-Known
F - Fable
N - Namesake
I - Impulse
R - Rouge
Graphic Novels:
D - The Daughters of Ys
W - Wash Day Diaries
F - The Flower of the Witch
H - Heartstopper Vol 5
L - Lore Olympus Vol 5
Nonfiction/Poetry:
Y - You Are Only Just Beginning
B - Blue Iris
O - Once
R - Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems
P - Peace is a Practice
February TBR Tackle Challenge
(hosted by @booksare42 on Storygraph)
1. Starts with F or S:
Fable ✔
2. Book by a Black author:
The Color Purple ✔
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ✔
Wash Day Diaries ✔
3. Time jump:
Paladin's Grace ✔
(has a 3-year time jump)
4. Pink, Red, or White on the cover:
Bunny ✔
Black Sheep
Rouge ✔
Impulse ✔
5. Novella
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known ✔
Challenge completed!!
Devour Your TBR
February prompt: __Fluffy February__
(feel-good moments, light-hearted romance, cozy vibes)Paladin's Grace by T Kingfisher (fluffy / cozy / romance)
(my Read Harder blog post)
7/24
JAN: +5
FEB: +2
Prompt 12: Read a genre book (sci-fi, fantasy, etc)
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Prompt 20: Read a book about books
The Lonely Hearts Book Club
(My 52BookClub Challenge blog post)
11 / 52
JAN: +6
Prompt 8: Features the ocean:
Fable & Namesake
Prompt 13: An academic thriller
Bunny by Mona Awad
Prompt 15: Part of a duology:
Impulse & Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
Prompt 18: an apostrophe in the title
Paladin's Grace
Prompt 32: Time spans less than a week
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
PopSugar Reading Challenge
(my PopSugar Challenge blog post)
Jan: +6
FEB: +7
Prompt 6: A book about pirates
Fable by Adrienne Young
Prompt 11: from a genre you typically avoid (adult contemporary)
The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
Prompt 21: came out in a year ending in '24
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Prompt 26: a book that was turned into a musical
The Color Purple (2023 adaptation)
Prompt 33: A book with an unreliable narrator
Bunny by Mona Awad
Prompt 34: A book w/ at least 3 POVs
Impulse & Perfect
Prompt 43: A second-chance romance
Always Never by Jordi Lafebre
Barnes&Noble ReadingChallenge
Jan: +4
Books that have:
Witches: After the Forest
Mountains: Cold Mountain
Books that made me feel:
Cozy: Bookshops & Bonedust
Shiver: Dead of Winter
FEB:
Books that have:
Twins - The Daughters of Ys
Pirates - Fable
Music - Elvis & Me
Birds - The Comfort of Crows
Books that made me feel:
Cozy - Paladin's Grace
Laugh Out Loud - The Lonely Hearts Book Club
Adventurous - Fable & Namesake
Learn - Peace is a Practice
2024 NONFICTION READER CHALLENGE
(my Nonfiction Challenge blog post)
History:
Memoir/Biography:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Comfort of Crows
Crime & Punishment:
Science:
Mental Health:
You Are Only Just Beginning
Travel:
Food:
Social Media:
Sport:
Relationships:
The Arts:
Published in 2024:
NEW TO ME AUTHORS
February:
MT Anderson ?
Lucy Gilmore
Maya Angelou
Jamila Rowser
Robyn Smith
Priscilla B. Presley
Margaret Renkl
Mona Awad
Jordi Lafebre
Enrico Orlandi
Happy reading!
