GOODBYE FEBRUARY!
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
Namesake by Adrienne Young
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Perfect by Ellen HopkinsRouge by Mona Awad
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
The Flower of the Witch by Enrico OrlandiHeartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
NONFICTION READS
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Elvis & Me by Priscilla B. Presley
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
Peace is a Practice by Morgan Harper Nichols
POETRY COLLECTIONS
You Are Only Just Beginning by Morgan Harper Nichols
Blue Iris by Mary Oliver
Once by Alice Walker
Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems by Alice Walker
CHALLENGE PROGRESS
ABC CHALLENGE
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
14 / 26
Graphic Novels:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
8 / 26
Nonfiction/Poetry:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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)
BookRiot's READ HARDER Challenge
(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
The52BookClub Reading Challenge
(My 52BookClub Challenge blog post)
11 / 52
JAN: +6
FEB: +5
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
Mushrooms - What Feasts at Night
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!