February has come and gone in the blink of an eye! But for a short month, it sure was productive! I have managed to keep up with my goal of staying somewhat up-to-date with reviews – it’s still early on in the year, but I’m hopeful I can manage this all year long. March is a busy month with tons of new releases and me going away at the end of the month, so I expect to be a little behind when it comes to the next update, but we’ll see. The biggest stress will be what books will I take with me on my trip…
READING STATS:
- Read this month: 21
- Year to date: 44
- Into the Fall — Tamara L. Miller (e-book)
- The Mother Next Door — Andrea Dunlop, Mike Weber (audio book)
- A Killing Cold — Kate Alice Marshall (audio book)
- A Game of Lies — Clare Mackintosh
- After Life — Gayle Forman
- The Queens of Crimes — Marie Benedict (audio book)
- Bonded in Death — J.D. Robb
- Blood Ties — Jo Nesbo
- The Spy Coast — Tess Gerritsen (audio book)
- Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave — Elle Cosimano (audio book)
- The Dollhouse Academy — Margarita Montimore (audio book)
- Lie in the Tide — Holly Danvers (e-book)
- Nesting — Roisin O’Donnell (audio book)
- You Are Fatally Invited — Ande Pliego (e-book)
- Their Double Lives — Jaime Lynn Hendricks (e-book)
- The Inheritance — Trisha Saklecha (e-book)
- Tell Me What You Did — Carter Wilson
- Famous Last Words — Gillian McAllister (audio book)
- Isola — Allegra Goodman
- Hallowe’en Party — Agatha Christie (reread)
- Follow Me to Africa — Penny Haw
RECAP OF FEBRUARY
***I am once again modifying this to make it align with my goals for the year (see above). We’ll see if it works the way I envision it…
- Favorite book(s) of February – these books are the ones I absolutely loved and will be recommending to everyone. They will be staying on my shelf and might even be rereads at some point in the future.
- Nesting
- You Are Fatally Invited
- Tell Me What You Did
- Famous Last Words
- Isola
- Book Club/Buddy Reads for February: This year I am determined to participate in more buddy reads and follow along with some of the Celebrity Book Club picks. I’ll share which ones I participate in and what we read here:
- #ReadChristie2025 – Hallowe’en Party
- Jordy’s Book Club – The Inheritance
- Reese’s Book Club – Isola
- Backlist Review Books Read: Each month I hope to read one or two backlist review books that I didn’t get to when I was first sent them:
- The Spy Coast by Tess Gerristen, published 2023
- Read My Own Books: I also hope to read books from my own shelf – whether purchased this year or years prior:
- Tell Me What You Did
- Famous Last Words
- Isola
- Hallowe’en Party
- Book/Author Events Attended this month – I love attending author/bookish events and hope to attend as many as I can this year.
- Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau– pre-launch event for The French Honeymoon
So tell me, what was your favorite read of the month? Did you participate in any book clubs or attend any author events?
