How were your February reads?

[charlatti]

What did you read last month? Best and worst of February?

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My four star books were:
Food, A Love Story, by Jim Gaffigan
Rosalie Lightning, by Tom Hart
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion

My three star books were:
High-Rise, by J.G. Ballard
So You've Been Publicly Shamed, by Jon Ronson
Connecticut Witch Trials, by Cynthia Boyton

[frog]

The Magician King - 2*
My Antonia - 4*
Fool Moon - 3*
Sea of Poppies - 3*
Bastard out of Carolina - 4*
The Girl with all the Gifts - 4*
The Last Town on Earth - 3*
Poison Study - 4*

[charlatti]

Two four stars: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders and The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson
Two three stars: Advent by James Treadwell and Girl Through Glass by Sari Wilson

Slow month for me.

[rootbeerfloat]

Blood Kiss (Black Dagger Legacy #1), JR Ward - 3*
The Heir (The Selection #4), Kiera Cass - 2*
The Sky is Everywhere, Jandy Nelson - 4*
A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara - 4*
Anything for You, Kristan Higgins - 3*
Everything, Everything, Nicola Young - 3.5*

[Vespasia]

The Chemickal Marriage - 3 stars. Kindle version was poorly edited. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I remembered the first 2 books better.

The Short Drop - 4 stars

The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitaine series) - 4 stars

I'm pretty sure the last 2 were Kindle Firsts from a few months ago. Both were pretty good for freebies!

[dorothyinAus]

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart -- ***
Widow's Tears by Susan Wittig Albert -- ****
Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout -- *****
Murder on the Lusitania by Conrad Allen -- re-read/****

[MrsAxilla]

Damn, some of you read a lot! I'm always amazed. I've been stuck on the same book for three weeks and I'm only a quarter of the way done. I hate giving up on books, but I may have to.

Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (audiobook - do these count?): 3 stars

The Color of Magic (Discworld 1): 3 stars

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life I side Scientology and my Harrowing Escape: 4 stars

I'm stuck on God in Ruins. Not a great month.

[dorothyinAus]

Mar 4, 2016 0:40:32 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Damn, some of you read a lot! I'm always amazed. I've been stuck on the same book for three weeks and I'm only a quarter of the way done. I hate giving up on books, but I may have to.

Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (audiobook - do these count?): 3 stars

The Color of Magic (Discworld 1): 3 stars

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life I side Scientology and my Harrowing Escape: 4 stars

I'm stuck on God in Ruins. Not a great month.

There are no rules as to what counts.  I look at it as it's your record, so it's subject to your rules.  I tend not to count children's books, but do count young adult books, novellas, and short stories/collections.

I agree.  I am amazed at how much some posters read.  But then I remind myself that it's not a contest.  And I remember my mother and father reading the same book one after the other one time.  It took my mother three days to read the mystery, but it took my Dad over a week.  My mother-in-law tells her students that it doesn't matter how much or how fast you read, just that you do read.

Hope you hit a groove with those books or new ones.  

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I finished "In the Unlikely Event" by Judy Blume. Three stars. Not very compelling, but got better as it went on.

Now I'm rereading "The Poisonwood Bible" since I loved it when I read it about ten years ago. I needed to be enthralled and this is doing the trick!

[marigoldgirl]

The Girl in the Spiders Web 4*
Bird Box 3*
The Art Forger 4*
Our Souls at Night 2*

[aurora]

Mar 4, 2016 0:40:32 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

...
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (audiobook - do these count?): 3 stars
...

if I didn't count audiobooks in 2015 my list would have been cut in half! That's the first year I listened to more than I read (27 out of 49). So, I say yes. I mean, it gets you pretty much the same benefits, right?

[aurora]

In February, I read

Grey Mountain - John Grisham - fine; nothing really special (worst)
The Pearl that Broke its Shell - Nadia Hashimi - loved it (best)
Throne of Glass - Sarah Mass - fun "short" read (short in quotes because it took me forever due to my schedule)

Best/worst is easy if you only read 3 books!

[charlatti]

Mar 4, 2016 0:40:32 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Damn, some of you read a lot! I'm always amazed. I've been stuck on the same book for three weeks and I'm only a quarter of the way done. I hate giving up on books, but I may have to.

I think being willing to give up on books helps me to read more. If it's not working for me, I never force myself. There are too many other things I want to read and I get crabby if a book is taking me forever when I'm not enjoying it. 

[MrsAxilla]

Mar 4, 2016 15:59:20 GMT -5 charlatti said:

Mar 4, 2016 0:40:32 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Damn, some of you read a lot! I'm always amazed. I've been stuck on the same book for three weeks and I'm only a quarter of the way done. I hate giving up on books, but I may have to.

I think being willing to give up on books helps me to read more. If it's not working for me, I never force myself. There are too many other things I want to read and I get crabby if a book is taking me forever when I'm not enjoying it. 

You're right.  I just tried to read a bit and I'm so bored and there are still 400 pages left!  I'm bummed because I loved Life After Life and heard this one was good too.  I have lots of others I'd rather read now.  Maybe it's a mood thing.  I quit The Poisonwood Bible and people rave about that one.  I want to be enthralled, too @bellakitty !

[mrspez07]

A good month for me, all 4*

The Rosie Project
Glitter and Glue
The Chaparone

[BlackCanary]

Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 5*
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 4*

[badtzmaru22]

I finished Outlander in February, and then read the next two. I finished the fourth one last week, so that was mostly a February read as well.

This is already more than I read all of last year. I love reading, but I hadn't made the time for it very much. I thought I would be busy with these books for the next two years, but not at this rate! I'm so excited about these for some reason. I have piles of books to get to, and I only read the first outlander bc a friend really talked it up. I'm hooked!

[eb777888]

The Girl with a Clock for a Heart -4*
On Grace- 2*
After I Do- 4*
Maybe In Another Life- 3*
Into The Darkest Corner- 3*
Before We Were Strangers -3*