Well, after a fairly ordinary January, I found myself devouring books in February for no particular reason other than picking some really absorbing titles and, if I’m honest, finishing a couple of books that didn’t quite make it the previous month.
The Stats
Books read = 10 (I know!)
Pages read = 3,861
Goodreads progress = 22% of my goal, 4 books ahead of schedule
I’m going to cover the books I read in a couple of posts over the next few days so look out for them. I will mention one DNF or (more accurately) one set aside for later as I think I still want to read it. That book is The Quantum Curators & the Faberge Egg by Eva St John. I picked it up because I had been reading a lot of intense and dark stuff and thought I could do with a bit of humour and whimsy but apparently I was wrong. Nothing negative to say about the book, I was just in the wrong frame of mind, and intend to pick it back up at some point.
March pre-orders
Coming up this month:
- Stars and Bones by Gareth Powell – this may look familiar as I mentioned it last time; due originally for publication in February I actually received it this morning
- Sundial by Catriona Ward – Stephen King says it’s authentically terrifying so who am I to argue?
- The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James – a true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for….
- Femina by Janina Ramirez – a new history of the middle ages focussing on the women written out of traditional narrative, really looking forward to this
- Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough – another book about not being able to sleep – feel drawn to this theme at the moment even as my own intermittent insomnia is dormant (I’m probably going to regret saying that…)
- A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear – Maisie Dobbs #17 – I am very behind with this series also
- The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd – maps, I love maps
- Dark Queens by Shelley Pulaski – more medieval history focussing on women; i think I see a pattern here
- Escape from Yokai Land by Charles Stress (the 12th Laundry Files book – I really need to catch up with this series being only at book 7) – also arrived this morning and now I look at it properly it is (a) a novella and (b) actually book 7.5 so will probably shoot up my TBR 🙂
Currently reading Gallows Court by Martin Edwards but haven’t picked my non-fiction read as yet.
What are your plans for March? Let me know in the comments.
Have a great month everyone, stay safe!
Bride of the Book God 2 
Ooooh, Femina sounds really really good, and I hadn’t heard of it before! Yay! Your March plans sound wonderful. I’m hoping to do more nonfiction reading this month, and I’m also going to try some rereading and reading of my own damn books. I just started a Rumer Godden book I own but haven’t read, and so far I love it. (In the sense that Rumer Godden’s books are old and problematic in many ways but her writing style is very familiar and comforting and interesting to me.)
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10 books? Go you!
I had Sundial on my TBR but it was taken off when I was warned about how much animal cruelty there was.. I did have to save Stars and Bones, though.
Happy March reading!
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