I took on a lot more reading this past month than I did in January, but I did still manage to review every book I read. I ended up finishing 40 books, including 15 picture books (most of which were read-alouds with my daughters.) I am heading into March three books ahead on my Goodreads challenge, so I'm going to keep that number set at 400 for the time being. Here's what I read in February.
Books Read
Pay Attention, Carter Jones
by Gary D. Schmidt
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Edelweiss+
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
Format: Ebook
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Public library (Libby app)
Best Babysitters Ever
by Caroline Cala
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Edelweiss+
Death of a Mad Hatter
by Jenn McKinlay
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Cozy mystery
Source: Public library (Hoopla app)
Buffalo West Wing
by Julie Hyzy
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cozy mystery
Source: Personal collection
Flip-Flop Girl
by Katherine Paterson
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
A Trick of the Light
by Louise Penny
Format: Ebook/Audiobook
Genre: Mystery
Source: Public Library (Cloud Library / RB Digital apps)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Ebook/Audiobook
Genre: Mystery
Source: Public Library (Cloud Library / RB Digital apps)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (re-read)
by C.S. Lewis
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
The Great Divorce
by C.S. Lewis
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fantasy
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fantasy
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
The Coloring Crook
by Krista Davis
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cozy mystery
Source: Christmas gift
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cozy mystery
Source: Christmas gift
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)
A Family of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature
edited by Roger Sutton and Martha V. Parravano
Format: Paperback
Genre: Nonfiction
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Nonfiction
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐)
Baby Monkey, Private Eye
by Brian Selznick and David Serlin
Format: Ebook
Genre: Fantasy (easy reader/early chapter book)
Source: Public library (Libby app)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Ebook
Genre: Fantasy (easy reader/early chapter book)
Source: Public library (Libby app)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Past Due for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: Netgalley
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: Netgalley
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)
Baby Island
by Carol Ryrie Brink
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Greenglass House (re-read)
by Kate Milford
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Public library (RB Digital app)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Public library (RB Digital app)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
The Best of Enemies
by Nancy Bond
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Realistic fiction (young adult)
Source: Public library (RB Digital app)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Realistic fiction (young adult)
Source: Public library (RB Digital app)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Public library
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Public library
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐)
The Memorial Hall Murder
by Jane Langton
Format: Paperback
Genre: Mystery
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Mystery
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
by Meghan Cox Gurdon
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Nonfiction
Source: Public library
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Nonfiction
Source: Public library
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
It's Not Summer Without You
by Jenny Han
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Realistic fiction (young adult)
Source: Public library (RB Digital app)
Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
by Kasie West
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Romance (young adult)
Source: Edelweiss+
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐)
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Romance (young adult)
Source: Edelweiss+
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐)
The Nickel-Plated Beauty
by Patricia Beatty
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Historical fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Historical fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (re-read)
by J.K. Rowling
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Format: Hardcover
We'll Always Have Summer
by Jenny Han
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Romance
Source: Public library (RB Digital App)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Romance
Source: Public library (RB Digital App)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)
Picture Books (with links to Goodreads reviews):
- Red Sky at Night by Elly MacKay
- What's It Like to be a Fish? by Wendy Pfeffer
- Do You Have the Time, Lydia? by Evaline Ness
- About Fish: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
- Rosa-Too-Little by Sue Felt Kerr
- The Whole Wide World and Me by Toni Yuly
- Stardust by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Briony May Smith
- Click, Clack, Moo I Love You! by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin
- Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library by Mick Manning and Brita Granström
- John Brown: His Fight for Freedom by John Hendrix
- La Fiesta by Sesyle Joslin, illustrated by Steve Alcorn
- Pinkety Pinkety: A Practical Guide to Wishing by Sesyle Joslin, illustrated by Luciana Roselli
- Love Songs of the Little Bear by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Susan Jeffers
- Handsigns by Kathleen Fain
- They Lived Like This in the Old Stone Age by Marie Neurath
Blog Posts Published:
Read-a-thons, etc.
I participated in these challenges on Instagram in February:
- #ReadWhatYouOwn February, for which I read four books that I had owned for 6 months or more.
- The Talk Wordy to Me Reading Challenge, during which I read from a physical book for 20 minutes per day for six days.
- #TheCSLewisProject, for which I counted both The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Great Divorce.
- #OldSchoolKidlit2019, which I host, and for which I counted Baby Island.
- #ReadWhatYouOwn February, for which I read four books that I had owned for 6 months or more.
- The Talk Wordy to Me Reading Challenge, during which I read from a physical book for 20 minutes per day for six days.
- #TheCSLewisProject, for which I counted both The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Great Divorce.
- #OldSchoolKidlit2019, which I host, and for which I counted Baby Island.
Challenge Progress
- Alphabet Soup: 5 read in February, 18 of 26 read total
- Alphabet Soup Author Edition: 4 read in February, 15 of 26 read total
- #CathLit: 1 read in February, 4 of 19 read total
- Cloak and Dagger: 7 read in February, 16 of 55 read total
- Craving for Cozies: 6 read in February, 11 of 51 read total
- Library Love: 9 read in February, 16 of 60 read total
- Mount TBR: 5 read in February, 15 of 36 read total
- RMFAO Audiobooks: 7 read in 15, 15 of 25 read total
- Goodreads goal: 40 read in February, 27 of 400 read total
I'll be linking up this post with Feed Your Fiction Addiction for the February 2019 Wrap-Up Round-Up and with Unleashing Readers/Teach Mentor Texts and The Book Date for this week's edition of It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
Baby Monkey PI looks so cute!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading Pay Attention, Carter Jones -- sounds really good. And I remember my daughter reading The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy when she was 14. She sat down and devoured the series almost in one gulp, it seemed. I've not read it yet, though. Thanks for all the shares and have a wonderful reading week, Katie!
ReplyDeleteNice assortment of books. It has been a while since I've read anything middle grade. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteMuch to love in your list! I adored PayAttention! Carter Jones, saw the new 'babysitters' book another place, too. Sounds as if it will be popular!
ReplyDeleteYou had a great month of reading. I finished 25 books. My weekly updates.
ReplyDeleteDang you read a lot of books! Woo!
ReplyDeleteYou had such a great reading month! I love Kasie West books (even though I've only read 2 of them) they are always so fun loving! I haven't read much middle grade but there are so many great titles out so I definitely need to venture into that genre.
ReplyDeleteTina @ As Told By Tina
Looks like you read a whole lot of great books in February! I'm a little sad to see that The Summer I Turned Pretty series seems to go downhill as the series goes on. I've been meaning to read that one for a long time.
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
You read so many books and your Goodreads challenge is the highest total I've seen yet. The middle grade books you listed are must reads for me, with the exception of Flip Flop Girl as I've read almost all of this author's books. I can't wait to see your March-is-reading month totals and lists.
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