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February 2016 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR

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February's TBR Pile (10/11):

  1. Book Club Selection: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
  2. MVPA Book Club Selection: A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
  3. Series Pick: The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
  4. Nonfiction Pick: You Did What edited by Bill Fawcett and Brian Thomsen
  5. Jar Pick: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
  6. Jar Pick: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  7. Added: The Magicians by Lev Grossman (reread) -- In progress
  8. Added: Impulse by Candace Camp
  9. Added: The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester
  10. Added: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig
  11. Added: Coffee Nerd by Ruth Brown
  12. Added: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Picture Book Roundup:

  1. Pull the Tab Animals by Charlie Gardner
  2. Jane Foster's ABC by Jane Foster
  3. Pug in a Truck by Nancy Coffelt
  4. Sally in the Snow by Stephen Huneck
  5. Dig Dogs Dig by James Horvath
  6. Duck Duck Moose by Dave Horowitz
  7. Circus Train by Jennifer Cole Judd
  8. Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
  9. ABC Animals by American Museum of Natural History
  10. Pedro and George by Delphine Perret
  11. What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss
  12. Animals' Vacation by Shel and Jan Haber
  13. Otter in Space by Sam Garton
  14. Little White Fish by Guido van Genechten
  15. Troto and the Trucks by Uri Shulevitz
  16. Hide and Seek Harry on the Farm by Kenny Harrison
  17. Duck and Goose Let's Dance by Tad Hills
  18. The Pirate and the Penguin by Patricia Storms
  19. Road Work Ahead by Anastasia Suen
  20. Pete the Cate Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin
  21. Vincent Paints His House by Tedd Arnold
  22. Splish, Splash, Splat by Rob Scotton
  23. Splat Says Thank You by Rob Scotton
  24. Construction by Sally Sutton

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 3895 pages
Pages Remaining: 765,777 pages

Current Read - The Magicians by Lev Grossman; it's a reread so I can eventually read the third book!

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Challenges Completed  -- None yet, but doing well.

Books bought/received

Half Price Books $3.27

  • More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh (Mistress #1)
  • No Man’s Mistress by Mary Balogh (Mistress #2)
  • The Heiress Bride by Catherine Coulter (Bride Series Sherbrooke #3)
  • Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (Maiden Lane #7)

2016 Total Spent: $3.27

Comments - I made it over my goal of 3000 pages for the shortest month of the year. So excited about my reading this year. Next month's reads look amazing. I can't wait.

March's TBR Pile:

  1. Book Club Selection: I Robot by Isaac Asimov
  2. MVPA Book Club Selection: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
  3. Series Pick: The Magicians by Lev Grossman (reread)
  4. Nonfiction Pick: Assassination Vacation Sarah Vowell
  5. Jar Pick: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
  6. Jar Pick: Graphic novel -- The Manhattan Projects Vol. 3