February 2024 Wrap-up
February TBR Pile (26/28):
Bookworms BC: That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert (reread)
Friend BC: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Guards! Guards! by Terry Prachett ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Ban This Book by Alan Gratz ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Tales from the Odyssey Part One by Mary Pope Osborne ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Tales from the Odyssey Part Two by Mary Pope Osborne ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith ✓
Fantasy: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman ✓
Fantasy: Malamander by Thomas Taylor ✓
Fantasy: Haunted Holiday by Kiersten White ✓
Fantasy: A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft ✓
Science Fiction: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells ✓
Science Fiction: System Collapse by Martha Wells ✓
Romance: Midnight Ruin by Katee Robert ✓
Romance: Untouchable by Talia Hibbert ✓
Romance: A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone ✓
Romance; Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue ✓
Romance: Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert ✓
Thriller/Mystery: The Last One by Will Dean ✓
Thriller/Mystery: The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas ✓
Thriller/Mystery: Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty ✓
Comics: Confetti Realms ✓
Horror: Dead Voices by Katherine Arden ✓
Horror: Mimi’s Tales of Terror by Junji Ito ✓
Nonfiction: Sellout by Dan Ozzi ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 7812 pages
Pages Remaining: 257,870 pages
Current Read - The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books Bought/Received (6):
During a trip to Half Price Books, I grabbed a few clearance books off the shelves.
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
From BOTM, I grabbed The Mayer of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham.
And I put in a Thriftbooks order for some homeschool stuff, but also two books for me.
To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt
UnRead Shelf Progress
Starting Number: 330
Books Read: 4
Books Acquired: 6
Books Unshelved: 7
Finishing Number: 325
March TBR Pile:
Bookworms BC: NONE
Friend BC: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Kid Read Aloud: The Witches by Roald Dahl
Kid Book Club: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf
Fantasy: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
Science Fiction: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Historical Fiction: Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig
Romance: Ruthless by Anne Stuart
Horror: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
Horror: What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell
Nonfiction: The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart
Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 1
Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 2
Movies Watched - It’s another Nic Cage Quarterly for the month! We ended up watching 13 Nicolas Cage movies.
It Could Happen to You
Trapped in Paradise
Kiss of Death
Leaving Las Vegas
The Rock
Con Air
Face/Off
City of Angels
Snake Eyes
8MM
Bringing Out the Dead
The Family Man
Gone in 60 Seconds
And one non-Nic Cage Movie
Anyone But You
TV Shows Watched
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist S1
The Bachelorette S28
The Buccaneers
Below Deck
Comments - Another huge reading month for me! I managed almost a book a day throughout the month. This was helped by my early month reading weekend and some late nights. We also did a decent job at watching Nic Cage movies for our big year project.
Next up on the TBR pile: