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February 2025 Wrap-up

February TBR Pile (22/23):

  1. Bookworms BC: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

  2. Bookworms BC: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

  3. Friend BC: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

  4. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark (already read)

  5. Kid Book Club: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai ✓

  6. Kid Read Aloud: The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien ✓

  7. Kid Read Aloud: The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat ✓

  8. Kid Read Aloud: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo ✓

  9. Romance: Their Vicious Darling by Nikki St. Crowe

  10. Romance; The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe

  11. Romance: Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura

  12. Romance: Scythe and Sparrow by Brynne Weaver

  13. Horror: The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

  14. Horror: The Way Up is Death by Dan Hanks

  15. Horror: Horseman by Christina Henry

  16. Nonfiction: A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

  17. Comics: Alice in Borderland Vol. 4

  18. Comics: Alice in Borderland Vol. 5

  19. Comics: Alice in Borderland Vol. 6

  20. Comics: Alice in Borderland Vol. 7

  21. Comics: Alice in Borderland Vol. 8

  22. Comics: Alice in Borderland Vol. 9

  23. Fantasy: Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 6848 pages
Pages Remaining: 178,048 pages

Current Read - A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire; Dreadful; War and Peace

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (2) - On our trip to Lawrence and Kansas City, we stopped into The Raven bookstore in Lawrence. It was my second time visiting the store and I loved it even more this time. I grabbed two books off of the shelf: The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke and Zoey is Too Drunk for This Dystopia by Jason Pargin.

UnRead Shelf Progress

  • Starting Number: 290

  • Books Read: 4

  • Books Acquired: 3

  • Books Unshelved: 0

  • Finishing Number: 289

March TBR Pile:

  1. Bookworms BC: (already read)

  2. Friend BC: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

  3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakas

  4. Kid Book Club: The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

  5. Kid Read Aloud: Willodeen by Katherine Applegate

  6. Romance: A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire by Sarah Hawley

  7. Fantasy: The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab

Movies Watched

  • The Hobbit 1977 version

  • The Gorge

  • Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads concert to go along with our music curriculum

TV Shows Watched

  • The Franchise S1 - Finished

  • Severance S2

  • Rivals S1 - Finished

  • Smartypants S1 - Finished

  • Pantheon S1-2 - Finished

  • The Recruit S2 - Finished

  • The Bachelor

  • Mythic Quest S4

  • Make Some Noise

  • Last Week Tonight

  • Clone High S1 - Missed this one when it aired way back in 2002.

Comments - Overall another great month! While I struggled to read some days, I turned to Alice in Borderland to help me get over the slump. It worked! I’m back to reading normally I think. Just in time for a busy March.

Next up on the TBR pile: