Books Read in February: 10
Books Read for the Year:  20/225

Topical Books/Monthly Goal Books:

A Woman’s Guide to Spiritual Warfare, by Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock (spiritual). I don’t think I’d read this before.
Love Does, by Bob Goff (re-read). Loved this. Again.
The Butcher’s Masquerade, by Matt Dinniman (audio). I kind of hate that I’m loving these audiobooks so much.
Tea & Alchemy, by Sharon Lynn Fisher (TBR). This was a decent read, nothing spectacular.
Dirty Work, by Devon Monk (TBR). I loved the ending of this series!
The Curious Secrets of Yesterday, by Namrata Patel (TBR). I enjoyed this, once the MC started thinking for herself.

For Review:

The Lies You Don’t Know You Believe, by Jenni Allen. This was a powerful read.

The Sun and the Starmaker, by Rachel Griffin. This felt like reading a fairy tale. I didn’t quite understand how the setting worked, but I enjoyed the read.

All In Her Hands, by Audrey Blake. Apparently I missed the second book in this series, so I’m going to have to go back and read that, because I loved the first book, and this one was also a solid read. I do love historical fiction.

The Primrose Murder Society, by Stacy Hackney. This was a cute read with a unique setting, and I enjoyed it.

Left Unfinished:

Voyage of the Damned, by Frances White. I’ve been meaning to read this for a while, but…the MC was so childish and immature. No, thank you.

The Astral Library, by Kate Quinn. Alix got on my nerves a bit, but I was okay with that, until I hit about 35% and the author’s politics got to be too much. It was the “all men are evil and destroy everything” shtick that did it for me.

Weavingshaw, by Heba Al-Wasity. After starting this, I didn’t have time to read this for a couple of days…and I was NOT eager to get back to this. So if it’s not keeping my attention, why bother?

Where the Wildflowers Grow, by Terah Shelton Harris. I read 5% of this and always felt disconnected from the MC and bored.

The Wicked and the Damned, by Rebecca Robinson. I liked the first book in this trilogy quite a book, but the opening of this one dragged and meandered in circles, and I got bored.

The Fall of Iris Henley, by Jennifer Graham. I liked this at first, but then it was all social media drama and lies and teenagers being hateful, and I just don’t want to read about that.

A Good Animal, by Sara Maurer. The writing was great, but the pacing was too slow for me.

The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, by Kim Fu. Save me from passive people who never do a thing for themselves. They just hide and let things happen to them, while being all woe-is-me-whatever-shall-I-do? I cannot. Eleanor got on my nerves about five minutes into this, but I forced myself to read 15% before throwing in the towel.

Lies We Tell About the Stars, by Susie Nadler. Celeste was a selfish brat, and I didn’t like her.

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