Month in Review: February 2018

Happy March!!! As we get closer to Spring – I’m in denial that it’s going to snow again tomorrow 🙁 – we get closer to our move…I hope! As such, my house is now a maze of boxes, and so far, the majority of the boxes are all book boxes. It’s so sad to see my bookshelves empty, and I don’t really relish the idea of unpacking all these boxes, but I am using the time to decide how I want to organize them. How do you organize your books?  

Reading Stats: 

• Read this month: 14
• Year to date: 33
  

Books Read: 

1. Girl Unknown — Karen Perry
2. Cemetery Girl — David Bell
3. The Undertaker’s Daughter — Sara Blaedel
4. Tips for Living — Renee Shafransky (audio book)
5. Mister Tender’s Girl — Carter Wilson
6. The Wife — Alafair Burke (audio book)
7. The Tuscan Child — Rhys Bowen
8. The Party — Robyn Harding
9. Sometimes I Lie — Alice Feeney
10. The Widow Waltz — Sally Koslow
11. White Houses — Amy Bloom
12. The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah (audio book)
13. Silent Victim — Caroline Mitchell (audio book)
14. The Sandman — Lars Kepler

  
Favorite Books of February:   

• Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson
• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
• The Sandman by Lars Kepler

Monthly Highlights:

• Are
  you a fan of Scandinavian crime fiction/thrillers? Haven’t jumped into this genre just yet, but have been meaning to? The writing duo, Lars Kepler, is going on tour in the US for the release of THE SANDMAN, which is part of their Joona Linna series. Check out their tour schedule to see if they are coming to a city near you – and don’t forget to enter the giveaway!
• Book Tour Announcement, Book Spotlight, Giveaway: The Sandman by Lars Kepler
• The BookSparks #LoveIsInTheAir Winter Reading Challenge has wrapped up! Here are the Book Spotlights on the remaining 4 books:
• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
• She Regrets Nothing by Andrea Dunlop
• Things to Do When It’s Raining by Marissa Stapley
• Dreaming in Chocolate by Susan Bishop Crispell 

Update #UnReadShelfProject2018:

*These
numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a
while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review
books.

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 235
• Books read in January (that count): 2
• Books bought/received as gift in February: 0
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 11
• Total unread books on shelf at end of January: 222

 YTD Stats:

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 260
• Books read from shelves (that count): 3
• Books bought/received as gift: 1 (and I read it already!!!)
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 33
• Total unread books on shelf at end of January: 222

*Kathyrn over at The Book Date has created a Month in Review meme for
those who put together these monthly posts. From now on, I’ll be
linking my post up each month…Thanks Kathryn for putting this meme
together!!!