Saturday 3 March 2012

February Wrap-up post

Hello hello and welcome to my second (ever) wrap-up post of 2012! I can't believe February has already left us, seems like only a minute ago that it was January!

I'm participating in 2 challenges this year, the Contemporary challenge hosted by Katie and Angela and the TBR challenge hosted by Evie and tonnes of other cool people. 


This month for the Contemporary challenge I read:
Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale 
Considering I rarely read contemporaries, I think one a month so far for this challenge is pretty good. I'm also going back and reading older contemps and enjoying those as well, which is what I wanted to gain from doing this challenge.

For this challenge I read:
Chime by Franny Billingsley
The Missing/Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
the last 2 were additions to my original list, but both books I've had for a WHILE (A year for DM and 6 months for TIK) so I'm glad I read (and really enjoyed) them both! I'm pleased with my progress in this challenge this month. 

I also did a week of Bookish Indulgence to celebrate my blogoversary. This simply involved me reading whateeeeever I felt like for a week and I read:
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

I really, really enjoyed the last 3. Jessica, not so much. But I totally enjoyed the freedom of reading whatever took my fancy for a week!


Overall this month I read 15 books which were:
 Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale (4*)
 Chime by Franny Billingsley (5*)
 Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James (3*)
Play to Kill by PJ Tracy (4*)
 The Missing by Lisa McMann (2*)
Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell (3*)
 Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (4*)
 Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (5*)
Fifty Shades Darker by E.L James (3*) 
Fifty Shades Freed by E.L James (2*)
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (3*)
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr (4*)
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (4*)
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (4*)
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa (4*)

I only read 2 actual review books, but as I've been severely cutting down the amount of review books I request/accept this isn't too bad. I also read 5 adult books including 2 crime fiction and 3 romance which I NEVER read so yay on the variety front. 
I *finally* got not one but two 5* ratings, but I also had a couple of 2*s and a few threes-that-were-barely-threes so that's no so great. 

I am really please with how many books I read this month. I really improved on January's 9 and the month was a few days shorter ;) I'm hoping to improve again in March. 

How did you all do? Are you happy with how much you read in Feb? Leave me links to your wrap-ups in the comments!!


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6 comments:

  1. I KNOW! February went by insanely fast. This whole year is =| I really want to read more contemporaries aswell - I never seem to get as excited for them (save for Stephanie Perkins) like I with dystopian, paranormal, etc. But when I DO read them, I fall in love. Anyway, yay for your variety of books read this month!

    I also can't wait for you to read The Iron Queen :D Good luck with March and I hope your work experience is going well!

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  2. The year is going at a really fast pace :s

    I don't read many contemporaries either, I used to before, but those were adult contemporaries as opposed to YA (which I did when I was a lot younger). It's something I'd like to correct *sigh*

    I absolutely lit up when I saw The Iron King on your TBR list! It's one of the books that I really enjoyed this year :)

    Good luck with your challenges!

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  3. great wrap up. could not finish chime but i had a good time with anna ;)

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  4. Great wrap up - you read 15 books? Woah! I've only read Someone Else's Life out of those, which I COMPLETELY TOTALLY LOVED! :)

    I'm a new follower, fab blog! I found you through your interview with A Reading Daydreamer, and I would really appreciate if you would follow my blog! Just if you want to ;) Thanks!
    http://booksterreviews-cliona.blogspot.com/

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  5. michael's comment: this site is amazing. The reviews are awesome and the books are very complex. I'm amazed at how Katie does this. Go katie's book blog!!!!!!!!

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    1. LOL this comment was from my little cousin ;)

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