February Wrap Up | 2020

I have had such a better month of reading this month, I really got into the books I was reading and thoroughly enjoyed most of them. I also hammered through more of the books from my challenges something I really want to hit before the middle of the year, if you want to know more about the challenges, I did a whole post about them here as well as two posts of TBRs for them, part one & part two.

On with the wrap up:

• 12 books read
• 2 e-arcs
• 4525 pages
• 14 blog posts published (not including this one)
• 21/107 books read for Goodreads Challenge (6 books ahead)
• 12/50 prompts completed for the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
• 9/26 letters completed for the A-Z Reading Challenge
• 11/52 prompts completed for the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge.

• Eeeny Meeny by M. J. Arlidge | My first read of the month and I wasn’t quite prepared for the gruesome nature of this book and the crimes that this books covered. I will say I enjoyed the process that the story went all the way through.
• The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad | The first e-arc of the month and I have to say that this one wasn’t my favourite, I felt as though the characters and the relationships were very rushed and superficial. Just a little disappointed in the development of the story.
• Scythe by Neal Shusterman | I can totally believe the hype with this series, I loved the characters and all the twists and turns that take place all the way through, it was well-paced and well written!
• Stronger, Faster and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton | This was the second e-arc of the month and this one confused me. I hadn’t twigged that it was 6 separate stories and I think I would have preferred for it to all be one.

• The Outsider by Stephen King | I have a love-hate relationship with Stephen King, I love his characters but I always end up hating the endings. I have to say this was a complete love, I still had issues with some of the things that happened but I actually loved the story!
• Akin by Emma Donoghue | This was something completely different but I really loved Room and was excited that there was something more for me to read. I really loved the characters and the mystery that seems to be wound all the way through this.
• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | This book drew me in, and I read it in just over a day. This book had such a slow burn and for once there wasn’t romance at the centre. I cannot wait to read the sequel!
• My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Frederik Backman | This book broke me and then put me back together again. I think this whole story was put together so well and the story it tells was wonderfully done!

• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers | I don’t remember finishing this one the last time I read it and I can kind of see why I might not have. I enjoyed reading it, but I’m not sure whether I’m going to continue series, I have so much I want to read that this just didn’t convince me to put the others at the bottom of the pile. Which was a shame.
• The Guernsey and Literary Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows | There was something about this book, I was hooked. I didn’t put it down and managed to finish it within a day. I thought the characters were interesting and I found out about things I wasn’t even aware off.
• Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas | A reread for me, getting ready for Kingdom of Ash. I love this series and I kinda don’t want it to end! I love the characters and the drama that ensues after the fact. One of my favourites.
• The Potted Gardener by M.C Beaton | I really love this series, it is fast becoming one of my guilty pleasure reads. They are so short and wonderfully written that I use them in between longer books as a palate cleanser!

I don’t think I did too bad this month, I have about 3hrs of Harry Potter left to listen too so I didn’t manage that one. I do think I will get to all of these next month so that’s a win in my book!

• [2 Feb] February TBR | 2020
• [4 Feb] The Unbound by Victoria Schwab ★★★★½
• [6 Feb] The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton ★★★★
• [8 Feb] Reading Challenges TBR #2
• [10 Feb] Death of a Cad by M.C. Beaton ★★★
• [12 Feb] Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood ★★★★
• [14 Feb] Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear ★★★★½
• [16 Feb] The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides ★★½
• [18 Feb] Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge ★★★½
• [20 Feb] The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad ★★½
• [22 Feb] Scythe by Neal Shusterman ★★★★½
• [24 Feb] Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton ★★★½
• [26 Feb] The Outsider by Stephen King ★★★★
• [28 Feb] Akin by Emma Donoghue ★★★★

What did you manage to read this month? Anything good? Let me know in the comments!