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: