February is typically my least favourite month of the year; it always seems to go by too slowly. Luckily for me, I had a whole bunch of books this month to keep me busy! This month, I was able to read 28 books.
Keep reading to check out what I read this month (and which reads I gave a 5-star rating!) and an update on my reading challenges!
WHAT I READ:
#CJSREADS2017 PICKS:
#cjsreads was busy this month! We read TEN books as a buddy read. We also put together a “thrilling” March photo challenge on Instagram! So that’s fun!
Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard
Presidents’ Day by Seth Margolis
Every Dark Corner by Karen Rose
I See You by Clare Mackintosh (we all gave this one 5 stars!)
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
Doll House by John Hunt
The Book of Mirrors by E.O Chirovici
Bad Little Girl by Frances Vick
Blink by K.L Slater (we all gave this one 5 stars!)
The Housekeeper by Suellen Dainty
UPCOMING BOOKS:
I also had the chance to read some books that are coming out in the next few months!
The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney (March 2017) – review (and author Q&A) coming soon as part of blog tour
Feral by James Demonaco (April 2017)- review coming soon!
A Presence of Absence by Sarah Surgey and Emma Vestrheim- review coming soon as part of the blog tour in March!
BOOKS TO ENJOY NOW:
I love getting advanced review copies but it’s not fun to read only books that are upcoming- then I have no one to discuss them with! So, as always, I was sure to read a few neglected books that have been on my TBR shelf and get some books from my local library that were previously released!
Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger
The Barataria Key by J.M Richardson
Marked for Revenge by Emelie Schepp (OUT TODAY!)
Everything You Want Me To Be by Mindy Mejia
Isolation Junction by Jennifer Gilmour
Humans Bow Down by James Patterson
Method 15/33 by Shannon Kirk
Silent Child by Sarah Denzil
The Doll Funeral by Kate Hamer
Medea’s Curse by Anne Buist
What I Never Told You by Louise Mullins
A Necessary Act by Tony Wit
Stasi Wolf by David Young
The Nightwalker by Sebastian Fitzek
The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy
Seed by Ania Ahlborn
Deep Down Dead by Steph Broadribb
Updates:
I have been plugging away at my challenges. I am 30% complete in my Goodreads challenge of 200 books! I have read 60 so far this year!
I also was able to reach 80% on Netgalley this month; so I am coming along quite swimmingly with my Netgalley/Edelweiss Challenge.
I am struggling with my Beat the Backlist challenge; I am not reading nearly as many of my own books as I would like. I am going to work on making this more of a priority in the upcoming months!
Well, there ya have it! My wrap up for this past month and some general updates! Have you read any of these? Maybe they are on your TBR list? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
And, as always, Happy Reading!
Clues and Reviews 
Whoooaaa! I only manage 6-8 books a month normally. How do you get so much read?!
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I always have a book with me!
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I do too, but working in an office 9-5 means most of my time is taken up 😦
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I am lucky I have always been able to read quickly…and my fiance loves sports so I also get a lot of reading time while he is watching ESPN lol
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I tend to do most of my reading when my boyfriend is playing on his PlayStation lol 🙂
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Wow! That is a lot of books!! Do you read more then one book at a time?
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OMG I was right, when I replied to you on my post, you did read 28 books 😂 You are a reading superstar! 📚
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You know my life goal was a book a day…to bad I am a big fat cheater and chose the smallest month bahaha
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Life goal achieve, you can take it easy for the rest of your life now 🙌😂
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Bahaha I like to accomplish things
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How do you read 28 books??? Honestly, I feel like I could read that much if I weren’t in high school and had 293839202 things to do. 😂 I wish I had that time!
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I didn’t read one book for myself the entire time I was in University or my first few years teaching so I am making up for lost time! lol
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Whaaaaat?! That’s insane (and impressive)! I’m really curious to know how you manage that. I’ve only read 15 so far in the whole year. Thanks for the update, it looks live you’ve read some really interesting books.
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It is a little insane; to be honest, I don’t even realize it when the month is happening and then when I do my round up I’m like…uh oh. I spent a lot of time reading lol
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How do you mange a book a day – do you read from morning till night. So impressed. Some great books though. Also love how your nail polishes change. I keep seeing colours I want to get my hands on!
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I wish I could! I totally would if I didn’t have to work! I’m lucky that I have always been a considerably fast reader and my fiance has been back in school this month for work so I’ve had lots of time to myself for reading! I am dedicated to my manicures; look out for some spring colours! lol
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Wow I have read 18 books this year so far. I’m happy with 6-10 per month.
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That’s awesome!
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wow, as everyone else has commented, 28 books is pretty impressive. That’s a book a day for the month. Glad to see that many of them were great reads. We read a few similar ones and thanks to you, I am planning on reading The Girl in the Red Coat and Distress Signals sometime soon. I also can’t wait to read The Missing Ones. I look forward to your review/tour post.
Happy reading and enjoy the new month.
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Thanks Diana! I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts on them once you get around to them!
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And I felt proud of my “a book per week” policy 😂😜 awesome reading list. Picked up some titles. Awesome, thanks!
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Your yearly goal on Goodreads is so inspirational. Mine is twenty books and I still haven’t reached that, so you’ve beaten my goal three times over! I’d love to be able to read as fast as you are able to!
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20 books is a great goal! I’m lucky that I have always been a speed reader.
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That makes sense! I speed read some things (mainly college textbooks, let’s be honest), but I like to take my time when it comes to novels. 🙂
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Nice post! You read a lot!!! I have heard of quite a lot of these but only read one, Feral, I just reviewed it actually. I might check out some of the others.
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I am going to check out you review! Did you like it?
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Yeah I did really like it!
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