February, 2024 Wrap Up

 

 

 

Goal: 100 books and 1500 hours
YTD: 44 Books Read, 335 Hours Spent
February: 17 Books Read, 137 Hours Spent
Reading My "Horde" February: 11 books YTD: 33

 

Old Sturbridge Village

February was a much slower reading month, kind of like these draft horse pulling a sled in winter. Most of what I read was not in the least challenging and entirely chosen to be soothing and entertaining (which it was). I continued to make a dent in my TBR but by the end of the month I was looking for more variety.

 

 

BEST OF THE MONTH: The Lost Painting (a re-read), In the Bleak Midwinter (title perfectly describes my February)
WORST OF THE MONTH: Elixir

 

WAITING AT THE LIBRARY

Still Waiting:
• Lessons in Chemistry, placed Aug 23.
• My Name is Barbra, placed Nov 11.
• The Longmire Defense, placed Dec 9
• Everyone on This Train is a Suspect, placed Jan 17

Added in February:
• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, placed Feb 10
• What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, placed Feb 20
• The Importance of Being Earnest (performance by Gielgud and Edith Evans), Feb 29

 

THE BOOKS

 

3.50	Devil's Steps	Arthur Upfield		NEW27
3.75	They Came to Baghdad	Agatha Christie		NEW28
3.25	The Grand Banks Cafe	Georges Simenon		NEW29
3.50	The Case of the Runaway Corpse	Erle Stanley Gardner		NEW30
3.50	The White Priory Murders	Carter Dickson (aka John Dickson Carr)		NEW31
3.50	The Crazy Kill	Chester Himes		NEW32
3.75	In the Bleak Midwinter	Julia Spencer-Fleming		NEW33
3.75	Silent Parade	Keigo Higashino		NEW34
3.50	A Comedian Dies	Simon Brett		NEW35
3.50	Murder Unprompted	Simon Brett		NEW36
3.50	Miss Silver Comes to Stay	Patricia Wentworth		NEW37
3.50	The Chalk Pit	Elly Griffiths		NEW38
3.50	The Yellow Room	Mary Roberts Rinehart		NEW39
3.50	A Fountain Filled With Blood	Julia Spencer-Fleming		NEW40
3.00	Resting Witch Face	Rebecca Regnier		NEW41
4.25	The Lost Painting	Jonathan Harr	Re-read
DNF	Elixir	Theresa Levitt		NEW42