MONTHLY RE-CAP
FEBRUARY⤏
What a February it was...First off, we got a new puppy...the people we got her from said she was 7 weeks old and her mother died giving birth to her. So sad...we took her to the vet to see about getting her some shots and they said she was still too young because she was more like 5 weeks old. So far she is doing good, and she is such a cutie...she is a mix of Lab and Husky and her name is Sophie...She has one bright blue eye and one that is darker blue, and I'm thinking it might end up being brown, eventually. It's hard to say because she is only 6 weeks old.
Since we didn't get Sophie until the 23rd...I still managed to get quite a few books finished. That could change for March because she sure is a handful. I've been calling her zombie dog...since her favorite thing to chew on is human flesh.
My stand-outs for the month being my reread/listen of The Grace Year and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which has a full-cast narration and was really awesome.
My stand-outs for the month being my reread/listen of The Grace Year and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which has a full-cast narration and was really awesome.
MY RECAP FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY⤏
12⤏ AUDIOBOOKS
1⤏ eBOOK (NETGALLEY ARC)
1⤏ NOVELLA
14⤏ BOOKS TOTAL
4,665 PAGES READ (INCLUDING AUDIO'S)
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AUDIOBOOK
SOCIAL CREATURE
BY TARA ISABELLA BURTON
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I think I only finished it...in hopes that they would all die in the end.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
AUDIOBOOK
THE STRANGER GAME
BY CYLIN BUSBY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ It's more a story of perseverance or the tenacity of the living to keep on doing so, and maybe make their world a place that they can live in.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
AUDIOBOOK
BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY
BY RUTA SEPETYS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ An enlightening yet brutally harsh look at the atrocities committed to Lithuanians by Stalin/Russia during WWII.
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MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ This one had many curious layers to it, the deeper she dug the more layers she uncovered.
AUDIOBOOK
PRISONER
BY ANNIKA MARTIN & SKYE WARREN
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I was worried this would be one of those stories with more sex scenes than an actual story...but it actually had a perfect balance of each.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
AUDIOBOOK
THE GRACE YEAR
BY KIM LIGGETT
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ This book is a lot of things...dubious, challenging, frustrating, darkly horrifying, curing, wonderful, loving, saddening, hopeful & most of all empowering.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
AUDIOBOOK
THE LAST CONFESSION OF AUTUMN CASTERLY
BY MEREDITH TATE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ There are elements in this book that totally worked for me and a few that fizzled...as in they felt unnecessary to me.
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SOCIAL CREATURE
BY TARA ISABELLA BURTON
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I think I only finished it...in hopes that they would all die in the end.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ A TOXIC RELATIONSHIP
⤏ SOMEONE DIES
⤏ CHIC-LIT-ISH
⤏ A TALENTED MR RIPLEY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
⤏ ANNOYING CHARACTERS
⤏ I WANTED THEM ALL TO DIE IN THE END
FINISH DATE: 02/02
MY RATING⇢ 1½✰STARS✰
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THE STRANGER GAME
BY CYLIN BUSBY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ It's more a story of perseverance or the tenacity of the living to keep on doing so, and maybe make their world a place that they can live in.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ 15 YEAR OLD GIRL GOES MISSING
⤏ 4 YEARS LATER SHE IS FOUND
⤏ EVERYONE THINKS SHE IS SARAH...BUT IS SHE REALLY
⤏ WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THE DAY SARAH WENT MISSING???
FINISH DATE: 02/04
MY RATING⇢ 4✰STARS✰
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BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY
BY RUTA SEPETYS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ An enlightening yet brutally harsh look at the atrocities committed to Lithuanians by Stalin/Russia during WWII.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ WWII
⤏ LITHUANIAN DEPORTATION
⤏ SIBERIAN WINTER
⤏ THE BRUTALITIES OF WAR
⤏ A STORY ABOUT THE POWER OF LOVE & THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SOUL
FINISH DATE: 02/06
MY RATING⇢ 4¼✰STARS✰
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AUDIOBOOK
A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER
BY HOLLY JACKSON
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ This one had many curious layers to it, the deeper she dug the more layers she uncovered.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ HIGH SCHOOL CAPSTONE PROJECT
⤏ A MURDER FIVE YEARS AGO
⤏ MYSTERY WITH LAYERS & TWISTS
⤏ DISPERSED WITH INTERVIEWS
⤏ FULL CAST NARRATION
FINISH DATE: 02/07
MY RATING⇢ 4½✰STARS✰
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PRISONER
BY ANNIKA MARTIN & SKYE WARREN
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I was worried this would be one of those stories with more sex scenes than an actual story...but it actually had a perfect balance of each.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ DARK-ISH CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
⤏ SUSPENSE WITH SOME THRILLING MOMENTS
⤏ TWO BROKEN PEOPLE
⤏ A RIVETING BACKSTORY
FINISH DATE: 02/10
MY RATING⇢ 4✰STARS✰
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THE GRACE YEAR
BY KIM LIGGETT
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ This book is a lot of things...dubious, challenging, frustrating, darkly horrifying, curing, wonderful, loving, saddening, hopeful & most of all empowering.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ RE-READ ON AUDIO --ONE OF MY TOP 3 BOOKS OF 2019
⤏ DYSTOPIAN SETTING/ALTERNATE WORLD
⤏ SOCIETY WHERE MEN HAVE ALL THE POWER
⤏ OPPRESSION OF WOMEN
⤏ HORROR-IF-IC
⤏ DEATH, LIES, & BETRAYAL
⤏ SPLASH OF ROMANCE
⤏ WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN
⤏ STAND-ALONE
⤏ BONUS INTERVIEW WITH KIM LIGGETT AT THE END OF THE AUDIO
FINISH DATE: 02/13
MY RATING⇢ 5+✰STARS✰
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THE LAST CONFESSION OF AUTUMN CASTERLY
BY MEREDITH TATE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ There are elements in this book that totally worked for me and a few that fizzled...as in they felt unnecessary to me.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ REMINISCENT OF IF I STAY MIXED WITH A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
⤏ BEATEN, KIDNAPPED & BOUND
⤏ THE BOND OF SISTERS
⤏ HOW MUCH LOSING YOUR MOTHER CAN AFFECT YOU
⤏ IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP
FINISH DATE: 02/14
MY RATING⇢ 4✰STARS✰
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AUDIOBOOK
THE BONE HOUSES
BY EMILY LLOYD-JONES
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I wanted to like this more than I actually did because it's so wholly original.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ BONE HOUSES...AKA THE WALKING DEAD
⤏ FANTASTICAL W/A SIDE OF MAGIC
⤏ CREEPY YA HORROR
⤏ SPLASH OF ROMANCE
⤏ A BONE HOUSE GOAT...WHO IS REALLY THE STAR OF THE WHOLE BOOK
FINISH DATE: 02/15
MY RATING⇢ 3¼✰STARS✰
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AUDIOBOOK
DAMSEL
BY ELANA K ARNOLD
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ Overall, this was more uncouth than anything else...but the ending was just about perfect...so, go figure.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ DARK FAIRYTALE RETELLING
⤏ QUITE SEXUALLY CRUDE & SHOULD COME WITH A WARNING
⤏ WITH A FORCED SEXUAL ACT...BUT NO ACTUAL SEX
⤏ DIDN'T FEEL LIKE YA TO ME
⤏ A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS...
⤏ WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE NEEDED RESCUING
FINISH DATE: 02/18
MY RATING⇢ 3✰STARS✰
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NETGALLEY eARC
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
BY GREER HENDRICKS & SARAH PEKKANEN
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ Told mainly from the POV of Shay, and interspersed with POV's of a few other key players, with a few flashbacks to the past, everything slowly converges, like watching a painting come together.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ ONE MAIN POV INTERSPERSED WITH A MULTITUDE OF OTHERS
⤏ PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
⤏ A SLOW BUILD-UP KIND OF MYSTERY
⤏ REVENGE ISN'T ALWAYS SWEET
FINISH DATE: 02/20
MY RATING⇢ 4✰STARS✰
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AUDIOBOOK
FAME, FATE, AND THE FIRST KISS
BY KASIE WEST
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ If I summed this book up in one word, it would be AWKWARD.
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NOVELLA eBOOK
THE WINTER QUEEN
BY SHERRY D FICKLIN
AUDIOBOOK
STAR WARS: REBEL RISING
BY BETH REVIS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ It was interesting to get a backstory for Jyn...one that fits with her character in Rogue One.
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AUDIOBOOK
THE LOST NIGHT
BY ANDREA BARTZ
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I found the story within this mystery rather fascinating.
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MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ If I summed this book up in one word, it would be AWKWARD.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ ASPIRING ACTRESS HEROINE
⤏ TUTOR/CRITIC HERO
⤏ CAMPY ZOMBIE MOVIE
⤏ A LITTLE BIT OF MYSTERY
⤏ SECOND IN A SERIES BUT CAN BE READ AS A STAND-ALONE
FINISH DATE: 02/21
MY RATING⇢ 2✰STARS✰
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THE WINTER QUEEN
BY SHERRY D FICKLIN
MY REVIEW IN BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ MINI NOVELLA LENGTH
⤏ AN INTRODUCTION TO HOLLOW QUEEN
⤏ PREQUEL TO SOPHIE/CATHERINE'S STORY...AT LEAST I THINK IT WAS...???
⤏ STORY FELT RUSHED
⤏ WRITING COULD HAVE USED POLISHING UP
⤏ MAYBE I'LL CONTINUE THE SERIES...
⤏ ROUNDED UP SINCE I DID LIKE THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES
FINISH DATE: 02/21
MY RATING⇢ 2½✰STARS✰
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STAR WARS: REBEL RISING
BY BETH REVIS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ It was interesting to get a backstory for Jyn...one that fits with her character in Rogue One.
LINK TO FULL REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ JYN ERSO'S STORY
⤏ FROM THE TIME HER MOTHER DIES AND FATHER DISAPPEARS
⤏ TOLD IN ALTERNATING TIMELINES
⤏ NOT NEARLY ENOUGH DROIDS IN THIS ONE
⤏ SPLASH OF ROMANCE
FINISH DATE: 02/25
MY RATING⇢ 3½✰STARS✰
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THE LOST NIGHT
BY ANDREA BARTZ
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I found the story within this mystery rather fascinating.
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BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ MYSTERIOUS QUESTIONABLE SUICIDE
⤏ THE PARTY LIFE IN 2009
⤏ FOGGY, ALCOHOL INDUCED MEMORIES (BLACKOUT DRUNK)
⤏ A VERY UNRELIABLE NARRATOR
⤏ PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
FINISH DATE: 02/29
MY RATING⇢ 4¼✰STARS✰
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BEST COVER FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY GOES TO...
because that skull is fantastic...
