February was a month of ups and downs for me in the reading department. I read some excellent books and had some disappointments as well. I succeeded in crossing a TBR Jar book off my list (Baby Teeth) and read and reviewed seven other books as well. Here are the books I read this month, and you can click on the titles if you missed my reviews:
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond
What Feasts At Night by T. Kingfisher
I’m sorry to see that An Education In Malice was such a disappoint. It’s so exciting to see all those 4.5 ratings though. I’m particularly excited by Bad Ones & Warm Hand Of Ghosts but all four are on my tbr. Hopefully March will bring even more wonderful books your way.
A lot of readers loved An Education in Malice, so it could just be me. Thanks Charlotte!
There are so many on here that I’m looking forward to!
I had a similiar reading month as yours. I read some good books (although still no 5 star one) but also some that disappointed me. My post will be up tomorrow because I forgot it was already the end of the month haha
It snuck up on us! lol
Those look like some cool horror books.
Have a great March reading month.
Thanks! Same to you:-)
Looks like you had a great reading month! The WArm Hands of Ghosts was my favorite for February (and can’t believe the month is already at its end).
It was my favorite too! February went so fast…
The Tainted Cup was pretty high on my favorites this month.
Not surprising, it was sooo good:-)
I’m excited for Warm Hands of Ghosts and The Butcher of the Forest! I’m sad to see that What Feasts at Night only got 3 stars though. I’m still working on my wrap up post and I haven’t decided which book is my favorite this month! So hard to choose!
I’m glad you had so many good books to choose from:-)
Overall it looks like it was a good month for you with more on the upper end of the scale than the lower. My favorite read wasn’t a speculative one or a recent book, but a classic: To Kill a Mockingbird. It might be one of the best books I’ve ever read.
ooh I haven’t read To Kill A Mockingbird for years:-)
Looks like you had a pretty decent month.
It was pretty good!
Eek! The Butcher of the Forest was a DNF for me, and An Education In Malice is one I’ve been looking forward to. Hopefully we’ll be of opposite opinions on both.
Well done. And how satisfying to go through a TBR jar, right?
Thankfully, you seem to have had way more hits than misses! We did not have a ton in common this month, surprisingly, but a bunch of your 4.5 stars are on my TBR so that is good news!
I really hope my library gets a copy of THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST because I’d definitely read that! Sometimes I just like a novella as a palate cleanser. Sorry to see you didn’t really enjoy WHAT FEASTS THE NIGHT! You know, I listened to the audiobook last month. And while I liked it, I’m not sure I liked it enough to want to pick up the sequel. It wasn’t really disturbing enough for me, if that makes sense, lol
I finished The Tainted Cop last night and it was awesome! Exactly what I needed. Hoping to get pick up the new Katherine Arden soon too but it sounds thematically heavy so I’ll wait a little for the right mood.
Yay for getting a TBR book off your list! I am trying so hard to do that. Of course then I go to book events and buy more, lol. I am so behind on reading reviews, I need to sit down and do an hour on reading reviews and leaving comments every night at home this week!
More good reas on balance I think. I loved The Warm Hands of Ghosts and Tainted Cup, And, I think we had a similar experience with Education in Malice.
Lynn
I’m glad you found so many amazing books!
That’s a good-looking set of books and I’m glad to see so many so highly rated. I’m curious about the Arden book and will probably grab a copy from my local library once they get it.
We read a lot of the same books! And I see a few I still need to get to, haha. Those months where it’s a mix of good and not so great can be a little annoying sometimes, haha. I still need to read AN education in Malice, but I think a lot of the reviews I’ve been seeing have really been putting me off of it and now I keep procrastinating on it, haha. I hope March is full of great books!