February Wrap-up Post

February has ended and it’s time to take a look at where reading journey has taken me and where I want to go in March. Below if a summary of my February in reading. You can check my progress towards my goals anytime by clicking the 2018 Challenges and Goals tab above.

Progress Towards Goals

2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge  - 4 books read

4 books doesn’t really seem like a lot, but Goodreads tells me I am on target to meet my reading goal. In my defense, February is a short month andI have 3 books in progress right now. But to be fair, 2 of the books I finished this month were started in January. I feel like I’m alway trying to catch up to my reading commitments! And I’m still reading about a dozen books a week to my grandson, so there’s that! Here are the books I finished in February.

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard

The Murderer’s Maid by Erika Mailman

The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

A Piece Of The World by Christina Baker Kline

2018 Nonfiction Reading Challenge

I still haven’t completed a nonfiction book. I did start one book, Friends Divided by Gordon S. Wood, but I haven’t made much progress. I still want to read it, but I may put it aside for now and pick up something else.

2018 Bookworms Selections

I read our book club selection for February, The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware, but I still need to write my review. Bonus: I’ve already read our March book club selection, A Piece Of The World by Christina Baker Kline. I was committed to reading it for a book tour. My review appeared on the blog earlier this week.

2018 Read My Own Shelf Progress

I did ok with this one in February, reading two books off my shelf. That makes three for the year!

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard

The Murderer’s Maid by Erika Mailman

2018 Write My Reviews Progress - 3 books reviewed

I’m currently at 86%! I wrote and posted reviews for three of the four books I read last month!

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard

The Murderer’s Maid by Erika Mailman

A Piece Of The World by Christina Baker Kline

In addition, I wrote and posted reviews for a book I read last year.

The Twelve Lives Of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti

2018 Cull My Shelves Progress

This was not a success! I packed up some books to take to book club to give to my friend who has a Little Free Library, but unfortunately, she was not able to come. I thought I knew where she lived so I tried driving by her house to leave them, but I couldn’t find a book box, so I ended up taking them home for next month!

Next Month

I already completed my March book club selection. I have two books scheduled to read for book tours.

I’ll Be Your Blue Sky by Marissa de los Santos

The Baby Plan by Kate Rorick

I also have an ‘in progress’ books that I hope to finish up in March.

Abe and Molly: The Lincoln Courtship by Frederic Hunter

I’d like to make a dent in reading my nonfiction. I started Friends Divided but it is due back at the library in a couple of days and there is a reserve list. I have Jefferson’s Daughters by Catherine Kerrison on reserve and hope it comes soon. I also have a few nonfiction books on my own shelves that I’d like to find time for, so hopefully I can check at least one nonfiction book off my list by April 1.

And of course, I also hope to review all of the books I read in March and to catch up on some more of the reviews I didn’t write last year. And I hope to continue freeing up space on my bookshelves. I need to give several away to meet my goal of 72 by the end of the year!