February 2022 Wrap Up

 Happy March! I can't believe we're already two months into 2022! It goes so quickly.

Let's be honest. I had a lot of plans for February and I didn't get nearly as much reading done as I was wanting and planning. We had the Olympics, a lot of hockey make-up games, Celebrity Big Brother and my boss got me into Married at First Sight. Yeah, that's a lot of tv time for me. Especially lately it's usually just a couple of shows and hockey, but not lately. We saw FaRoFeb throughout the month plus I wrapped up Winter's Kiss. My wrap ups for those should be posted next week. My stats aren't too bad though because I crammed in a lot of novellas to finish the month strong! Well, let's get into it!

February 2022

💗 19 books read for 4,928 pages

💗 I averaged 0.63 days per book
💗 The average page count was 259.37
💗 I read 2 books less than 100 pages, 6 books in the 100s, 1 book in the 200s, 8 books in the 300s and 2 books in the 400s

💗 I read 10 books for clubs and/or readathons
💗 8 of my books were diverse
💗 I picked up 8 new authors
💗 I reread 1 book

💗 I previously owned 1 of the books in paperback and added 16 to my wish-list
💗 I read 1 book in paperback and 18 in eBook
💗 4 books were published traditionally, 1 was from small publishers and 14 were indie published
💗 1 book was published in the 1990s, 2 in the 2000s, 11 in the 2010s, and 5 in the 2020s

💗 My average rating was 4.39
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 6 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 - 5 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 7 books
⭐⭐⭐ - 1 books

💗 I read 2 urban fantasies. For romance I read 8 contemporaries, 6 fantasies, 2 historicals and 1 sci-fi.
💗 For my contemporaries, 5 were straight contemporaries, 2 were rom-coms, and 1 was small-town.

1. One Hot Italian Summer by Karina Halle ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

2. Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

3. Warsworn by Elizabeth Vaughan ⭐⭐⭐⭐

4. Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson ⭐⭐⭐⭐

5. Broken Chains by Demelza Carlton ⭐⭐⭐

6. Enthralling the Orc by Tracy Lauren ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

8. Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. Teased by Fire by Molly O'Hare ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

10. Teased by Tinsel by Molly O'Hare ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

11. The Beast of Clan Kincaid by Lily Blackwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐

12. Warrior's Regret by November Dawn ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

13. Sunday's Child by Grace Draven ⭐⭐⭐⭐

14. Kraev by Sonia Nova ⭐⭐⭐⭐

15. Beard Science by Penny Reid ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

16. A Very Beery New Year by Jackie Lau ⭐⭐⭐⭐

17. A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

18. A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau ⭐⭐⭐⭐

19. Level Up by Cathy Yardley ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

💗 I feel like I was a little all over the place this month with ratings, although most of it was 4 or 4.5-stars. It's hard to choose a favorite, but I really enjoyed the ending of Kate Daniels and happy I chose to reread Beard Science. It just really hit what I needed at the time. My least favorite is my only 3-star book, Broken Chains. It just didn't quite meet my expectations was a struggle for me to get into.

I can't wait to see what happens next month and hope that I get a little more time to pick up some reading. I'm kind of feeling the more contemporary route at this point, so I have a lot of ideas of books I want to read in that realm. I do want to try to pick up at least a couple of each subgenre though to keep things mixed up! We'll see what happens! I'm also excited to start the new seasonal reading challenge Love Has Sprung!

How was your reading during February?

Bookishly Yours,

Stasi🍎