Book Snails Book Group discussion

What are you reading, February 2017?

Though my plan was actually to read less this year, I've got a lot lined up for February :-/

The Rose Society (Buddy Read)
The Night Circus (Local Book Club)
My Lady Jane (Local Book Club)
Gone with the Wind (do not plan to finish in February though)
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
By the Shores of Silver Lake
The Long Winter
Little Town on the Prairie
These Happy Golden Years
(I'm getting ready to read Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography and the Little House books are quick, easy reads)
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (another quick, easy reread as I get ready for Sisterhood Everlasting)

I also set a goal for myself to read 1 book per month from my bookshelf in our home office (Little House and Traveling Pants books excluded) and I still need to choose one of those for February.

And... if The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August happens to become our BOTM for February, I will squeeze that in too.

I’m still finalizing my February reads but here is the plan so far:

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (continuation from January)
Last Things (from Kindle library)
Turn Towards the Sun (Netgalley ARC)
Everything I Never Told You (A to Z challenge)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (A to Z challenge but also bought this book 2 years ago and it’s been sitting on my shelf since then, so trying to clear it out)

Also waiting to see what our BOTM will be for February – may add that to the list too depending on which book gets chosen.

I'm also waiting to see what our BOTM is for February. If it is The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August then I'll be reading that.

I think I'm going to start Women Wartime Spies today, which will probably go into February even though it's quite short, because I'll be really busy this weekend, and I don't think I'll have time to read.

I also want to start Velva Jean Learns to Fly, and I picked up The Third Reich which looks interesting. It's actually about a game the characters play, called Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. The main character is a German war game champion, and invites others to play it as well, so it's not actually about the war.

I also plan to read a few chapters from Gone with the Wind, but of course, that's an on going read.

But my reading plans generally always change, so we'll see what I actually read!

I just signed up for another Buddy Read for Four: A Divergent Story Collection so I'm adding that to my February reading list.

And since my list is now so long, I'll read The House on Mango Street from my office bookshelf since it's really short :-P

11 books in February... I must be delusional!

The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer.

Adding another one to my list for February: The Idiot by Elif Batuman

I just received a galley of this one from Penguin First Reads and it’s over 400 pages so will need to start it soon.

Looks like my February list just changed. I’ll actually be pushing Everything I Never Told You and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry to future months, as I just got approved for an ARC of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See, which is a book I really want to read. Also the February BOTM read, which is also on my TBR list and I’m definitely planning to read it.

So here’s my revised list for February:

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Last Things (almost done, probably will finish by tomorrow)
The Idiot
The Light Between Oceans
Turn Towards the Sun (if there is time – if not, then this will be pushed to March)

Currently reading Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo. This is book 8 in the Kate Burkholder series.

Just started The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs. I love her Mercy Thompson series, but I'm not sure how I feel about this book.....

JuliaOrlando wrote: "Just started The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs. I love her Mercy Thompson series, but I'm not sure how I feel about this book.....

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I read it a few years back, out of curiosity. I wondered what an early stand-alone book by a big name series author like Briggs would be like.

Let us know what you think! I can't remember a lot of details, but I think I remember the characters as interesting, though the plot was a bit simple/thin. I probably would have given it 3 stars, by a hair.