Happy Leap Day! I hope you all enjoyed the weekend. I got to meet up with a friend who I had lost touch with over the years and we now both live in the same city. We are looking forward to catching up again soon and maybe go on some trail walks. I also did a bit of book buying but I’ll get to that in another post.
Anyway, February felt like a very slow month for my reading. If it hadn’t been for some short novels and graphic novels (some which are still in progress), I would have thought the only book I was reading was The Secret Place by Tana French. Needless to say I did finish it but was quite underwhelmed by it.
Luckily my other reads were great. I enjoyed The Last Taxi Ride by A.X. Ahmad and I loved Like Family by Paolo Giordano and Displacement: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley. I hope to give you a bit more info on these reads in upcoming posts.
Overall I’m happy that I had a mix with mystery, non-fiction, fiction, and a book in translation. I’m currently in the middle of several reads and I seem to be keeping on trend with quite a bit of variety. I like that.
On a totally random note, I just found out that our neighborhood is going to be setting up Little Free Libraries. I dropped off some books this evening and can’t wait to see what the libraries look like. I really hope this will be a success.
So how was your reading month? Did you discover any new favorite authors?
Yay for Little Free Libraries! I have some children’s books that I need to deliver to friends who has one in Shreveport (the one that got all the attention awhile back when the Metropolitan Planning Commission wanted to shut it down). They have trouble keeping the children’s books stocked. Now that all the grands are reading on their own, those early books need a new home.
What a fun thing – Little Free Libraries! I love it. Sorry that THE SECRET PLACE didn’t wow you. You’ve read other books by Tana French? I think that sometimes a book by an author that we’ve enjoyed just doesn’t quite cut it and then that is a bit of a disappointment. Maybe the next one.
Too bad about The Secret Place! I think I have that one in audio and after enjoying In the Woods last year I look forward to reading more. I hope you’ll share more about the LFL once it’s set up! I discovered that there are a couple in McKinney but the one I most often pass is right on the thoroughfare leading to downtown so I’m always driving! Not sure if our HOA would allow them in my neighborhood.
Hope you have a great week! Spring is definitely in the air.
Your neighborhood is getting together to do little free libraries? That is really cool!
Little Free Libraries look so fun, but I have never seen one around here… It would be fun to have my own. I am not even sure if we are allowed? Would be worth looking into. 🙂
Interestingly, I had a better February but probably because January was super slow. I had finished just one book in Jan and much more in Feb. So sorry that the Tana French book was so slow. I get so disappointed with slow books.
I think the Little Free Libraries idea is so cool and fun!
I’m sorry that The Secret Place wasn’t a great read to you, hopefully the next French book will be better! I really can’t wait for her new book to release, not that I’ve heard any news on it, though.
Hope you’ve a great week! 🙂
I am glad you were able to catch up with your friend, Iliana! I kind of felt like February had been a slow reading month, but I actually did pretty good, looking back. At least at the rate I read. I always wish I’d read more, even when my reality is that I just don’t. What is the saying? Big eyes, small stomach? Something like that.
How neat about the Little Free Libraries that will be set up in your neighborhood! I wish we could do that where I live, but I have a feeling our HOA would have something to say about it. 🙁 There was one set up at the community center where my daughter had her tumble and dance class, but it’s on the other side of town and we no longer go visit there regularly.
I hope you have a great week, Iliana!