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What did you read in FEBRUARY?
What did you read this month? How was it? How many books is that for the year?
Re: What did you read in FEBRUARY?
Losing It - Cora Carmack
Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
I'm still halfway through Grasshopper Jungle, but that will count for next month.
I've read 7 books so far.
Books read in 2011: 111
Books read in 2012: 100
my read shelf:
Lethal Heritage by Michael Stackpole : 3 stars
Unwind by Neal Shusterman : 4 stars
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline : 5 stars
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin : 5 stars
I have read 11 out of 52 for the year.
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
I just started Mariana and The Piper's Son, so I'm hoping for a strong March selection.
My Badges:
I read 15 books this month -- my 5 and 4.5* books were Aleinated and Wonder, and my least favorite (2*) was Burn by R.J. Lewis.
Challenger: An American Tragedy
Hugh Harris
War Brides
Helen Bryan
Jesus > Religion
Jefferson Bethke
Life after Life
Kate Atkinson
The Devil’s Arithmetic
Jane Yolen
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer
Sapphique (Incarceron #2) – Catherine Fisher - 3 stars
Death Island - Joan Conning Afman - 2 stars
Cress (Lunar #3)– Marissa Meyer - 4 stars
Chasing Fire – Nora Roberts - 3 stars
I also read the script and libretto for Shrek the Musical because I'm performing in the show next weekend! - 5 stars
Please visit my blog The Party Hostess
My read shelf:

Alientated by Melissa Landers- 5 stars
Those are books 5 and 6 of the year.
The Mind Thieves by Lori Brighton 3 stars
The Mind Games by Lori Brighton 2 stars
Crash by Nicole Williams 2.5 stars
Be With Me by J. Lynn 3 stars
Obsession by Jennifer Armentrout 2 stars
Gilded by Christina Farley 3.5 stars
Ruin by Rachel Van Dyken 4 stars
The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain 4.5 stars
Twisted by Amity Hope 4 stars
Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan 4.5 stars
Type N by Michelle Onuorah 2.5 stars
I'm at 26 books for the year toward my goal of 100
IVF w/ICSI - transferred 2; froze 3
Beta #1 150 Beta #2 320 - 7/16 124 bpm (6w5d) EDD 3/6/13
Our team green baby was a girl! Emma Lynn born 2/23/13
my read shelf:
The Notebook Nicholas Sparks 2 Stars
Sins of the Heart Eve Silver 2 stars
The Ghoul Next Door Victoria Laurie
Gone, Baby, Gone Dennis Lehane
The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly
Concealed in Death J.D. Robb
Vampire Most Wanted Lynsay Sands
Bunker Hill, A City, A Seige, A Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick 3 stars
Grave Witch Kayalna Price
Grave Dance Kayalna Price
Grave Memory Kayalna Price
Through My Eyes Tim Tebow
Storm Born Richelle Mead
Taken in Death J.D. Robb
Everything else was 4 stars. I've read 31 so far this year.
https://www.goodreads.com/MrsGinTN
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini ***
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell ****
Lover Enshrined by J.R.Ward ***
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ***
Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot ***
Wanted by Sara Shepard ****
The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot ***
Breathe Into Me - Amanda Stone 2 stars
Out of Line - Jen McLaughlin 4 stars
Breaking Nova - Jessica Sorensen 3 stars
Onyx - Jennifer L. Armentrout 4 stars
Frigid - J. Lynn 4 stars
This makes 9 for the year.
4 stars
The Wealthy Barber Returns by David Chilton
Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy #1) by Mira Grant
Voices by Arnaldur Indridason
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young
3 stars
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer
Beauty from Pain (Beauty #1) by Geogia Cates
Just One Year by Gayle Forman
Mackenzies Mountain by Linda Howard
2 stars
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains by Chuck Klosterman
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
my read shelf:
Prodigy- Marie Lu 4 stars
Champion- Marie Lu 5 stars
The Lady Elizabeth- Alison Weir 3.5 stars
Angel Falls- Kristin Hannah 3.5 stars
Life Before Legend (short story)- Marie Lu 4 stars
Between Shades of Gray- Ruta Sepetys 3.5 stars