February was a short month but it felt like it went by in the blink of an eye! I was super busy, so I didn’t get to read as much as I’d like. We got a ton of snow, so I was stuck in the house more than usual, and got a bit of cabin fever, even though there wasn’t anywhere I’d normally be going. I think it’s just the fact of knowing that I *couldn’t* go anywhere.

This year I want to focus on my goals for the year. So here we go:

• I gained 15 new followers on my blog!
• I stuck with my goal of drinking more water, and hit my water goal most days.
• I definitely didn’t meet my goal of scheduling posts, and fell behind on that goal. But I’m working hard to do better in March.
• Almost a third of the books I read were ARCs, but because I seem to have a raging addiction to NetGalley, I naturally got approved for a bunch more and my ratio is still under 80%.
• As for diversifying my reading, I think I did a good job this month. Only 25% of my reading was YA books, less than half was fantasy, more than half had an LGBTQ+ character, almost 70% had a BIPOC character, and almost 40% was written by a BIPOC author (better than last month, but still needs work).

Here’s my breakdown of monthly/cumulative totals for February:

February Totals

• Books read: 16
• Books DNF’d: 1
• Pages read: 4,491
• Hours listened: 44 hours, 49 minutes, 50 seconds
• Average pages: 408.3
• Average hours listened: 8 hours, 57 minutes, 58 seconds

Cumulative Averages

• Days per book: 2.98
• Pages read per day: 191.11
• Books read per month: 23
• DNF’d books per month: 1

Genres Read in February:

• Fantasy: 7
• Mystery/Suspense: 4
• Romance/Erotica: 4
• Travel/Food: 1

Backlist vs. New Releases

• Backlist books: 8
• 2021 releases: 8

Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction

• Fiction: 15
• Nonfiction: 1 

Format Read:

• Print: 5
• Digital: 6
• Audio: 5

Age Range

• Adult: 12
• YA: 4

My favorite books of the month were The Midnight Library, Rent a Boyfriend, and A Court of Silver Flames.

Here’s what I read in February:

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• The Everything Easy Vegan Cookbook: 200 Quick and Easy Recipes for a Healthy, Plant-Based Diet by Adams Media ARC
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory (The Wedding Date #4)
• Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao
• Jade War by Fonda Lee (The Green Bone Saga #2)
• A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4)

• Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer #1)

• The Shadow Man by Helen Fields ARC
• Pyotra and the Wolf by Elna Holst ARC
• Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah (A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery #1) ARC
• The Girl in Cell 49B by Dorian Box (Emily Calby #2)
• Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis

• All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace (All the Stars and Teeth #2) ARC
• They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall

• Miracles and Menorahs by Stacey Agdern (Friendships and Festivals #1)

• Vasilisa by Julie Mathison (Old Rus #1) ARC

• A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.5)

How was your February reading?