Reading Review for February

I read 13 books during the month of February. 5 Adult Fiction, 2 Young Adult fiction, 4 Juvenile fiction, 1 parenting, and 1 non-fiction.

This brings my yearly total to 11 Adult Fiction, 7 Young Adult Fiction, 7 Juvenile Fiction, 2 parenting and 1 non-fiction for a total of 28 books. Just in case you were wondering.

Looks like I am more than halfway through my 52 books in 52 weeks challenge and it’s only the beginning of March! So I’m changing it up a bit. Instead of just 52 books total I am now committing to reading 52 Fiction/Non-fiction books, 52 Young Adult Fiction books, and 52 Juvenile Fiction books! Yes, call me crazy now!!! Watch my progress in the left hand sidebar.

I thought I would mention here that there are a few other bloggers also committed to reading 52 books in 52 weeks, and since they have given me so much link love, I’ve felt awfully guilty for my lack of return: Jeremy, Heliologue, Jmadigan. Make sure you check them out!

Here’s my reading review for February:

Adult Fiction
Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
Austenland by Shannon Hale
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency byAlexander McCall Smith

Young Adult Fiction
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Juvenile Fiction
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

Parenting
Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents by Perry W. Buffington (watch for this review soon)

Non-Fiction
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Of these books, I break down my recommendations like this:

Absolute MUST Reads!

I honestly don’t know if any of them this month we’re as good as last month’s absolute must reads.

I Enjoyed and Would Recommend

Austenland by Shannon Hale
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency byAlexander McCall Smith
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Not Quite Sure How to Categorize These Ones

Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee (totally sitting on the fence with this one)
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (also sitting on the fence with this one)

Not Worth It

Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents by Perry W. Buffington (watch for this review soon)

Visit my library for my full reading list. Also visit my main website for the complete list of all the books I own and love.

Don’t be shy, if you have any comments don’t hesitate to leave one under the appropriate post. There’s nothing as exciting as an email that says I have a new comment! :)

Other posts from this month
New York Times Bestsellers – Feb 3rd
So Many Books, So Little Time
Stephenie Meyer’s New Book Release Date Announced
Happy Chinese New Year
Today We Colored the Snow
New York Times Bestsellers – Feb 10th
Love Your Library on Valentines Day
New York Times Bestsellers – Feb 17th
New York Times Bestsellers – Feb 24th
And the Winner Is . . .

Here’s January’s reading review 

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5 comments


  1. Trish Said:

    Pretty impressive list! I love your set up for this post.

    on February 29th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
  2. Natasha Maw Said:

    Aww . . . thanks Trish!

    on February 29th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
  3. Heliologue Said:

    I was a little horrified to find that, even though I’m been watching (gaping at?) your progress this year, I’d somehow neglected to add you to the list on my “home base” page for this year’s meme. Needless to say, I remedied that.

    I’m astounded at your progress so far. I thought I was doing pretty well, but man….

    on March 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
  4. Natasha Maw Said:

    Heliologue – What can I say. Now that I’m blogging about books I’ve increased my time spent reading. Plus, since I’ve been introduced to the blogosphere, I have added tons of books to my TBR. I honestly didn’t have any idea of how many books I read last year. It’s fun to see the progress made so far.

    on March 3rd, 2008 at 2:02 pm
  5. Tracee Said:

    Once again, love looking at these lists to see which books I have to add:)

    on April 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am

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