I read 15 books last month, a slightly higher-than-average month for me. This is probably mostly due to taking part in a reading challenge at my local library, which not only pushed me a little to read some books I might not otherwise have read, it also pushed me to try to finish books a little more quickly than normal for me. The challenge is based on the board game Ticket to Ride and involves reading different genres of books and marking them off for various “routes” to get entries into a drawing based on how many books the route requires. I actually finished the initial booklet full of routes and got the challenge sheet, which had a lot of the same genres as the original booklet (I was hoping for more variety). It also meant reading something like 25 more books, with only about a month left in the event at the time, so I have been choosing younger-audience books for a lot of them now (I made sure the rules do not say what length or for what age group the books have to be). The event ends mid-way through March, so I’m sure I’ll end up with a higher-than-normal number in my March wrap-up as well.

Here are the books I read in February:

First Degree by David Rosenfelt (5 / 5)
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (4 / 5)
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (4.5 / 5)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (4 / 5)
Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton (5 / 5)
Storm Warning by Linda Sue Park (4 / 5)
The Raven by Mike Nappa (5 / 5)
The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen (3 / 5)
The Battlemage by Taran Matharu (5 / 5)
The Giver: Graphic Novel by Lois Lowry, adapted & illustrated by P. Craig Russell (5 / 5)
Dragon and Herdsman by Timothy Zahn (4 / 5)
Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier (3 / 5)
Into the Gauntlet by Margaret Peterson Haddix (4 / 5)
The Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse (3.5 / 5)
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (4 / 5)

This list includes 0 ARCs and 3 re-reads. My favorite book from February was The Raven. I started 0 series, continued 5 series, and finished 4 series*. My ever-changing short list of to-be-reads, as well as a flag for the book I’m currently reading and an ongoing list of those I’ve read and posted about can be found here.

*This includes 2 series I didn’t reach the end of, but decided not to continue reading, after being at least 2 books into the series.

I’m also keeping my Goodreads page updated with a more extensive list of to-be-reads. Despite my almost too-long TBR list, I’m always looking for more to add. Feel free to offer suggestions of your favorites or just recent reads you enjoyed.