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March 12, 2017

February 2017 Overview

March 12, 2017

February 2017 Overview  – Paperbacks I read this month

Looking Back

Reading Stats

February was a much slower reading month compared to January. That was to be expected since I read way more books then than I usually manage. Last month I read 10 books, which still is decent. In fact, while the quantity decreased, the quality increased. My average rating was 3.972 out of 5. That’s a jump of nearly 0.5!

Of the books I read, six were paperbacks and four were audiobooks. I continued to neglect my Kindle, and didn’t pick up any hardcovers either. Part of the reason is that I travelled for a few days last month. Transporting paperbacks was much more convenient than hauling around hardcovers.

In print I read 1,944 pages and in audio I listened 37:07 hours (equalling 1,300 pages). Converting the listening hours to pages, that equals to 3,244 pages altogether for those ten books.

Books Read

  1. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner | Rating: 4.222*

  2. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson | Rating: 4.313

  3. Someone Else’s Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson | Rating: 2.150

  4. Oedipus the King by Sophocles | Rating: 4.750

  5. Wing Jones by Katherine Webber | Rating: 4.667

  6. Carnivalesque by Neil Jordan | Rating: 3.688

  7. Joyride by Anna Banks | Rating: 3.000

  8. Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall | Rating: 3.389

  9. Margot & Me by Juno Dawson | Rating: 4.778

  10. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab | Rating: 4.313

*Note on ratings: I rate books on a scale of 0 to 5, 0 being the worst and 5 being the best. I first rate various aspects such as prose, characterisation, plot, originality, etc. Then I average these out for my overall ratings. To obtain my star ratings, I round to the nearest 0.5.

TBR Pile

February 2017 Book Haul

TBR Reduction

As with January, I hauled 10 books in February. Since I read less, though my TBR pile grew, so my 2017 TBR reduction status was 3 at the end of the month. Of these, I bought six and received four for review.

Book Haul

The House of New Beginnings
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
The Careful Undressing of Love
Allegedly
Carnivalesque
We Are Okay
The House of Mountfathom
The Cosy Teashop in the Castle
Antigone: A New Translation
Oedipus at Kolonos: A New Translation


How was February for you on the reading front?

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  1. Tasya says

    March 13, 2017 at 09:06

    ooh you read a lot last month, and it seems like you enjoyed a lot of them! i love your tbr, it has lots of amazing titles and it seems so colorful :)

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