Reading Roundup for February 2024

 

Here we are at the end of another month, and it is time to tell you about all the books I have read in February.

My reading time is still being impacted by my new puppy shaped friend who will, in time, be a wonderful reading and writing companion. However, at the moment, it is a case of preventing her from getting into too much mischief!

Have you read anything good this month? I would love to hear your recommendations. 

Books I Have Read

Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering - Edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston - This is a really unusual collaborative work which made for an interesting read. You can read my review by clicking here.

Our Georgeous Baby by Smriti Halls - This is a delightful picture book about the arrival of a new baby. You can read my review by clicking here.

The Sisterhood by Katherine Bradley - A feminist retelling of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four. You can read my review by clicking here.

L is for Love by Atinuke - I reviewed this book for pre-schoolers on Valentine's Day as it seemed so apt. You can read my review by clicking here.

Next of Kin by Hannah Bonham-Young - This is a lovely book filled with humour and chemistry between the main characters. You can read my review by clicking here.

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa - I read this with my Book Group and it had a mixed reception. However, I really enjoyed it and you can read my review by clicking here.

My Brilliant Life: An Unforgettable Memoir of Love, Loss and the Ability of the Heart to Heal by Rachelle Unreich - This is a very moving memoir, told by a daughter about her mother's experience during the Holocaust. You can read my review by clicking here.

Adiel and the Fuhrer by Elyse Hoffman - I read this as part of the blog tour and very glad I did. You can read my review by clicking here.

Snack, Please! by Georgie Birkett - My review of this lovely picture book will be up next week.

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - This particular book was a little over sentimental for my taste but it was a good story.

The Story Collector by Iris Costello - This was a five star timeslip novel and was excellent. You can read my full review by clicking here.

Books I Did Not Finish

Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook - Absolutely nothing wrong with this book but I needed to prioritise other books so have set it aside for the moment.

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky - Reading this I learnt that puppies and Russian literature are not a good combination!

Books I am Currently Reading

The Shadow Network by Deborah Swift

In Sickness and in Health/Yom Kippur in a Gym by Nora Gold

The London Bookshop Affair by Louise Fein

The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh

Newborn by Kerry Hudson