February, though only 28 days short, has been dragging, with all that snow coming in the Chicagoland. I am ready for you Spring, where are you? Thank God there are books to spend those cold nights.
I’m not sure why all I read amounts to only 7 books, with a total of 1906 pages, that is, 60 pages/day.
And I listened to 1 audiobook, a long one of 6:34 hours, which gives a 14mn/day. This is because I started a much longer audiobook, The Painted Girls, not quite yet finished.
This is not counting the books I have translated from the English to the French: 2, with a total of of 171 pages and about 60,000 words.
Here are the books I read:
2 non-fiction:
Writing the Icon of the Heart, by Maggie Ross
Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History, by Helene Stapinski
3 historical fiction:
The Sign of the Weeping Virgin, by Alana White
A Tainted Dawn, by B.N. Peacock
Flesh And Grass, by Libby Cone – ebook
1 fiction
Paris Adieu, by Rozsa Gaston – ebook
2 mysteries:
The Amazing Mrs Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman – audiobook
Leaving Everything Most Loved, by Jacqueline Winspear – ebook
My favorites this month:
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Reading Challenges recap
Around the World in 12 books: 1/12
Audiobook: 2/12
Books on France: 5/12
Cozy Mysteries: 2/10
Ebook challenge: 6/10
European reading challenge: 5/5
Historical fiction: 7/15
New authors challenge: 12/25
TBR challenge: 1/12
What’s in a Name: 2/6
Where Are You Reading?: 2/50
Japanese literature: 0/? (starts in June)
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Blog recap
- I reviewed 2 books for Virtual Book Tours; and hosted 2 giveaways. One is still open!
- 22 readers signed up for my Books on France Challenge, and 18 reviews have already been posted. Don’t forget to post your reviews!
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Plans for March
- Review of Leaving Everything Most Loved: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear, around March 12
- Review of House of Rocamora for Virtual Book Tours, on March 28
- I’m starting to read an old French classic I read a long time ago; this time in English: Iron King, by Maurice Druon. After that, I may read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, for my US state challenge (Georgia). And I’m excited to begin very soon the audiobook on the Life of Benjamin Franklin, by Water Isaacson
Words And Peace 
You did really well this month. I think 7 books is a lot of reading.
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thanks. everything is relative though; here was my result for January 2013: I read 11 books, with a total of 2694 pages, that is, 86.9 pages/day. And I listened to 1 audiobook, a long one of 25:58 hours, which gives a 50 mn/day.
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This is pretty awesome. I try to get in about 60-100 pages a day. Sometimes I go over but then I have a few days when I read nothing. I’m glad that I am seeing this. It reminds me that I need to recap February and choose my pick of the month. The end of February rolled around so quickly!
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thanks. I don’t have TV, so I spend several hours every night reading, though my monthly average was much higher last month
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You had a great reading month! My plans for this month is just to read as much as I can. Happy reading.
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I love that plan!! good luck
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Always impressed by the amount of reading you get through – absolutely puts me to shame!
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please don’t. you read really good books. and it all depends on lifestyles. I have no TV, no children, so I spend several hours reading every night. that adds quickly
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Hmm, define ‘really good’ books 😉 Although I must confess I don’t have any children or a TV either, so don’t really have any good excuse. 🙂
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I meant well-written books that would appeal to me 😉 . Ah ah, no excuse indeed, lol, except all your studies!!
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You had a really good month. I like the sound of your favorites for the month.
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yes, need now to catch up on reviews, one more to finish still for January!!
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Looks like a good month! I am totally over the snow too — bring on spring!
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Robins are back – they don’t know where to put their feet with all that snow, still that’s a very good sign. where are you? I am in Illinois
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Western Minnesota. We just got rain last night, but today it’s freezing over and going to snow on top. I’m over it!
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hang in there!
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