February 2017 wrap-up
Huh, the month of February is already over!
Hurray, Spring is closer, actually Summer is even here some days in Chicago, and then next day we are back to Winter. The poor summer birds that decided to come back so early must be totally confused.
It was another very good month of reading, but I’m already getting late on several reviews… nothing new under the sun!
Here is what I read in February:
10 books:
7 in print
= with 1,928 pages, that is: 68 pages/day
+ 3 audiobooks
= with 16H43, that is: 35 mn/day
3 in literary fiction:
- Le Principe, by Jérôme Ferrari – ebook
- Gustave Flaubert: The Ambiguity of Imagination, by Guiseppe Cafiero
- Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
3 in mystery:
- A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle – audiobook
- Trois jours et une vie, by Pierre Lemaitre – audiobook
- The Sign of Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle – audiobook
2 in nonfiction:
- A Forger’s Life, by Sarah Kaminsky
- Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
2 in historical fiction:
- The Muralist, by B. A. Shapiro – ebook
- Highland Storm, by Tanya Anne Crosby – ebook that I translated into French
My favorites in February
Reading Challenges recap
Classics Club: 18/50 (until end of 2018)
Back to the Classics Challenge: 4/12
Mount TBR: 10/48
Where Are You Reading?: 21/50 – to be finished in ??
Total of books read in 2017 = 22/100
Number of books added to my TBR in February = 15
Blog recap
- I participated in a read-along on Born A Crime, organized by Book Bloggers International.
NB: their March read-along is The Underground Railroad - I organized 2 giveaways. There’s one still going on here.
The one for March at France Book Tours is now available.
Most popular book review in February
click on the cover to access my review.
Most popular post last month
– non book review –
The top 11 books to read in February
Book blog that brought me
most traffic this past month
The Classics Club
please go visit
Top commenters of the month
Inspired by Becca at I’m Lost in Books!
and her Blogger Shout-Outs feature
= 1 point per month for the top 3.
The one who has the most points at the end of the year will receive a gift!
NB: just congratulating winners of giveaways does not count as a real comment 😉
2: Karen at Booker Talk
2: Lucy at The Fictional 100
2: Kristyn at Reading to Unwind
Blog milestones
1,576 posts
over 4,090 subscribers
over 130,00 hits
Plans for March
- Humming along with The Complete of Sherlock Holmes on audio.
I’m reading them in chronological order of publication, and planning to watch a movie of each as well.
I’m counting as separate books the novels, but the short stories as a collection.
So I listened so far to the first two novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four, and I have started the first collection of short stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I chose Simon Prebble as the narrator for all of these, he is so good - I may do something for Travel the World in Books Reading Challenge, this time it’s on North Africa
Come back on Friday
to see what I plan to read in March!
How was YOUR month of February?
Kathryn at The Book Date
has created a Month In Review meme
I’ll now be linking my monthly recap posts
Thanks Kathryn, great idea!
Words And Peace 
I can’t wait for Summer! It feels like Spring is coming so soon!! It looks like you got a lot of reading done this month! Have a great March!
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I wish I could review as much as I read, but that’s the eternal problem of book bloggers, right?
Typical yoyo weather here, between -5 and 20. This morning, gorgeous sun and blue sky after heavy 10 mn snow… Yes, Summer, please!
Enjoy all your reading in March
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You did really great! Happy March!
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merci, to you too
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Thank you for the recommendation of A Forger’s Life. It is one, that I will look out for. I have one for you too, Emma, since you like Proust. It’s a novel by Canadian author, Kate Taylor, called Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen. There are three entwined tales, one being the diary of Mme. Proust.
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I need to post my review soon!!
Wow Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen sounds quite intriguing! And a lot going on at the same time. Thanks, I had never run into it
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