I’m trying to post a wrap up for the end of each month, mainly to help me to keep track of my reading and at the same time look at what I’m intending to read during the month ahead (inspired by Books Bones and Buffy’s What’s on My Plate.

In this post I shall be looking at the reading I completed for February and what I’m hoping to read during March.

Here’s what I read during February:

1. Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander
2. What Feasts at Night by T Kingfisher
3. The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan
4. The Briar Book of the Dead by AG Slatter
5. 1 x SPFBO f
6. An Education in Malice by ST Gibson
7. 1 x SPFBO f
8. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
9. Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
10. The Storm Beneath the World by MR Fletcher – review soon
11. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
12. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – review to follow
13. Crucible of Chaos by Sebastien de Castell – review to follow
14. The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden – review to follow

So, I managed to read all my review books for February and in fact read 14 books in total – I think some of that was because I was poorly for a couple of weeks and reading was about all I really felt up to.  I also caught up on some reviews and although I have yet to post my SPFBO Finalists I have a few written that just need a second pass.  I also read a book that was sent to me by the author – The Storm Beneath the World – which I really liked.  Fourth Wing was my own book – I bought a copy for audio.  Finally, Crucible of Chaos and Secrets of Hartwood Hall were Beat the Backlist books.  And I’ve made a start on my March review books by completing The Warm Hands of Ghosts – which was wonderful.

What I’m hoping to read during March

1. 1 x SPFBO finalist
2. 1 x SPFBO finalist
3. The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden (already read, awaiting review)
4. The Classified Dossier – Sherlock Holmes and Dorian Gray by Christian Klavier
5. Oracle by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
6. Play of Shadows by Sebastien de Castell
7. Murder Road by Simone St James

I think this should be manageable an if all goes to plan I’m hoping to squeeze in a couple of backlist titles and perhaps another SPFBO finalist.  I won’t make any more plans than that though.

Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt book bingo

I’ve chosen the picture with the Fern for this month’s prompt and I’ve gone with one of my reads from this month – which was absolutely excellent.  The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett.  Why do I think this fits the prompt.  This is a murder mystery with a fascinating setting.  Much emphasis is placed on plants, mushrooms, spoors and contagions.  Huge mushrooms are used as air filters and many of the walls are made from fern (bricks?) I can’t remember whether they were called bricks but I understand they were built in this way to help keep the constructions light in weight.  So, a book where the ecological make up plays a crucial role in the story.

PICTURE PROMPT BOOK BINGO 2024 (TEXT VERSION)

A heeled shoe decorated with a bow	A microscope	A partially unrolled scroll and a pen	A land snail
An old Roman coin	A fern plant	A simple crown	An armillary sphere
A seashell	A cannon on a gun carriage	A harp (one of the big ones)	Two hands making a shadow puppet dog
An old camera and tripod	A dog (a very good doggo)	A beehive (with four bees flying around it)	Fluffy cumulonimbus clouds