This year I’m once again going to try 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.

My Monthly Wrap Up: February

Not as many books as I read in January but it’s a short month and I have been busy. I’m happy to have completed eight books (well, one of those was a DNF but even so). And, apart from my backlist book, I’ve reviewed all of these. Here’s what I read:

1. Temple Fall by RL Boyle
2. Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
3. Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
4. Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes – DNF
5. The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry (Backlist book) review to follow
6. Boudicca’s Daughter by Elodie Harper
7. Green and Deadly Things by Jenn
8. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

What’s On My Plate: March:

I’ve already made a start on my March review books completing and reviewing two, which leaves me six books to complete this month plus my Backlist book. Hopefully this is achievable and I can also make a start on my April books. That being said, the best laid plans, etc, etc.

1. The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
2. Steel Gods by Richard Swan
3. Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence
4. Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher
5. Snake-Eater by T Kingfisher
6. How To Get Away With Murder by Rebecca Philipson
7. Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons – already read and reviewed
8. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman – already read and reviewed

Backlist Book

March’s Backlist book: The Turn by Kim Harrison

So far I’ve completed two backlist books:

Traitor in the Ice by KJ Maitland and The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry

Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt Book Bingo

And the ‘wordy’ version:

Picture Prompt Book Bingo 2026 (text version)

1. A teacup and saucer	2. A set of weighing scales	3. A moth	4. A hand holding some fanned out playing cards
5. A hot air balloon	6. An acorn	7. A human eye	8. A cooking pot hanging over a campfire
9. A griffin	10. A large, old key	11. A hand holding a threaded needle	12. An octopus
13. A plant being repotted	14. A skull and crossbones	15. A decorative water fountain	16. A pinch-clip purse

This month I’m going to tick off No.1 – A Teacup and saucer – I’m using Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett – because it’s a cosy fantasy and if you need any more evidence there’s even a little teacup on the cover.