My Bookish Month of February 2025

Hi and welcome to another monthly overview!

February was flew by, it’s not only the shortest month but it was also rather busy, in part because it’s my birthday month. I did take the day off and spent it reading and eating my favourite snacks, and catching a few rays of sun, which was so lovely. February brought snow but also a few balmy days and I can’t wait for spring to finally arrive! Unfortunately, I’ve also been feeling quite fatigued, which had its effects on my reading. I had trouble focussing and I not only read less, I also enjoyed my reading less, with only one five-star read. Here’s hoping March will treat me a little bit better, healthwise at least.

Honourable mentions to Onyx Storm, The Third Rule of Time Travel, Our Wicked Histories and Victorian Psycho, but this was my favourite read of the month:

In figures February looks like this:

February
Novels: 5232 pages across 14 novels
Audiobooks: 41 hours across 10 novels and novellas

And here’s what I did in February:

What I read:

Someone in the Attic, Andrea Mara
The Lodger, Helen Scarlett
Something I Keep Upstairs, J.D. Barker (review to follow)
Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros
So Thirsty, Rachel Harrison
Once Was Willem, M.R. Carey
Spiral, Cameron Ward
The Bones Beneath My Skin, T.J. Klune
A Poisoner’s Tale, Cathryn Kemp
The Third Rule of Time Travel, Philip Fracassi (review to follow)
Death on the Rhine, Vivian Conroy (review to follow)
The Torments, Michael J. Malone
Our Wicked Histories, Amy Goldsmith
Los huesos rotos (Broken Bones), Angela Marsons

What I listened to:

At Dark, I Become Loathsome, Eric LaRocca
No Kindness Too Soon, Sylvain Neuvel
Devil of Black Creek, Victor Methos
Burn the Negative, Josh Winning
Sunburn, Laura Lippman
The Silver Bone, Andrey Kurkov
The Prynne Viper, Bianca Marais
Victorian Psycho, Virginia Feito
Break Every Rule, Brian Freeman
Into Bones like Oil, Kaaron Warren

What I read earlier but reviewed in January:

SON by Thomas Enger and Johana Gustawsson
You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea by C.L. Miller
A Trial in Three Acts by Guy Morpuss

Let’s have a look at the books that landed on my lap in February:

The most gorgeous hardcover:

Four eBook deals, two audiobooks with my remaining Audible credits, 5 NetGalleys:

I hope you had a good month and that you are safe and well! Thanks for joining me today and happy reading xxx