My Goings On in February:
- I finished editing the final two books in the YA fantasy Soul Keepers Trilogy by L.A. Starkey and edited The Core, an NA paranormal that she published under the pen name Kate Thompson. I also finished editing her MG novel Howl at the Moon.
- I turned 41 and my blog turned two! I hosted a blogoversary and birthday giveaway to celebrate! (It’s still going on, so don’t miss out!)
- I committed to teaching three classes for next year’s homeschool co-op (it feels so far away – I have a hard time planning so far ahead!). Next year, I’ll be teaching musical theatre and acting again, and I’ll also be teaching a 5th/6th grade writing class.
- My daughter competed in a few more gymnastics meets and did really well. Her state competition is this month and then we’re done with competing until late fall! (She still has nine hours of practice per week, though, which will turn into twelve hours once she moves up to level 4 – the year-round training schedule is brutal!)
Most Popular Posts:
My Birthday and Blogoversary Giveaway!
February 2015 Discussion Challenge Link-up (& Giveaway)
Let’s Discuss – I’m a Series Failure
Let’s Discuss – Why I Love My Library
Other Features & Discussions:
Let’s Discuss – BEA or the Other Guys
Let’s Discuss – Why I LOVE Books that Make Me Cry!
My Favorite February Discussions on Other Blogs:
Once again, this was hard to choose since there were almost 100 discussion posts linked up to our 2015 Discussion Challenge (not to mention all those awesome discussions happening elsewhere around the blogosphere). SO many great discussions out there!
Rachel asks Do You Review Your Reviews?
Tonyalee discusses her Thoughts on Advertising
Mishma at Chasing Faerytales asks What type of a reader are you?
Renae over at Respiring Thoughts writes an AntiValentine
Shannon over at It Starts at Midnight gives us the results of the second part of her poll in Results Part Two: ARCs and Competition
Best of the Bunch is a book blog hop hosted over at Always Lost in Stories on the last day of each month, where we can look back over the books we have read over this past month and give a Best of the Bunch award to our favorite book of that month.
February 2015 Reviews
Lots of good books this month!!
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard | Review | Rating: 5/5
- Racing Hearts by Laura Lascarso | Review | Rating: 4/5
- The 100 by Kass Morgan | Review | Rating: 4/5
- Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson | Review | Rating: 4/5
- Removed by S.J. Pajonas | Review | Rating: 4/5
- Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers | Review | Rating: 5/5
- Just Pru by Anne Pfeffer | Review | Rating: 4.5/5
- Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers | Review | Rating: 4.5/5
And February’s Best of the Bunch winner is:
Not only was Dark Triumph my favorite book in the His Fair Assassin Trilogy, it was definitely my favorite read of the month (though Red Queen wasn’t too far behind). I’m so glad I discovered this series!
But her assassin’s skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to the life that nearly drove her mad. Her father’s rage and brutality are terrifying, and her brother’s love is equally monstrous. But when Sybella discovers an unexpected ally she discovers that a daughter of Death may find something other than vengeance to live for…
You had a great month! Congrats on all that you got done.
Thanks!
Thanks for the link-up! I’ve been distracted for a few weeks with work, and will be until next week, but then I hope to get a couple more discussions up, I’m loving this challenge! His Fair Assassin is a series that’s been recommended to me and I’m looking forward to trying it, and I have Since You’ve Been Gone on the Kindle, hearing really good things about it but waiting for the hype to die down before I start it as I don’t want to have super high expectations – it usually means I enjoy less than I would going into it fresh R x
I totally understand the distraction factor. Each month I’ve been seeing less and less books reviewed go up on my monthly wrap-up – at first I let it stress me out, but lately I’ve decided to take Elsa’s advice and just Let it Gooooo … 🙂
I’ve had the first book in the His Fair Assassin Trilogy FOREVER! I think I’m gonna need to read that series soon 😉
Yes, you definitely should! I had heard about it all over the place, but when I got the final book from BEA and saw the first book on NetGalley, I finally decided to jump in. I’m so glad I did, since it’s become a real favorite!
I really want to read Red Queen!
You had an awesome month in books! Happy March reading!
I really loved Red Queen – so good!!
You had a great month! I got a ton of new books, mostly print copies(eeee!) and posted *almost* daily. My favorite reads this month were The Deep and Wreckage, coincidentally the first and last book of the month.
I’m glad you both started and ended your month on a great note!
You’re 41! 🙂 I hope in 20 years time, I’ll still be loving books, like you did. You’re one awesome mom!
Ha! Thanks! Yep, sometimes I feel kind of old in the book blogging community, but that’s okay – I’m glad that I can be an older voice around here! 🙂
Looks like you had a really productive February!! I’ve never heard of a homeschool co-op, but that’s awesome you get to teach some of the classes. 🙂
Yeah, we meet once a week so that the kids get some social interaction and can take classes that are either easier to teach in a larger group or that I’d just prefer to have someone else teach! 🙂
You’ve had a busy month, but it’s even better when you’ve had lots of good books to enjoy as well.
Yes, busy is par for the course around here lately, but that’s a good thing!
Sounds like you had an awesome month, I really want to check out His Fair Assassin series, it sounds amazing <3
I didn’t know what I was missing out on!
Looks like it has been a great month for you!
Yep, it really has!
I like this end of the month post and how you summarize everything, it’s good to look back and see some of the posts I missed. Thanks for the Best of the Bunch link to look for other new author/book ideas.
I love reading people’s end of month posts for that very same reason. At some point, I’d like to do a link-up where people all link up their month end posts so we can see what we’ve been missing out on!
Great idea! =D
Phew…I get tired just reading all you do! My February was pretty low-keyed. It’s my March that will be crazy. 3 out of 5 of us have birthdays and the two college kids will both be coming home for spring break.
I hope you have a fantastic March then!! Sounds like a very big month for you!
Happy late birthday to you and Feed Your Fiction Addiction!
I hadn’t thought about doing an end-of-month post, but I like that idea. It lets everyone (or just me) catch up on missed posts.
I wish your daughter the best of luck at her competition. 🙂
I love end of month posts! I’m thinking of doing a link-up for them, but I’ve been focusing on the discussion challenge right now.