My Two Blessings

  February was a great reading month.  Slowed down a bit and even though I read thirteen books this month and cleared 6 more dusty books off my shelves and the remaining  were ebooks, added 5 more. My buying ban was suspended for one day on account our Mom/son trip to Barnes & Noble during the Superbowl.  Plus he kept handing me books – this looks good mom!  Since this is the Chinese new year and it’s the year of the dragon,  we got The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker, as well as the latest in the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series – Curse of Salem by Kay Hooper and Kristin Hannah’s The Women , John Scalzi’s Redshirts , and Ernest Cline’s Armada.    And I admit I cheated while listening to an audible book of Jenny Colgan's Cafe by the Sea . I was enjoying the story so much, had to get the kindle version to finish since I wouldn't be able to listen to the rest of the story as much as I wanted.    Our 52 Books author of the month was Ben Aar...

  Since my buying ban  is in effect, I read 11 physical books and 9 ebooks for a total of 7690 pages which equals 248 pages a day.  I read during breakfast, lunch, while on the treadmill, and after dinner. We don't watch much television and reading is as necessary as breathing to me.   The longest book was Aeronaut's Windlass and the shortest was the novella The Pale Dreamer.  My rating system is a mishmash of goodreads and others.   5 star - Loved the author, and will read anything they publish. Loved the story line, loved the characters.  Couldn't put it down. Made me think. Will read it again.  4 star - Liked the story.  Liked the characters. Reread  3 star - Okay story.  2 star - Meh - disappointed or irritated by characters, storyline, or author's writing.  1 star - DNF - Not my cup of tea at all, didn't want to continue reading, waste of my time.  Lyssa Kay Adams - Undercover Bromance  ***  Chara...