February 2013 – In Review

This month I read 19 books. A bit of a slow month of reading for me…for some reason February always is.  A lot of wonderful books came out in series I am reading…I will still be catching up on all of those in March. So it was a wonderful month of reading.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:
– A Conspiracy of Alchemists (Chronicles of Light and Shadow, Book 1) by Liesel Schwarz (4.5/5 stars)
– The Faerie Ring (The Faerie Ring, Book 1) by Kiki Hamilton (4/5 stars)
– The God Machine by Chandra Free (4/5 stars)

I finished the following series:
– Boundless (Unearthly, Book 3) by Cynthia Hand (4.5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
– A Conspiracy of Alchemists (Chronicles of Light and Shadow, Book 1) by Liesel Schwarz (4.5/5 stars)
– Boundless (Unearthly, Book 3) by Cynthia Hand (4.5/5 stars)
– Ever After (The Hallows, Book 11) by Kim Harrison (5/5 stars)
– In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz (5/5 stars)
– Cubs in Toyland (Fables, Book 18) by Bill Willingham (5/5 stars)
– Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, Book 2) by Marissa Meyer (5/5 stars)
–  The Queen is Dead (Immortal Empire, Book 2) by Kate Locke (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Get Steampunk’d Reading Challenge (6/15 books)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (5/24 books)
– YA/MG Fantasy Reading Challenge (6/10 books)
– Audio Book Challenge  (5/12 books)
– 150+ Reading Challenge (40/150 books)
– Debut Author Reading Challenge (3/12 books)
– Paranormal Reading Challenge  (8/12 books)
– Color Coded Reading Challenge (1/9 books)
– TBR Pile Reading Challenge  (10/50 books)
– Young Adult Reading Challenge  (13/50 books)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1.  The Silver Phoenix (Beyond the Kingdom of Xia, Book 1) by Cindy Pon (3/5 stars)
2.  A Conspiracy of Alchemists (Chronicles of Light and Shadow, Book 1) by Liesel Schwarz (4.5/5 stars)
3.  Rises the Night (Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 2) by Colleen Gleason (4/5 stars)
4.  Boundless (Unearthly, Book 3) by Cynthia Hand (4.5/5 stars)
5.  The Desert Spear (The Demon Cycle, Book 2) by Peter V. Brett (4/5 stars)
6.  Ever After (The Hallows, Book 11) by Kim Harrison (5/5 stars)
7.  City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster (4/5 stars)
8.  Redshirts by John Scalzi (4/5 stars)
9.  Between Two Thorns (The Split Worlds, Book 1) by Emma Newman (3/5 stars)
10. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (3/5 stars)
11. Firebrand (Rebel Angel, Book 1) by Gillian Philip (3.5/5 stars)
12. In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz (5/5 stars)
13. Cubs in Toyland (Fables, Book 18) by Bill Willingham (5/5 stars)
14. Have Stakes Will Travel (Jane Yellowrock Short Stories) by Faith Hunter (4/5 stars)
15. The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton and Swinburne, Book 1) by Mark Hodder (3/5 stars)
16. Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, Book 2) by Marissa Meyer (5/5 stars)
17. The Faerie Ring (The Faerie Ring, Book 1) by Kiki Hamilton (4/5 stars)
18. The God Machine by Chandra Free (4/5 stars)
19. The Queen is Dead (Immortal Empire, Book 2) by Kate Locke (5/5 stars)