February flew by, unlike January, and just like that it’s time to post the month in review… typing as well as I can with a sick kindergartener sprawled across my lap and paperclips shoved into the spaces of my keyboard (courtesy of the Toddler Terror).
FEBRUARY BOOKS
I read 9 books in February. Challenge progress: 16/50 for Popsugar and 8/24 for Read Harder.
- Dianne Freeman, A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder
- Amber Dawn, Sodom Road Exit
- Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties
- Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
- Kim Phuc Phan Thi, Fire Road: A Memoir of Hope
- Gail Carriger, Romancing the Inventor
- Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue
- Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
- George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Beckett, They Called Us Enemy
As stated in my January review, I read 4 books last February because Horizon: Zero Dawn took over my life, so I’m pleased with this month’s progress and hope to carry this momentum into March!
An amusing side-note: a not-inconsiderable number of my books this year have followed the “Lady’s/Gentleman’s Guide to…” title convention. 4 read so far and 3 added to the TBR this month, though the latter 3 are all from the same series by Mackenzi Lee so the title similarity is less surprising.
ALL THE REST
- Despite the cold we managed to spend a fair amount of time outside this month, including several skating and tobogganing days and a ski/snowboard trip with friends on the 29th.
- Also joined the gym to get into better shape for two upcoming weddings. Regular exercise (and having my sister as an accountability buddy) have made a huge difference in my energy levels and mood.
- Which is good because it’s tax prep season and 2019’s taxes are particularly demoralising and difficult to wrangle, between splitting the year as a sole proprietorship to a corporation and a toddler who goes full ham the second I sit down in the office. It’s going. Not as fast as I’d like but still going.
FEBRUARY GOALS RESULTS
o Launch new 101 in 1001 list
Made solid progress but not quite finished. Carrying this one over to March.
✔ Finish page for 2020 reading challenges
Done! Both are here and up-to-date.
✔ Answer at least 2 out of 4 weeks’ prompts for Top Ten Tuesday
February’s later prompts didn’t inspire me to write but I did complete February 4th and 11th.
x Answer at least 2 out of 4 weeks’ prompts for 5 Fandom Friday
Drafted 2, finished 0. Taking these prompts off the blog plan for now as I’m not terribly into Disney or MCU (the focus for March and April’s prompts).
x Post 2 (or more) book reviews
I made a few notes on my phone while reading? Wrote down/took screenshots of noteworthy quotes? That’s about it. Rolling this goal over for March.
MARCH GOALS
A mixed bag of bookish and other goals this month:
- Finish and launch new 101 in 1001 list
- Post final results from previous 101 in 1001 list
- Answer at least 2 out of 5 weeks’ prompts for Top Ten Tuesday
- Post 2 (or more) book reviews
- Gym at least 3 times per week
- Send tax docs off to the accountant
- Read a chapter book with Olivia
- Layout plan for the garden and purchase seeds
How was your February? What are your plans for March?
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