February News
February has come and gone! And with it I am a year older, and Lordy, but I’m feeling it! In February I learned who my friends are and also that I am allergic to all the things.
Since late December (December 23 to be exact) I have been in a reading life slump. It has been a serious struggle getting it together after taking on Yearbook in January. Who in the hell let me make that decision!? Yearbook=I have no life. February was rough after so many staff members (which is really pushing the definition of staff) quit, and my remaining kids were working like crazies.
I also found out I am losing my partner. 😦 Her transfer down to elementary went through, and it’s really happening. Right now it doesn’t seem real, but at the end of the year I am going to bawl and lose it.
Lastly, I finally got on the TBR Jar. It is no longer a thought in my head – it is a reality. Here is what it looked like as of Monday night! More to come soon!
February Reviews
February was a little bit slow. Life slump and all.
- Not Always Happenstance (Power of the Matchmaker #2)
- Treasured Lies
- Beautiful Creatures
- Dog Goner (Kibble Talk #2)
February Reads
Noteworthy Posts
1,234 views in February.
How I’ve Changed as a Reader was a very popular post that garnered several responses.
Not Always Happenstance shared the spotlight with Historical Settings I Love and Skylines Cover Characteristics.
Archiving Interviews & Guest Posts was also received great responses. As a result, I did away with the Guests tab entirely! Why do double duty?
You might also want to check out Book Bae/Friend.
Challenge Updates
- Goodreads – 9/52 completed
- Alphabet Soup – 9/26 completed
- NetGalley – Still nada. Ch-ch-changes!
- Shelf Love – 7/51+ completed
- TBR – 7/50 completed
- Discussion Challenge – 5/24 posts
- COYER – Going Back to Basics – 11 completed
- Holiday 2015 BINGO – 15/25 completed ~OVER~
- Chapter Break BINGO – 10/25 completed ~OVER~
March Reads
March is going to be on!
Girl of 1000 Wonders 
I love the TBR jar! That’s too bad about your partner and the mess that yearbook is. I don’t think I’d feel like reading either with all that going on. Hopefully the hell known as yearbook will be over soon!
Lord I hope so! It is stressful.
I tried to make a TBR jar, but it ended up being two ziploc bags. One is for my “priority to-read,” which includes Netgalley, author sent books, etc. The other is my “fun-to-read,” which is all the other books I plan to read. I only put in the next one in each series, not every book in the series, because I didn’t want to draw one that I couldn’t read yet. Now, if I could get done with the 8 library books I have checked out and the books I have to read for tours this month, maybe I can move onto drawing something from one of those bags!
Hope things improve for you soon 🙂
That’s a good idea! Knowing which titles I put in, and which categories they go in, I have some choice in picking my strips out. I didn’t put in a strip for each book in a series, just one with the series name, and I’ll have to read the next two books from where I left off. Then I put the strip back in!
That’s a great way to deal with series. I should have done it like that so I wouldn’t have to make a new slip each time I get one done.
You made good progress on your challenges, yay! And your March TBR list looks interesting-good luck with your reading goals!
I’m sorry about your life slump. I can relate. I’ve been having a hard time focusing and getting things done for a couple of months now, too.
The TBR Jar is such a wonderful idea in theory, and I love the way it looks. But I know myself too well — I would not use it. I tend to be a mood reader except when I have to read something for a tour or whatever. So I’m better off with a list where I can choose between several different genres. 🙂
I’ve started to become a somewhat mood reader (I never was before). I tried all last year with a list…and I started making new lists. It didn’t work out well. I’ll let you know how it goes!
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Code Verity is good, I’m thinking of listening to the second part