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Monthly Roundup: February 2018


February was kind of a crazy month. We traveled for a friend's wedding (which was so fun and lovely), and then upon our return home I was sick, got slightly better, then my husband got the flu and I also got sick again (though I had never really gotten better). So my energy level has just been really low. I also had a lot of books to read from NetGalley which I had procrastinated and then was trying to frantically read, but I was also kind of in a book funk this month. Nothing really satisfied what I was craving (not even sure what it is!), so I started a LOT of books, only to move on to something else. I'll go back to those books eventually, but I didn't finish them last month.

However, in February I read 7 books! So that's something for being in a reading slump.
  • The Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan (4 stars)
  • The Sword of Summer - Rick Riordan (3.5 stars)
  • The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan (3.5 stars)
  • The Cruel Prince - Holly Black (2.5 stars)
  • Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes - Rick Riordan (3.5 stars)
  • Map of Shadows - J. F. Penn (3 stars)
  • The Rogue Queen - Emily R. King (3.5 stars)
Yeah, kind of an "eh" month. Nothing that really jumped out as AMAZING. 3.5 stars means I liked it and thought it was a good book, it just maybe had some elements that meant that I didn't LOVE it. (If you need a refresher for my rating guidelines, go here).

In March there are some new releases that I hope to read (some from February too), and some books I have on hold at the library. Hopefully they'll pull me out of my reading funk!
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