Monthly Bookshelf Review - February 2020

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I'm genuinely surprised to realize that I didn't actually finish a book in February! I've got several on the go, and a couple that I should be finished very soon, perhaps even before the month does end. But today is my day to wrap up the month's reading in a blog post, and this is where I'm at as of now.

February's Books Completed and Reviewed

The Blizzard Bride by Susanne Dietze - Abigail Bracey has to cooperate with her former sweetheart, agent Dash Lassiter, to find the dangerous counterfeiter who murdered her father years earlier.  I read this from NetGalley and reviewed it in January, but also received the paperback to review for Barbour Publishing, which I did in February. (Read my full review HERE)

"No. I think . . . oh Dash, what if Fletcher Pitch isn't coming to Wells? What if's already here? What if he's been here all along?"

During February I started reading:

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - This is the latest novel we're reading and studying in my Lit class. I'm reading and also listening to the Audiobook.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . .

During February I continued reading:

Until the Mountains Fall by Connilyn Cossette - As a childless widow, Rivkah is expected to marry her late husband's brother Malakhi, but she resents the Hebrew custom and keeps looking for a way to avoid the wedding.

Malakhi may have charmed the women in his life into championing him, but I would make him understand that I would not be the fawning, compliant wife he undoubtedly imagined. He'd not walk to the elders and beg for release from the betrothal - he would run.

The Curse of the Healing Kiss by Mark McClelland - This is one that I expect to finish very shortly, as it's a relatively short novel and is going quickly. It's in the style of a old French fairytale, and overall I'm really enjoying it.

"I curse you with the power of bliss. It's a curse you will treasure and mistake for a gift - the curse of the healing kiss."

The Next Always by Nora Roberts - I think I'll be finished this one soon too. It's a contemporary love story - a young widow's relationship with one of the three brothers who are restoring an old inn. I chose it because the setting is a town not very far from where I live.

She gave the inn a last glance as she drove away. The place had been there for over two centuries, she mused. And somehow it was changing everything.

During February I shelved:

Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals - I skimmed through the last of this in time to finish our study of it in Lit class, and then set it aside until I caught up on some other reading. I will read those last couple chapters more carefully soon and review it, because it's such a good and compelling book!





Emma by Jane Austen - I could not get this finished in time for the book club discussion, so I shelved it for now. I have read it before, so I'll probably be able to pick up where I left off when I have the time to return to it.




Coming Up in March!

   
Sojourner Truth: All Men (and Women) are Created Equal
From Sky to Sky by Amanda G. Stevens
Claiming Mariah by Pam Hillman

    

On my blogs recently . . . 

Besides the reviews, here on Just A Second you'll find:

Scripture and a Snapshot - Like A Tree
Connect Five Friday - Snowed In
Wordless Wednesday - A Sweet Valentine's Day
Scripture and a Snapshot - Love Is
Connect Five Friday - Featuring a Heart
Wordless Wednesday - Hershey Bears


And on my homeschool blog, Homeschool Coffee Break:

Homeschool Highlights - Mild Mid-Winter Edition
Twenty-Six Lists - What Are You Good At? #twentysixlists
Successful Homeschool Science Labs
Coffee Break Reading List (President's Day 2020)
Homeschool Highights - Valentine's Day Edition

What I'm Highlighting . . . My friends that read Just A Second are invited to join me at Homeschool Coffee Break for the Twenty-Six Lists link-up. It's every other week and the list prompts are for everyone, not just homeschoolers.

This post will be linked at the February 2020 Wrap-Up Roundup and Giveaway hosted by Feed Your Fiction Addiction; and at the It's Monday! What Are YOU Reading? weekly reading list meme hosted at Book Date.

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