Another month has passed and I read way too many books. I read a total of 14 books in February, one more than in January. Personally, anything over eight is great for me (meaning two books a week). As you can see by my selection, I’m trying to get caught up with two historical mystery series: The Gaslight Mysteries and Her Royal Spyness.
Unlike last month, most of the books I read this month were good but not great. I had no books for five stars and only one for one stars. However, I will still be breaking up my books into the amount of stars I rated each on Goodreads.
1 Star
• China Days: A Visual Journal from China’s Wild West by Henrik Drescher (released Oct. 2014) (hideous art, btw!)
2 Stars
• The Cruel Prince (The Folk in the Air #1) by Holly Black (my review) (released Jan. 2018)
• The Mitford Murders (Mitford Murders #1) by Jessica Fellowes (my review) (released Jan. 2018…or Sep. 2017)
3 Stars
• Murder on Waverly Place (Gaslight Mystery #11) by Victoria Thompson (released June 2009
• Murder on Lexington Avenue (Gaslight Mystery #12) by Victoria Thompson (released June 2010)
• Murder on Sister’s Row (Gaslight Mystery #13) by Victoria Thompson (released June 2011)
• Tregaron’s Daughter by Madeleine Brent (released 1971)
4 Stars
• Queen of Hearts (Her Royal Spyness #8) by Rhys Bowen (released August, 2014)
• Malice in the Palace (Her Royal Spyness #9) by Rhys Bowen (released August, 2015)
• Crowned and Dangerous (Her Royal Spyness #10) by Rhys Bowen (released Aug. 2016)
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (my review) (released 1947)
• China: Land of the Emperor’s Great Wall (Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #31) by Mary Pope Osborne (released Dec. 2014)
• Murder and Marble Cake (Comfort Cakes Cozy Mysteries #1) by Nancy McGovern (released Jan. 2018)
• The English Wife by Lauren Willig (my review) (released Jan. 2018)
So, there you have it. It is the last day of February and I’m already over a quarter of the way to my goal on Goodreads of reading one hundred and two books this year!
Best wishes in your life full of adventure,
Madame Writer
No five stars this month, eh? Tregaron’s Daughter sounds interesting. I don’t mind giving that one a read.
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The mystery was great, but, like most gothic mysteries, I wasn’t a huge fan of the main girl (she was just too sweet). Thus why I only gave it three stars. However, I quite enjoyed reading it!
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Aww, shucks! Sometimes sweet characters can be a little too much, but I personally adore them.
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What a busy month! I enjoyed the victoria Thompson series and will need to try Rhys Bowen.
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Both are amazing series! I highly recommend them both.
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