February 2020 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

The short version: 17 books, 5715 pages, 3.6 Average. The same number of books as January, a thousand (or so) more pages (not sure how that worked), a decent average rating. Things are ramping up at work for a couple of months, and I’ll be stunned if my numbers don’t slim down a little until June. All in all, a pretty decent month (unless you compare what I did to my February Plans post…but we can ignore that, right?)

So, here’s what happened here in February.

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		Average =	3.6

“Traditionally” Published: 10
Self-/Independent Published: 7

• The White Man’s Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon by Dana Schwartz, Jason Adam Katzenstein (Illustrator): A Guide to White Male Writers for White Male Writers (or those who want to be one)
• Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson, Tavia Gilbert (Narrator): An Unusual Mother and Son are at the center of this charming family drama.
• San Diego Dead by Mark Nolan: A Modern-Day Privateer (and his dog) takes on a Powerful Drug Cartel
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK II., iv.-vii.
• A Beginning At The End by Mike Chen: Love, Uh, Finds a Way in this Optimistic Dystopian Novel
• Winterkill (Audiobook) by C. J. Box, David Chandler: Pickett Battles Winter and Paranoia to Find Justice
• Burn the Dark by S. A. Hunt: Like and Subscribe to Watch Her Gank Witches
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK II., viii.-Book III., ii.
• QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling, Jamie Lee Searle (Translator): George Orwell Goes Shopping
• Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn, Nicole Goux: A Fun & Compelling Refreshed Origin Story
• Hidden Steel by Stuart Field: An Ambitious Thriller on Land and Sea
• The Gene Wizards by Clare Blanchard: A brief, humor-filled, Fantasy that’ll make you think.
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK III., ii.-vi.
• Classic Spenser: The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
• Hi Five by Joe Ide: A Criminal for a Client, an Unreliable Witness, and a Larger Number than Usual that Want Him Dead. IQ has his work cut out for him.
• Highfire by Eoin Colfer: Enter the Dragon (the Drunken, Netflix-binging, Lousiana Swamp-Dwelling, Crotchety one)
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK III., vii.-x.

I had a post that I was very excited about, but everytime I tried to write it, it went off in another direction than I wanted and I couldn’t get it back in line. Maybe next month, maybe it’s (another) one for the Trash Heap. On the successful side, other than the Saturday Miscellanies (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th Sat), I also wrote:

• February Plans
• Top 5 Saturday: Books Inspired by Mythology
• (half-baked) Top Ten Tuesday: The Ten Characters I’d Follow On Social
• Down the TBR Hole #1 and #2
• and WWW Wednesday for February 5, 2020, February 12, 2020, and February 19, 2020

How was your month?