February 2021 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

So February’s numbers were a 3.85 Star Average over 21 books with 5161 pages (or the equivalent) finished. Which is 4 more books (even if one of them was just a Picture Book, so I should probably say 3 more) and 120 fewer pages than January. Ten more review-ish posts, too. Not bad for a shorter month.

What progress I made on Mt. TBR was wrecked in the last week—but hopefully, March will help me recover. I’m really working on that this year, I’m hoping to get that pile whittled down by December.

So, here’s what happened here in February:

	2		0
	0		1
	8		0
	5		0
	5
		Average =	3.85

“Traditionally” Published: 12
Self-/Independent Published: 9

• White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton: A Broken Family is at the Center of a Battle for A City
• Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire: The Sixth Wayward Children Novel is a Let-Down
• Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby: Entertaining. Stunning. Devastating.
• Fake by Roz Kay: 3 Horrible Husbands, 3 Wives Who Deserve Better and One Disastrous Dinner Party
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XV., vii. – x.
• The Trinity: An Introduction by Scott R. Swain: A Brief but Deep Study
• Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins: Spenser Battles Mortality, An Old Foe, and a Sex-Trafficking Ring.
• Parting Shadows by Kate Sherran Swed: Vengeance, A Heartbroken AI and some Bad Parenting Characterize this SF Novella
• In This Bright Future (Audiobook) by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson: A Stranger in a Strange Land
• A Few Thoughts about Forged by Benedict Jacka
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XV., xi. – BOOK XVI., ii.
• Smoke by Joe Ide: What Happens When Isaiah Quintabe Leaves LA?
• A Two-Fer: Twenty Palaces and Child of Fire (Audiobooks) by Harry Connolly and Daniel Thomas May
• Chasing the Pain by Matthew Iden: A Missing Addict (or two), a Missing Friend, and the Ex-Cop Out to Find Them
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XVI., iii. – vi.
• Phantom Song by Kate Sheeran Swed: Cyborgs, a Vigilante, and an Opera Star in a Solid Follow Up Novella
• Hey Grandude! by Paul McCartney, Kathryn Durst (Illus.): 4 Grandkids and their Grandude Take a Magical Journey Away from Boredom and Rain
• Oh, That Shotgun Sky by Sarah Chorn: “The old way died. Now, everything’s different.”
• The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds: A Wonderfully Ridiculous Adventure
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman: Well, I Know What I Want My Retirement to Look Like
• Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline: A Very 80s Sequel (IOW, Wholly Unnecessary and Completely Inevitable)
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XVI., vii. – x.
• Rebels and Exiles by Matthew S. Harmon: Sin, Its Consequences, and Restoration Through Redemptive History

Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th), I also wrote:

• These Dog Days Aren’t Over
• Down the TBR Hole (20 of 24+)
• Down the TBR Hole (21 of 24+)
• A Few Quick Questions with…Matthew Iden
• WWW Wednesday for February 3, February 10, February 17, and February 24, 2021.
• The Friday 56 for 2/5/21 (Parting Shadows by Kate Sheeran Swed), 2/12/21 (Phantom Song by Kate Sheeran Swed), 2/19/21 (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds), and 2/26/21 (The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman).

How was your month?