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2019 Book Goals: February Update

Main Reading Goals:
If you will recall, I have a few reading goals I'd like to meet this year.  Among the 75 books total that I'd like to read, there should be at least five classics, five Christmas-themed books, and five Halloween-themed books.  Additionally, in an effort to knock down the TBR piles, I'd like to make sure that at least 30 of those 75 books come from my physical TBR and 20 come from my Kindle TBR.

At the end of February, here's what I've accomplished so far in 2019:

-A total of 24 books read.

-Of those 24 books, only one was a classic.

-Six of those books were from my physical TBR and eight of them were from my Kindle TBR.

-I've not yet picked up any holiday themed titles, but that's okay.

February Overview:
Another great reading month! I read a total of eleven books, which broke down into ten novels and one comic book (not pictured thanks to the collage software being a pain - it would only let me select ten photos for inclusion.)

Looking at the covers of the books I read, it's hard to pick a favorite.  There were several four and five star reads.  I guess, if pressed, I'd say that my favorite was Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor.  I had read the first book in the series last month and wanted to continue the adventure as soon as possible; thank goodness the library ebook was available right away.

If I had one disappointment in February, it was the comic book I picked up.  I had heard such good things about it, but sadly did not find it nearly as entertaining as I had hoped.  Fables takes some of our favorite fairy tale characters and drops them into our world.  Chased out of their individual story lines by a merciless villain, they have formed an underground government for the displaced.  In this opening volume, Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf team up to solve a murder mystery.  This sounds fantastic, right?  Unfortunately, it just didn't work for me.

Monthly Mini-Goal Updates: 
I think I did a fairly good job of reading books I already owned.  I read three from my physical TBR and two from my Kindle shelves.

I borrowed a  total of four books; two from Amazon Prime and two from the library.

I only purchased one ebook this month. It about killed me!

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