By way of review, here’s what my February looked like:
Books
Total books read: 5
Total pages read: 1,880
Favorite book: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Least favorite book: Are You Somebody? by Nuala O’Faolain
Audiobooks
Total audiobooks listened to: 6
Total hours listened: 38 hours, 33 minutes
Favorite audiobook: The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Least favorite audiobook: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (the book itself, not the reading–Martin Jarvis narrated this one, and he’s fantastic!)
Erin Reads
On Erin Reads last month:
- February was the first month for Reading Buddies. We read A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Next month we’ll be reading The Appointment by Herta Muller and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Feel free to join us!
- I finally read (and loved) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte!
- I submitted my Book Apocalypse bunker application…and got approved!
- I asked readers whether they prefer to learn about an author’s life or not.
- I’ve also been allowing myself to not post every day, which has taken some of the stress out of blogging. As many of you have reminded me, blogging should be fun!
Your Turn!
That was my February. How was yours?
Great month. I usually feel bad about how little I read in February but it’s such a short month.
I haven’t read many books this month, but I did read Jane Eyre for the first time, and was totally smitten with it. It was just such a great read that I am totally gushing to anyone who will listen!
Is it bad that I’m glad to hear that Three Men in a Boat turned out to be skippable? I only listened to about an hour of it…that was enough for me, despite Martin Jarvis’s wonderful narration!
Oh no! I may give Three Men in a Boat a chance anyway, but thanks for giving me a heads up on your opinion.
The Poisonwood Bible and Jane Eyre were both on my favorites list for February. Very different from one another, but both very good.
I am STILL listening to the audiobook I started at the beginning of February. I’m a little slow I guess!
I really need to join you guys for Never Let Me Go….I think I was wrong though about having it on the shelves. 😉 Must search stacks.
I am still sorry I missed The Poisonwood Bible, but was unable to find a copy of it, neither in the public libraries nor in my favorite american/english bookstores! I began reading Never let me go, though, and look forward to our next discussion. The movie will be out today and I’ll certainly watch it when my reading is complete!
I am now reading Charlotte Brontë’s “The Professor” and am sad to say it is not as good as I expected.
Reading that you reviewed Jane Eyre in February makes me happy, because that seems quite a while ago and this year seems to be going so fast already! Glad that some of your blogging stress has gone. I believe I have a copy of the Bryson (the one you’ve read) somewhere and I missed your post on it so I’m going to check my shelves and have a look at your post.