What are we reading in February?

One month of the challenge down, 11 to go! What are you reading this month? I got through about half of Susanna Kearsley's The Winter Sea in January, so I'll start February by finishing it.

I have just started The Eyre Affair for Fforde February. Great so far!

I'm about to finish The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis and then I'll start Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson.

I've started the month with White Nights by Anne Cleeves, as this is the 2nd in the series, this will count towards the February TIOLI Monthly Challenge. I have also started Great Expectations by Charles Dickens for the Group Read and Soulless by Gail Carriger.

Great Expectations will take up most of my February but I am also exploring graphic novels with Freeway and The Salon

I'm reading a bunch of stuff. I'm about 1/3 of the way through Blandings Castle, a collection of Wodehouse short stories. I'm also reading Ender's game, chiefly because my nephew likes it very much. So far I find the characters unpleasant. I'm also reading Lion country, the first of the books of Bebb and I'm being rather pleasantly surprised. Also The God who is there (Christian apologetics) and Last waltz in Vienna by George Clare.

Currently reading The Alienist which so far is excellent. Plan to listen to audio The Shape of Water and need to start my ER dead tree Conqueror by Conn Iggulden

I'm still working my way through a ER book Faces of Grief: Stories of Surviving Loss and Finding Hope which I'm finding very slow going. Also A Bomb in February for my TIOLI, The Pillars of the Earth, and Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan.

ETA: The link for Now and Then went to the wrong book so I took it out.

I'm all over the place, I'm reading Catch Me my December ER book, dipped into Great Expectations and having fun with my second Mallory read The Man Who Cast Two Shadows.

I'm still listening to Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds, almost done. Also reading books I should have finished in Jan, The Disorderly Knights and How the soldier repairs the gramophone before catching up on Don Quixote and Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey.

2 - I remember reading Silver Pigs a few years ago, but I don't remember what I thought of it. Looking forward to your review.

7 - I really enjoyed The Alienist. I thought it was really well done.

11 - Totally loved Shades of Grey. That guy has a crazy imagination!

I'm reading Return to Treasure Island and The Search for Captain Kidd. It's good stuff. I just finished Champagne for One which I'm not sure will wind up being a challenge read. But it was fun all the same.

Well my reading has really slowed down over the last week - I am still reading The Kingdom of the Wicked. But I should finish it today and then I have five books out from the library, two of which are for group reads in the 75ers. I also hope to read Bleak House for the Readathing this week. We'll see;)

just finished portrait of the gulf stream and started the slynx

@cmbohn, I loved The Silver Pigs! Putting together my thoughts.

I loved the Lindsey Davis series, #14 and #11. I should get back to it. I read perhaps the first four or five.

Just finished Ethan Frome, what a great read!

And now I'm on to Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm which I'm enjoying so far.

I'm still reading Hearts of Darkness by Dave Thompson, and I just started the audio version of Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. I'm getting ready to read Scott O'Dell's My Name Is Not Angelica. I can probably read the whole thing this evening.

Just started on Don Quixote, and am reading First Among Sequels as one of several Fforde books I hope to read for Fforde February! I am also reading Drown a series of short stories by Junot Diaz.

#18, I really liked Destiny of the Republic I thought it was history well done.

I'm now reading White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi and God's Philosophers by James Hannam.

I just finished The Shape of Water which was merely okay. (Audio book for when I can't sit down and read).

Still reading The Alienist which I'm loving.

Also will start the audio book Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon R. Green

Currently listening to Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.

I finished Atlantic and both volumes of Maus. I feel well caught up on nonfiction now. This weekend I will enjoy rereading The Mistress of the Art of Death but will try to refrain from rereading the whole series. I have The Tiger's Wife on my Kindle thanks to my SantaThing pal so I will probably read that next.

Trying to juggles books in an organized manner.... currently reading Paris Requiem, which I plan to then follow with the sequel Unholy Loves. I have Don Quixote on hold but will continue to read it in snatches as I am reading an ebook version on my iPod Touch.

I just finished Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson and am still reading Gormenghast. I'm also reading February by Lisa Moore.

So far, I've finished Shadows on the Gulf, a carry-over from January, and for a change of pace, I've picked up The Naked Marquis by Sally MacKenzie. I also have Gilead started in January but need to finish before I go on to anything else.

I've just started The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols.

I've finally settled on Raven Black and Beast in View.

I'm starting the second in the Spellman series, Curse of the Spellmans and am hoping it's better than the first one! :)

I'm starting Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal. It's my January ER book -- I can't believe how fast it got here!

Read Ender's game on the advice of my nephew. I ended up liking it very much, but it took me a while to get into it.

I've now started Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

Finished a very light, quick read, The Naked Marquis by Sally MacKenzie. Humorous fluff but fun! Now back to Gilead by Marilynne Robinson and very much enjoying it so far.

I've just started Unhallowed Ground by Mel Starr, and I'm still listening to Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard.

I've made a start on The Red Magician by Lisa Goldstein and still plugging away at The Disorderly Knights.

I finished Mistress of the Art of Death too fast, unfortunately. As good if not better than the first time I read it. I have now started The Tiger's Wife which is on my Kindle.

I finished A Song for Summer, which is good escapist romantic fun. Now I'm reading 1215: The Year of the Magna Carta and The Killer of Little Shepherds. Both very good.

Well I finished Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (disappointingly dull) and I am now feverish with excitement as Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway is waiting to be collected.

Finished Bodily Harm on the plane and then started 77 Shadow Street.

I finished Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan and just started The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.

Finished The Slynx and The devil in the white city and about to start A history of reading

I already finished Trick of the Light and Count of Monte Cristo. I'm currently reading Forgotten Garden getting ready to start Great Expectations.

I've started on Great Expectations.

#39: I'm just starting Shades of Grey, hopefully I might like it more. I still have The goneaway world to read and have heard nothing but praise for Harkaway.

I'm finishing February by Lisa Moore, which was melancholy and beautifully written. I'm also halfway through Gormenghast, the middle book of Mervyn Peake's trilogy. I'm not sure what I'll start next. I'm thinking a crime novel of some sort.

I've started The Hemingses of Monticello. Since I'm still listening to Destiny of the Republic, I'm working on books about two different presidents. I guess I'm getting ready for Presidents Day.

I am currently reading When the Astors Owned New York by Justin Kaplan and The Sandman Vol 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman. About to start Unnatural Death by Dorothy Sayers.

I'm starting Shades of Grey now in honor of Fforde Ffebruary.

Now that I finished watching Boardwalk Empire, I can concentrate. I'll be continuing with Great Expectations and starting Unnatural Death.

Orthodoxy by G. K.Chesterton, Our mutual friend by Dickens and Alice of Old Vincennes

Listening to Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo

I'm reading 1215: The Year of the Magna Carta and I'm really enjoying it. It just makes the whole period come alive. And I started The Cold Dish but decided against it.

53, Cindy, I've got The Cold Dish on my list. Anything particular that turned you off of it?

Just finished Great Expectations and am now going to start on The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood.

> 55 I have The Blind Assassin on my potential list for later in the year for one of my categories. I'll be looking to see what you think of it.

>56 dudes22: It's my February TIOLI challenge as the main characters name is Iris (the birth flower).

I've started The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

>57 Jacksonian: AAH! - I see. I'm trying to do the TIOLI strictly by the month names. So far - so good. And I'm all set up through May so far.

About Cold Dish - no, nothing in particular, but I just felt it was going to be darker than I wanted right now. Not at all what I'm in the mood for.

@ 51 -- Bjace, I hope you enjoy Orthodoxy -- it's one of my favorite books!

   

Here’s my review



Gritty, fascinating, intriguing view of the creation of a special unit created to track down a serial killer. It took me awhile because I wanted to think about it, the details, the complexities.

Highly recommended for those interested in such things.

I finished The Eyre Affair and just started Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

Since it's African-American History month, I'm going to try to read all African-American authors or themes although ER books that happen to arrive take precedence! Fortunately, the current ER book All Different Kinds of Free fit in. I've got a stupid head cold though so I'm not sure my brain is up to the challenge!!!

I finished The Tiger's Wife, a book that was widely read last year. Very good!

I've started the YA book Ash which is a quite edgy version of Cinderella making the buzz around my school district's librarians.

I'm starting Hester Browne's The Little Lady Agency. Time for a little light reading!

I was happy to finish Them as it is on its last renewal at the library. I am currently in the middle of Unnatural Death and The Vault. Oh, and also plugging away at Great Expectations.

I'm listening to The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

I just finished Ash by Malinda Lo, an interesting twist on the Cinderella story. I will now move on to The Odditorium, received from the ER program.

I have completely deviated from my list and am reading Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes which doesn't fit any of my categories. How will I ever get through my list that way?!

I have finished Unnatural Death and I'm on the final pages of Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. Next up is going to be Where the Buffalo Roam by Michael Zimmer and Pale Immortal by Anne Frasier.

@69 Ash has been on and off my wishlist. I'll be interested to see what you think about it.

Reading The Training Ground about the Mexican-American war. Really good.

I'm listening to First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong by James R. Hansen.

I'm reading A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore.

Currently reading A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly.

I have pages left in Unnatural Death, and I'm still plugging away at Great Expectations.

OK, so I started The Odditorium and read the first story and decided this was going to be tough going unless she lightened up and allowed myself to pick up The Serpent's Tale to continue my reread of Arianna Franklin's medieval mystery series. Ahh, that's better.

I'm reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk for a 1001 books group read. Also starting Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard.

I'm reading Sophie and the Rising Sun and listening to Friendship Bread. That one is making me hungry!

I'm about to start The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton.

I've read Kafka on the Shore by Murakami, Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary already. Currently reading The Liars' Club by Karr and will be putting Don Quixote on hold for a little while while I listen to Brideshead Revisited.

Hi all,
I discovered Nanjing Requiem in the library over the weekend, so I put Don't Know Much about Mythology on hold until I finish it, likely this weekend.

I think since I was last here, I've finished The Eyre Affair and Friends, Lovers, Chocolate and have started Lost in a Good Book. Still trying to avoid finish my ER book.

Just started Fear of Flying last night.

I've finished A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore, and have now started The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz.

I just finished Conn Iggulden's Conqueror . A pretty interesting read. I know nearly nothing about that part of history so it was intriguing to learn a thing or two. It's an ER book so will definitely do a review, but not today as I am suffering from a pretty bad cold.

Arthur Koestler's Darkness at noon, Alice of Old Vincennes, The triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel and still grinding along on Our mutual friend

I'm starting Sharon Shinn's Dark Moon Defender.

Still working on Great Expectations. I'm also halfway through You Only Live Twice.

I'm starting The Eyre Affair and listening to Extraordinary, Ordinary People.

Almost done A Free Man of Color and have The Last War: Detective Ferrets and The Case of The Golden Deed and Inheritance of Loss up next.

I too am still working on Great Expectations, and have also started Betrayal of Trust.

I am reading The Untied Kingdom by Kate Johnson and The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst.

I've read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, a very good sci fi entry, and The Breach by Patrick Lee a fast-paced techno-thriller. Both were very good. Will start Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas, today.

Started Pretty monsters yesterday. Kelly Link is a joy to read.

Finished The Eyre Affair last night. Still working on Great Expectations and about to start Ivona, Princess of Burgundia and Haunting Violet.

Finished 11/22/63 last night and I'm about halfway through both Birds of a Feather and Moonwalking with Einstein.

I finished The Serpent's Tale and am mostly through The Wager, one of Donna Jo Napoli's spins on old stories, this time the old story of making a deal with the devil. I also started a book that's been hanging around for a while, Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor.

I am almost done Return to Tibet and just finished a graphic novel Motel Art Improvement Service. I am considering starting The Mysterious Affair of Styles , the first in the Poriot series and Kim March group read.

Currently listening to The Affair by Lee Child.

Finished The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker and The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Tomorrow morning I'll start on Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen and Snow by Orhan Pamuk.

I'm reading Under the Yoke by Ivan Vazov and still listening to Extraordinary, Ordinary People by Condoleezza Rice.

I read the book It Gets Better. If even one teen is persuaded to hang in there by all the messages of encouragement and hope, it was worth the effort to publish it.

I've started The Earth Hums in B Flat and am a bit infatuated - I do hope it stays magical to the end!

Thats a great book, Eva! I hope you like it!

That's somewhere on the WL although not in the TBR yet. I just finished the 2nd Fforde book Lost in a Good Book and am starting The Lace Makers of Glenmara although I might not finish it before we leave on vacation so it will probably count for next month.

I just finished The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. Now I'm about to begin A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell.

I'm on a bit of a chick-lit binge right now...just finished Little Lady, Big Apple and rolled right into The Little Lady Agency and the Prince.

It will probably be March when I finish this, but I just started Great Sky Woman by Steven Barnes. It's taking me a little time to adjust to the writing style, but I think I'm going to like it.

#110 - Cammykitty, I read Great Sky Woman a few years ago, and I really liked it. I have the sequel, Shadow Valley on my Kindle and hope to get to it after I finish my current reads of Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw and Two Corinthians by Carola Dunn.

I am still wading through Great Expectations.

#112 Hi Victoria: me too, I'm hoping I can finish it by next week!

Hey Lisa! Me too. Glad we're in this together...

@111 Thanks DeltaQueen! That makes me more eager to read it. It's long enough to be daunting at this time of year. Steven Barnes and his wife, Tannarive Due, are going to be in town for a convention later this year, and I'm really looking forward to hearing what they have to say.

Looking forward to starting Lauren Willig's The Garden Intrigue tomorrow!

Christina, I love our annual Willig-read, thanks for waiting on me! I'm starting The Garden Intrigue this afternoon.

I'm slowly working my way through The Stories of John Cheever and I'm reading The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen, because I can't go too long without a Nordic crime novel.

I finished Nanjing Requiem which I'm glad I read. I'm back to Don't Know Much about Mythology and should finish it off before month's end since I have jury duty next week and I'm usually not selected for one. Not sure which book I will pick up next.

Started A Confederacy of Dunces last night; I really don't know quite what to say about Ignatius...

I finished Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor this morning and loved it so much I ordered and started the first book of the series, Roman Blood, on my Kindle.

I'm reading The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. It's shaping up to be one of those books that exactly fits my mood right now.

I'm probably going to finish the month with Great Expectations hopefully, and Faceless Killers.

We are celebrating Mystery March over at the 75 Challenge Thread. Anyone who is interested in reading, discussing or getting reading ideas for mysteries is welcome to join in.

The thread is here: Mystery March

Hope to see you there!

I'm reading Murder on Waverly Place. It's such a quick read that I'll probably finish it today and start on Good Morning, Irene. I'm also listening to Little Bee.

Methinks I'm on to Gail Carriger's Timeless.

I've already finished Roman Blood and have ordered the second of the series, The House of the Vestals. I love weekends!

I've started Something Rotten by Fforde and The Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart.

I'm reading The Cool Cottontail by John Ball. It's the second in the Virgil Tibbs series.

I have started Blankets by Craig Thompson, and I am also reading Shadow Valley a historical fiction that is set in pre-historic Africa, it is the sequel to Great Sky Woman.

have finished blankets, bartleby & co and the salmon of doubt and just started if he hollers let him go

I've started listening to Milk and Honey by Faye Kellerman.

I finallly finished Great Expectations hooray! I will be reading Faceless Killers to end the month.

I've started Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. Just picked it up from the store today along with my tickets for her signing on the 17th. So excited!