Monthly Wrap-Up — February 2026

Books Read – November 2025

Books

1. Beast Business (Ilona Andrews)
2. Nobody’s Baby (Olivia Waite) – ARC (review scheduled for 3/09/2026)
3. Distilling Sunlight (Celia Lake) – reread
4. The Final Target (Nora Roberts) – ARC; review to come
5. Pastiche (Celia Lake) – reread (reviewed in 2024)

Audiobooks

• The Queens of Crime, by Marie Benedict (review scheduled for 03/04/2026)

Summary: February was a rough month when it came to both available time and attention/focus. I only read or listened to 6 books in February, instead of my usual 10-15 books. Those six books included 4 first-time reads and 2 rereads. I didn’t post a single review, but I had reviewed Pastiche a few years ago.

Challenges

Here’s the breakdown of my reading challenges this year so far:

• Goodreads Challenge: 15/125. I am one book behind schedule. update
• Audiobook challenge: Listened to 5/15; reviewed 0/15 update
• COYER Out to Lunch Again challenge: Read 10/20; reviewed 0/20. (My personal challenge includes actually writing the review.) update
• Library Love Challenge: Read 4/12; reviewed 0/12 update
• NetGalley & Edelweiss Challenge: Read 3/10; reviewed 0/10 update
• Robin’s Recs: Read 1/6; reviewed 0/6 update

Other Goals and Resolutions

Unpack and reorganize my book collection: I took several more boxes to the used bookstore and library booksale in early February.

Catalog my books: I have temporarily suspended cataloging in favor of pruning. Physical books catalogued so far (since 2025): 329.

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