February felt like such a short month and considering it only had 28 days that feeling probably is right. *lol* Still, for some reason I was so busy all of February the entire month went by in the blink of an eye and I have no idea how it even happened. I think this time around it was even busier than usually because I started with my new (and the last) course of my educational sabbatical and while I began the new course I once again had to finish the old one. So there was a lot of paper work to be done and after that I couldn’t do a lot for an entire week because for some reason the institute in which I started my course forgot to send me the learning materials.
So I mostly spent the first week of February finishing my old course and went for a spring cleaning because that’s what I do when I’m anxious and need to think. Well, and then my birthday came along and it kept me busy with meeting friends, family members and celebrating in general. XD And once this was over my kid got ill and kept me more than just busy with taking care of her too. *lol* I really don’t like it when my kid is sick and I always suffer with her especially when she has a stomach flu. This time it took almost 3 days for her to be able to eat again and uff … with kids that small it’s always dangerous. Luckily she was able to drink a lot and once she could eat again everything got better again.
Anyway! All of that led me to the problem of barely being able to study because at first my learning materials were missing, then I spent a lot of time with my family because of my birthday and after my kid was ill and got better I had to catch up to so much studying, you have no idea. *LOL* I managed though and now it’s the 1st of March and I’m tired, but I caught up to everything and I think once my kids is in bed tonight I’ll just crash on my sofa and sleep. XD Yeah, that was my February for you. Haha!
Before I crash let’s do this though. Montly wrap-up here I come!
Books read: 4 (4 books & 0 webcomic, I had a really great reading month, at least book-wise)
Pages read: 1.389 (Not bad considering my February was so busy. )
Average rating: 4,13 (Most of the books I read were 4 paws so this is a good average rating. )
Books that were on my reading list: 2 ( 0 from 2020, 1 from 2021 and 1 from 2023. This time around I even managed to read a book from my 2023 list!! The year is starting good. )
February Reads:
This was such a fun ride and I even wrote an entire review about it which you can read when you click on the book title and follow the link. 😉 I got the book as an eARC from NetGalley and I was so happy when I got approved for it! I mean a former k-pop idol and a former k-drama star working on a project together and falling in love?! Make it an m/m love story as well and you totally have me hooked! How could I possibly resist this?! *lol* It was great and I really enjoyed it a lot!
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet:
I’ve had this book on my TBR since 2021 and I always wanted to read it but never got to it. So I finally decided to give myself a kick in my mood reader butt and eventually picked it up. And now I’m kinda cursing myself because I didn’t read this sooner. XD This was such a sweet and wholesome sci-fi story and if the genre of „comfort sci-fi“ is a thing, well then this book and series definitely would be in it. It was so nice to read about all those different alien species and the crew of the Wayfarer was such a great found family! ❤ I felt so comforted by this book and I’m so going to pick up the second book when I need a slow-paced comfort read. =)
The Love Hypothesis: ,5
This book was so!!! Honestly, it made me laugh, it made me cringe, it made me grin like an idiot and crazy person but I absolutely loved it. Olive and Adam are such a fun fake couple and I really enjoyed their conversations and the slow way they got to know each other. Adam was definitely the broody, quiet and protective kinda guy while Olive was the little disaster girl on two legs. *lol* Which is a fun trope and I really enjoyed it in this book. I heard that Ali Hazelwood’s books apparently all have the same kind of love interest so I’ll make sure to take a while until I pick up her next book, because I’m convinced if there is a little time between reading the books I’ll enjoy the second one as well. XD
Olympic Enemies:
„Olympic Enemies“ was the second NetGalley ARC I got approved for and also an enemies-to-lovers kind of book. I think this one fit the enemies-to-lovers trope better than „Idol Minds“ because Oliver and Lucas had known each other for 4 years before anything happened. And they just couldn’t stand each other the entire time. *lol* Well, until they eventually end up in the same room during the Olympic Games and actually start to get to know each other. They were attracted to each other for a long time but their dislike of each other made it kinda hard to get together… fast forward to the Olympic Games and sharing a room together and of course they crash, then burn and lose their shorts along the way. *LOL* Loved it. It was fun! Haha! ;-P I’ll write a full review about it once I get a chance to, so stay tuned!
This said: How was your February? Did you read more books than I did? Were they good? Any recommendations?! Are you busy with studying too? Anyone else having birthday in February? (I’m asking so I can belatedly congratulate you. *lol*)
Talk to me and let me know!
And as always take care and stay healthy and safe!
*hugs’n’kisses*
The Sassy Library Fox