February Reading Recap

February was quite an eclectic month for reading, and with the way things are going, I suspect the whole year will be like this. I am enjoying being more deliberate in my reading choices and branching out into genres I don’t typically manage to work into the schedule. Here’s what I completed in February:

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2025 Challenges

• Goal #1. Bible Reading. I read three books in February.
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Mark
• Goal #2. Biblical Studies Challenge. February topic: Prayer.
  • A Praying Life by Paul Miller
  • First Prayers illustrated by Tasha Tudor
• Goal #3. Book Journal Challenge.
  • Gay Girl, Good God by Jackie Hill Perry (by or about someone you admire)
  • Seven Bowls by Mark Goodwin (set in a dystopian future)
  • The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Whittig Albert (a mystery)
  • Ferris by Kate DiCamillo (about or narrated by a child)
  • Fate Is Remarkable by Betty Neels (romance)
• Goal #4. Posted Book Reviews.
  • Whispers of Fortune by Mary Connealy
  • Beauty for Ashes by Grace Livingston Hill
  • Anything by Kristina Welch
  • Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
• Goal #5. Read My Shelf Challenge. February topic: Size.
  • Two Little Confederates by Thomas Nelson Page (Free on Project Gutenberg here.)
• Goal #6. What the Dickens Book Club
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Free on Project Gutenberg here.)

February Mood Reading

Other books I picked up and finished in February include:

• The Common Rule: Habits for Purpose for an Age of Distraction by Justin Whitmel Earley
• Eliza’s Cherry Trees: Japan’s Gift to America by Andrea Zimmerman
• Oliver and the Twins by Amy Le Feuvre (I’m currently using an adaptation of this book from BibleVisuals.org for my Sunday morning story-telling.)
• The Curator’s Secret by Denise Weimer (watch for my review coming soon)
• Red Rover, Red Rover by Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick (currently free on Kindle)

Book Mail

Books I received in February include:

• Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
• The Farmer’s Marriage Bargain by Heidi Main
• Liberty Rose by Temperance Johnson
• Grandma Ruth Doesn’t Go to Funerals by Sharon Mondragon
• Sabotage at Cedar Creek by Janice Thompson
• Written in Secret by Crystal Caudill

Book Haul

Rebecca and I enjoyed selecting a bag full of books for $10 at our local library’s monthly book sale. When I got home and started shelving my books, I discovered I had a few duplicates but that just gives me some good ones to share in our Little Free Library. Here’s what I brought home: