February 2019 Month in Review

Well, I think February was my busiest month of the year. I spent the first two weeks working hard to get ahead on my coursework because I went to New York City over Reading Week, and there were six assignments due immediately after Reading Week. It was worth the effort, though, as I had a great trip with my sister and my best friend without having to worry about assignments! Watch for a post about the bookish things I did on my trip in the next couple weeks. There was also a surprising amount of snow in Vancouver the week before my trip – I experienced my first snow day! I adore snow and was very pleased to see it cover everything here.

Book Finished

• The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
• The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
• Lu by Jason Reynolds
• The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
• Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
• The Hunt for the Mad Wolf’s Daughter by Diane Magras
• Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Books Reviewed

• Chapter books (Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus!, Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel, and Sofia Martinez: My Family Adventure)
• The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
• Graphic novels (El Deafo and Little White Duck)

Features

• I shared the books I picked up at the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference.

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• Mar. 5 – Release of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez (Riordan Presents, Cuban culture) and Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (my most anticipated read of 2019 *-*)
• Mar. 26 – Release of A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott (“asks essential questions about the treatment of Native people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma”), The Size of the Truth by Andrew Smith (middle grade debut) and The Rambling by Jimmy Cajoleas (creepy middle grade)

Did you enjoy February? What books, or bookish events, are you looking forward to this month?