February Wrap-Up & March TBR

Well. Well. It’s March? It’s been a month, so I’m ready for some wrapping this up.

🧚 fairy blessing: I read some of my most anticipated reads!
🧚 fairy blessing: I WENT TO DISNEYLAND.
🧙 stepmother’s curse: I went on another mini hiatus, and I think I broke myself again with it.

EMOJI KEY
🌈 = LGBTQ+ rep
🌱 = Mental Health rep
🌻 = POC rep
✨ = Disability, LD, Chronic Condition rep

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Popsugar Reading Challenge
Emoji Key: n/a
After a rocky start to Feb, this book was a breath of fresh air. It had some bumps, but mostly it was an atmospheric, haunting read that was dark yet fully bingeworthy. There were twists, there were turns, there was romance, there was drama. There was much goodness to be had, and I spent my Friday night devouring this.

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Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Popsugar Reading Challenge
Emoji Key: 🌈
Omg, this was the fluff with a dash of drama and real life issues that I have desperately wanted and needed. The art was super good, and the storyline had me feeling many feels. I might have just instantly ordered volumes 2 and 3 just a few moments ago.

Every Heart is a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Complete a Series or Two Challenge & Audiobook Challenge
Emoji Key: 🌈
I’m not sure if I would have continued with this book had I not read the second book first. It was super confusing at first, and I felt like it was too much to introduce in such a short book. It was okay?

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Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
YARC & Popsugar Reading Challenge
Emoji Key: 🌻
And like all the other books that are filling up this section: this was just an okay read. I enjoyed some elements of it like the mythology and atmosphere, but it was just too long, the characterization lacking, and the drama got tedious after a while.

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Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Complete a Series or Two Challenge& Audiobook Challenge
Emoji Key: 🌈
This was going pretty good, until I just found myself so bored that I couldn’t continue with it. Eh, I think I’m out with this series. 

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King of Crows by Libba Bray
Popsugar Reading Challenge
Emoji Key: 🌈
It kills me to put this in the bookish lows, but this was just not the finale that I wanted it to be. It meandered for far too long, and I felt like it was missing this spark that it originally had. It still had some great parts, but ugh, I wanted more.

👸 Yet again, I hiatused myself right out of the blog. I made mention of it in the bottom of this section in last month’s wrap-up, because that’s what I thought it would be: just a quick mention. However, I ended up giving myself a psychosomatic cold, and then I went on a business trip that took a lot out of me (along with a week of my time). So, February wasn’t a real month like Pinocchio wasn’t a real boy. He was a creepy puppet stuck in a dark af Disney movie – let’s face it.

👸 AND YA GIRL WENT TO DISNEYLAND. I was near it when I was on the business trip, so I went on a free day, and it was glorious. I’m also seriously in depression, because it really was the happiest place on Earth, and all of my joy was left there. It rained so much that day, but it was still amazing. Seriously, seriously, seriously, it was a dream, and even though I almost slipped a few times, almost lost my cookies (and not the Jack Jack Num Nums ones), couldn’t find a single sign nor bathroom mirror, and had to do an outfit change because my sweatshirt was so soaked (and still soaked four days later), it still might have been one of the best days of my life?

👸 I’m also going through a quarter life crisis of sorts (I’m not even a quarter of a life), so I’m now reevaluating everything I’m doing in my life. So, as you can see, February was a month.

👸 I’m almost done with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, then I have to get caught up on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and then I will be free to enjoy. Sha recommended me a k-drama, and it will be my first time watching one. I’m excited to try one, since I’ve heard so much about them, but I’m still not quite sure what to expect. I’m interested to see, and I forever trust Sha’s recommendations now.

• Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu (I swore this came out later in the month????)
• The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett (I swore this was coming out later in the month???)
• Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
• Midsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca
• Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
• Heartstopper Vol. 2 & 3 by Alice Oseman

I know there will definitely be more, but I’m trying to be more spontaneous with my reading. I’m still getting back into the groove, and I want to just go back into the fun of reading instead of just going through a checklist.

What do you think? How was your February reading go? What do you plan on reading in March? Let’s discuss in the comments below!