February 2019 Reading Update

Well, there you go, another month has passed us by and the weekend is now upon us. For my first post of March I'll provide my February reading update and 2019 update. I'm more than happy with the quantity and quality and variety of books I read this past month. As per normal, I'll start with my stats summary then update the books and challenges.

So let's go go go!!!!!

February 2019
General Info                     Feb            Total
Books Read -                      12                23
Pages Read -                     3,800           6,800

Pages Breakdown
    < 250                                4                10       
250 - 350                              3                 6
351 - 450                              4                 5
   > 450                                 1                 2

Ratings
5 - star                                  2                 2
4 - star                                  8               12
3 - star                                  2                 8
2 - star                           

Gender
Female                                 5                 9
Male                                    7                14

Genres
Fiction                                 2                 4
Mystery                               9               14
SciFi                                    1                 2
Non-Fic                               3                 3
Classics                           
Poetry   
                       
Top 3 Books

1. Sleeping Beauty by Ross Macdonald (5 stars)
2.  The Clocks by Agatha Christie (4.5 stars)
3.   Blood from a Stone by Donna Leon (4 stars)

12 + 4  Challenge (completed 5)

1. Lazybones by Mark Billingham (4 stars)
2. Cold Streets by P.N. Elrod (3.5 stars)

Papa Bear Challenge (Books I've had the longest on my Goodreads bookshelf) (completed 3)

O(ldest)/ 5 - Hard Truth by Nevada Barr (4 stars)
O / 10 - Blood from a Stone by Donna Leon (4 stars)

Mama Bear Challenge (Middle of my Goodreads bookshelf) (completed 3)

#490 - Iceberg by Clive Cussler (3 stars)

Baby Bear Challenge (Books most recently added to my Goodreads bookshelf) (completed 5)

N(ewest) / 15 - Sleeping Beauty by Ross Macdonald (5 stars)
N / 20 - Doubled in Diamonds by Victor Canning (4 stars)

Goldilocks Challenge (Random Number Generator (completed 5)

636 - Without Fail by Lee Child (4 stars)
288 - The Clocks by Agatha Christie (4.5 stars)
721 - The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner (4 stars)
6 - Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine by W.J. Burley (4 stars)

Break from Challenge Challenge (Freebees every time I complete 10 books) (completed 2 books)

22. Last Laugh for the Baron by Anthony Morton (3 stars).

Mar 2019 Books Currently Reading

1. Deep South by Nevada Barr
2. The Tango Briefing by Adam Hall
3. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
4. Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope
5. Death in a Holy Orders by P.D. James

Well there you go. I'm not sure what will be next in line after those 5. It all depends a bit on the luck of the draw.. But I like the sense of anticipation. Have a great 1st weekend of March!