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Month in Review - February

February I challenged myself to read from my Nook and try to avoid paper books. I think I did quite well. I finished reading Nachtstürm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel by Emily C.A. Snyder and I really liked it. So if you happen to read this post and read Northanger Abbey I suggest you give this book a try. After reading it I'm now tempted to read The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe.

I got Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer and only got a few pages into it, it just wasn't capturing my attention. I'm not giving up on the book, I'm just putting it off for awhile. I'm going to try to pick it back up later this year to see if I can read it, (I really want to!).

This last week I got the newest J.D. Robb book in at the library so there was no putting off reading that for a week so I started and finished it in a few days and got back to The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen.

I read six ebooks this month:
and started the Apothecary's Daughter by Juile Klassen

I finished two regular books:
  • Nachtsturm Castle by Emily C. A. Snyder
  • Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb

I Listened to two audio books:
  • Women, Food, and Good by Geneen Roth
  • Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
and started Texas! Chase by Sandra Brown
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  1. JenSeptember 12, 2012 at 4:29 PM

     How was the Ellen Degeneres book?

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  2. AmeliaSeptember 12, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    Funny.  I really liked it. Except for chapter 36 where she takes a break from reading the book and eats an apple. 

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