Books Read in February 2023

February has been an okay reading month in terms of quantity but great for quality. I enjoyed Mary Jane, about a teenage girl growing up in 1970s Baltimore who becomes the nanny for a more freewheeling Jewish family. This was fun for our synagogue book club, many of whom can remember growing up in the Jewish neighborhoods in Baltimore (specifically NOT the WASP-y neighborhood where Mary Jane lives). Then, I whipped through the graphic novels that the TV show Heartstopper is based on--I like the TV show more but it's based deeply on this source material (down to exact lines and scenes) so it was fun to see that and get a sneak peek ahead at next season. Finally, I got to read Kristin Cashore's Seasparrow, which I feel so lucky to read so soon after the last book Winterkeep came out in 2021, and that it was such a chunkster (624 pages!). I hope she never stops writing this series, I love them all so much, and I'm glad I got to fall in love with the character of Hava for this one AND check in on Bitterblue, Adventure, Katsa, Bir/Fire, and ALL THE BLUE FOXES 😍😍😍

Books Read This Month

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau (book club read)
Heartstopper Vols. 1-4 by Alice Oseman
Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore

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