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Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2023

Dini @ dinipandareads16 Comments

Where do I even start with February? I thought I was ready for what the month would bring but I definitely was not. At. All. Ready. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜‚ I think I can begin glancing back at this experience now and have a slight chuckle at how overwhelmed and overworked and over everything I was. And although I’ve done my best to push the stress of the situation to the back of my mind, I know that once I reflect on the past month from a professional perspective, I will also realise that I’ve gained a lot from it and I’ll probably maybe be thankful for having gone through what I did. But as of right now, I’m not quite there yet and I’ll do anything in my power to ensure I never have to experience this again. Ever. Again. No more. ๐Ÿซฃ

This is pretty much it for the life update front because nothing else but work happened this month and it’s sad that that’s not at all an exaggeration, lol.

I took a reading and blogging hiatus this month and I’m honestly still trying to come out of what I now recognise as a slump. Oh, how I wanted to be reading in February! Sadly, I didn’t have the energy for that, let alone to keep this blog running. Surprisingly, I finished 4 BOOKS this month and while I don’t think I’ve ever read so little in a month before, I’m quite happy I managed to read at all. Plus, I really enjoyed all of these books and none were below 4 stars.

If I had to pick a favourite it’d definitely be Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett cos it’s such a fun cosy fantasy and it was exactly what I needed to start reading again (although that process is still going rather slowly, lol). Although I can’t lie and say that ending wasn’t frustrating cos it really was!

**BOOK COVERS are linked to Goodreads and the TITLE TEXT is linked to my review if available!**

4.5 pandas

In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint

Panda rating: 4 pandas

4 pandas

(ARC) Seven Faceless Saints
(TOUR) Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom

It’s safe to say that I have very little to update on this front. ๐Ÿ˜‚

  • Goodreads Reading Challenge โ†’ 19/150 โ†’ I’m six books behind schedule! โŒ
  • Project Backlist Reading Challenge โ†’ I’m aiming for the Committed Reader โŒ + ARCrasinator โœ… badges and well, I guess you can say I’m working through my ARCs cos two of the books I read this month were ARCs, but the other two were books that I got this year.
  • Magical Readathon: Choose Your Own Adventure โ†’ 1/12 โ†’ Do I fail on my journey since I didn’t read my February book? I’m gonna catch up in March… โŒ
  • 12 Book Challenge โ†’ 1/12 โ†’ Yes, I did it! I read one book for this challenge and I’m still one month behind but well, it’s better than not at all, right?! โœ…

Sadly, though perhaps at this point unsurprisingly, I didn’t read much in the community this month. I did read a few posts that I really enjoyed though!

And that’s it for Februaryโ€”a month I want to leave very far behind. I hope everyone had a better month in February and read some great books, too! I’d love to know what your favourite read of the month was! Here’s to a better March full of much more reading than crying. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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16 thoughts on “Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2023”

  2. Eeep I love your blog, it’s so cute btw the flowers are so pretty! ๐Ÿ’œ Thank you so much for sharing my post on the readathon and I think you’re still doing well with your reading challenges. You may not be where you wanted to be but you’ve got like 9 months left still so it’s fine xD I ended up reading quite a bit in Feb, which was a surprise but I’ll roll with it. To be fair I ended up wanting to start rereading one of my fav series so that helped hehe but it was a lot of fun, reminded me why I love reading. I hope you have a wonderful march Dini!

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  3. I am impressed that you can already sort of acknowledge that your challenging month at work had some learning value. I have had a lot of experiences that took me decades to see the value. You are just more evolved than me. LOL! I am glad there is a light at the end of the tunnel for you, and you did it! I wouldn’t worry about being behind on any challenges. We have many months to get that stuff done.

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  9. Wishing you a much better March! I’m happy to hear the books you read were good ones. When life’s a struggle, a good book is a nice distraction. โค

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  12. hope march is a better month, dini!! i’ve heard so many great things about seven faceless saints, so i’m very hyped to read it!!

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  13. Sorry to hear that February was tough for you, I hope better times are to come! ๐Ÿ’• Glad to see you loved Emily Wilde’s, it’s one of my favorite books of the year ๐Ÿฅฐ I’m on track with my Magical Readathon adventure books, but the March prompt for me is a book over 500 pages – not sure which one to pick yet ๐Ÿค”

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