February was an insanely busy month. I read less than I read in January, but I still read quite a bit. I completes both polarthon and blackathon. Both readathons were so much fun and made my February reading month even better. Without further ado, lets get into the stats for the month.

• Books read: 18

• Pages read: 6,235

• Average star rating: 3.81

• Readathons:

  • Polarthon hosted by @jadeyrae

  • Blackathon hosted by Jesse @bowtiesandbooks

• Format:

  • Physical: 27.7% - 5 books

  • E-books: 50% - 9 books

  • Audio: 16.6% - 3 books

  • Mixed media: 5% - 1 book

• Diversity:

  • White: 50% - 9 books

  • BIPOC: 55% - 10 books

• Genres:

  • Fantasy: 9

  • Poetry: 1

  • Mystery: 1

  • Horror: 2

  • Thriller: 1

  • Non-Fiction: 1

  • Contemporary: 3

• DNF’s: 2

Here is the list of books I read this month. I have a full blog for polarthon and am posting a full wrap up and thoughts for blackathon. So, it’s better to just give a full break down of what I read. School has been really busy, but now that I am on spring break I can catch up on reviews. I am just going to be giving the title, author, and star rating for the books.

1. A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos - 4 stars

2. Frostheart by Jamie Littler - 3 stars

3. The Golden Compass Graphic Novel by Stéphane Melchior-Drumad & Philip Pullman - 3 stars

4. The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Alex Bell - 3 stars

5. Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith - no rating

6. Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey - 3 stars

7. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle - 4 stars

8. When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole - 5 stars

9. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson - no rating

10. Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson - 5 stars

11. Bitter Root by David F. Walker & Chuck Brown - 3 stars

12. Black Panther vol. 4: Avengers of the New World Pt. 1 - 3 stars

13. A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab - 4 (4.5) stars

14. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - 5 stars (reread)

15. House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas - 4 stars

16. A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab - 4 stars

17. The City We Became by NK Jemisin - 4 stars

18. Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers - 4 stars

This was all I read this month. Like I said, this month was great. I had many favorites this month. Here are my favorites:

I hope February was good for all of you. And I hop all of those who read Black literature this month continue reading it throughout the year, and for years to come. Black lit is beautiful and important, and it should be read in months other than February. I’m excited for what March has in store for me.