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It's February! Books Make the Best Valentine's Gift for a Book Nerd (That's Me-the Book Nerd)

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  I'm pretty happy with my reading in January--just didn't finish The Lady Brewer of London ; it's a big chunk of a book that so far has been quite good, but I don't have the brain energy to finish it right now. It's back on the shelf; will keep plugging away at it. I think it's one of those books that I'll devour later on and wonder why I didn't finish it the first time around.  February is not only about Valentine's Day, but it's the month where I met my partner, Lee. Nineteen years ago! Hard to believe a blind date actually worked out. A book nerd fell in love with a man who doesn't read books. However, he gets my love of books and reading, and supports my book life. And he's subject to my random factoids, usually preceded by me saying "I read this somewhere..." All of the books I want to read are coming at me fast and furious! I've tried to whittle them down and will focus on the following books for my TBR in February: I...

February Reads, a DNF from January, and So Many Books, So Little Time! 📚📚📚📚📚📚

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Well, I devoured a lot of books in January. It was a battle some nights to stay awake long enough to read more than a few pages. I will confess to a few weekends of spending most of my time happily reading instead of doing my weekend chore list. Hey, when the books call, I just have to stop and read.  I tried, I really did, to read The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu . I could not concentrate long enough to get through some of the slower bits. It goes back on my bookshelf with the expectation that I'll pick it up again someday and be able to dive back into it.  February has an extra day--yay! But it always feels so short and I have a lot of books I want to get to this month. I keep looking at my TBR piles and have moments of "Maybe I should just give them all away and make space in my house" to "But I can't because I still want to read all of these!" And then I look on my bookcases and have similar feelings. Then I see the stac...