Read:
Brutes – Dizz Tate (Catapult, 2023)
A Woman is No Man – Etaf Rum (Harper Audio, 2019)
Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan (Grove Press, 2021)
Abyss – Pilar Quintana (World Editions, 2023) (translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman)
Stardust – Neil Gaiman (Harper Audio)
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier (BBC Audio, 2006)
Collected Short Stories – E.M. Forster (Penguin Books, 1972)
The Female Persuasion – Meg Wolitzer (Penguin Random House Audio, 2018)
Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine (Harper Trophy, 2007)
The Porcelain Moon – Janie Chang (William Morrow, 2023)
Reading with Pearl & Rose:
The Horse and His Boy – C.S. Lewis
Currently Reading:
Orphan Believers – Sara Billups
The Idiot – Elif Batuman
We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky – Emma Hooper
2023 Goals:
Books Read: 21/100
Translated Works: 1/15 (Abyss from the Spanish)
Books I Already Own: 2/30 (E.M. Forster Short Stories (from a Little Free Library) and Ella Enchanted (from a library book sale)).
Books from the TBR pre-2020: 3/20 (A Woman is No Man (2016) and Rebecca (2016))
Current TBR:
Books Read: 11/100
Translated Works: 0/15
Books I Already Own: 2/30 (The Pull of the Stars (thrifted) and Forgive (purchased new))
Books from the TBR pre-2020: 1/20 (The End of the Affair (2016))
Current TBR: 209 (previously 211)
I read 10 books in February – pretty good for the shortest month of the year. Audio books definitely increased my total as 4 of my February books were in audio format. I’m waiting for several titles off my TBR to become available through my library app so in the meantime I have been listening to some books I didn’t have on my list. I wasn’t wildly into The Female Persuasion but kept with it so that I had something for my walks to work. Also why I listened to Stardust which I read several years ago.
Nothing was terrible this month but there weren’t really any stand-outs either. Probably why I’ve been procrastinating on writing reviews. I don’t have many strong feelings about what I’ve read and listened to. I would still like to review Brutes and maybe Rebecca.
What’s Next:
Spring Break is coming up which means some holiday time for our family. I am thinking a little about what I might want to focus on then and what I should bring along while we’re away from home. I hope to focus on a couple of translated works and I’ve just placed a smattering of books on hold at the library, so we’ll see what comes up!
Do you plan your reading for holidays?
Karissa Reads Books 
I do hope you review Rebecca because I feel like everyone has different thoughts on it. Also, if you haven’t already, watch the Alfred Hitchcock version of the movie.
I think I will because it’s a book I keep thinking about. I haven’t seen any movie versions of it. I actually only vaguely knew what the plot was beforehand which was a pretty good way to go into it.
There is a newer version of the movie Rebecca that came out on Netflix that was utterly trashed in reviews. Definitely watch the Hitchcock version. It’s not scary at all, if that’s a concern.
I was surprised by how non-creepy the book was. Like, Rebecca was a jerk but she didn’t actually do anything to the narrator. And she was dead! The narrator didn’t have a Rebecca problem, she had a husband problem. If they had just communicated, everything would have been much better!
Rebecca sounded to me like a manipulative yet charming person. I just started the novel Gone Girl (I’ve seen the movie), so I’m wondering if Rebecca is calculating like Amy from Gone Girl is.
Oh, yes, I see that comparison. She’s conniving and good at manipulating others.