February Reading Wrap Up & Reading Journal Spreads (13 books!)

the sections on Grief and empathy and compassion were my favorite sections and really what bumped this up from a three star read to a four-star read for me was the inclusion of the concept of near enemies when it comes to emotions

so I enjoyed it but it did fall a bit short of its potential for me and I did feel like the message was a bit muddled

I really enjoy this collection not every single poem stood out to me but there were enough favorites that really drew me in and I found several of the poems deeply moving

Gallant really pleasantly surprised me I hope I would enjoy it because I've enjoyed ve Schwab's work in the past but I definitely expected it to be you know maybe a three star read possibly four stars but it definitely blew me away and was an easy five star for me

I did love the characters I adored our main character I found the World building really fascinating and I loved the way that the author was exploring these themes

I really enjoyed it the romance was quite cute I liked both main characters four stars for me

lessons in chemistry I really loved I gave it five stars I loved the character of Elizabeth zott and really enjoyed following her story

I was really impressed this is a fascinating Novella about identity Love Lies and the power of books

I didn't hate it but I didn't love it was three stars for me

I feel like not a lot happened it was very repetitive the characterization was pretty weak and I just it wasn't engaged I didn't get pulled into the story

the part of the book that really drew me in most and made me love it so much was the characters and their relationships and how complicated they were and messy and how flawed these characters are but how real they feel it's also really beautifully written

for me it just really fell short it felt like the authors took the easy way out and didn't really have those difficult conversations which were the whole point of the book they really shied away from the messiness and the hurt and I found it frustrating to read it just didn't do nearly enough for me

I found it very uncomfortable to read in the best way it's very confronting and blunt but the author is also deeply kind and compassionate