What I read in February

 I read just 7 books in February.  Probably because I did too much doom scrolling!  


*More Than Petticoats:  Remarkable Tennessee Women.  Nonfiction, owned, found at thrift store.  

*The Xenophobe's Guide to the Norwegians. Nonfiction, owned, bought on vacation either at a museum or a Norwegian-style store.

*Propaganda Girls:  The Secret War of the Women in the OSS.  Nonfiction, Netgalley, still need to write a review.

*The God of the Woods.  Fiction from Libby. 

*Swedes in Minnesota:  Nonfiction.  Bought on vacation at a museum. 

*Mailman:  My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home. Nonfiction, Netgalley, already reviewed.

*The English Understood Wool.  Fiction from Libby.  And not very good in my opinion.


Overall it was a pretty good reading month.  I enjoyed most of them (minus the last one, which thankfully was a short story). My reads are so non-fiction heavy because I have a ton of non-fiction and I'm trying to work my way through my many built-in bookshelves. The way I'm working through them is this:  I started with the top bookshelf, which is all non-fiction.  I blindly picked the book on the right, and decided I either had to read it, or if it didn't sound interesting, straight to the "get the hell out of my house then" pile it went.  So far I've been interested in reading all  of them.  

Why am I trying to work my way through them?  A few reasons:  We hope to move in a few years after my husband retires.  And I am not paying bunches of money for heavy books to be transported across the country.  Plus, I just WANT to read them.  When I bought them, I was interested in the subject matter, and so far, I still am.  Also, these bookshelves are overflowing.  I don't just have a row of books on each bookshelf.  Some shelves have two rows.  There are a few hundred books.  I should post a photo so you can see what I'm working with here.  Ha 

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