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Favorite book I read in February

Books I COMPLETED

I read 8 books in February, plus started/continued 4 other books. I’ve included snippets from my reviews and additional thoughts. Continue reading →

Books I Read

I read 7 books in January, plus started a readalong. Great start to the new year!

The Undertakers and The Starseekers by Nicole Glover

Lovely series of stand-alone novels set in a secondary world with magic. All of them feature and center the Black experience. (latter title: eARC)

Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire

As always, the newest story in the Wayward Children series makes me cry a lot. (eARC)

A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander

A new queer Regency romance–give me more. (eARC) It is the entertaining sequel to A Gentleman’s Gentleman (which I am currently re-reading in a readalong). (eARC)

Dead and Breakfast by Kat Hillis

I really wanted to like this book–two gay vampires run a bad and breakfast–but it did not click for me. Their relationship dynamic was so cliche. Maybe it will improve in the next novel, which comes out soon, but I won’t be reading it unless it ends up in a book club.

To Ride a Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose

Solid sequel that ends on a cliffhanger. I want the third book now, please. (eARC)

I’m Starting to Wonder About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

Going to quote from my own review: “This is a fun romp that begins with a riff on Repo Man and turns into a farcical version of Arlington Road with a load of social commentary.”

February TBR

Backlist

• A Fae in Finance by Juliet Brooks
• Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller
• Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite

Upcoming Releases

• Vow Made Twice by Emma Denny – pub date 2/17/26
• Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett – pub date 2/27/26
• Forest on the Edge of Time by Jasmin Kirkbride – pub date 2/3/26
• The Body by Bethany C. Morrow – pub date 2/10/26
• Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons – pub date 3/3/26

I already read Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers (pub date 2/3/26). I really really really wanted to love this book, but the generic worldbuilding put me off and then I didn’t buy the main romance. However, the worldbuilding improves exponentionally as the plot goes on. I want to red more stories set in this universe. (eARC)

Notes

• I’m playing around with the focus and format of these posts. Though the idea for these monthly round-ups came from Jo Walton’s reading lists, I also wanted to highlight upcoming releases with more than just a synopsis.
• I add so many new books to my TBR. And I get eARCs for a lot of them. I am trying to be better about reading them before they are published. Maybe posting my intentions here will motivate me read more or download less.

This year, I am going to write more about the books I read. To start, I am going to list the new releases that interest me. I may also do monthly roundups on what I actually read.

For the record, I mostly read a mix of fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and cozy mystery. The queerer, the better.

January 2026 Releases

Here is my initial list of books. There could be more! I am always looking for recommendations, and boy, howdy, does Intergalactic Mixtape supply them.

Somehow, I received eARCS for all of them from NetGalley or Edelweiss. Will I read all of these books by the end of the month? Ha! No. My NetGalley feedback ratio is only 49%, and I get most of my eARCS from Edelweiss. But I am trying to be better.

I post my reviews on Goodreads and Storygraph.