Rabbit Hole #35: February Reading Update

February was a weird reading month. With Mardi Gras in the first week, and some other personal things going on, I wasn't reading as consistently as I have been. I still managed to complete 9 challenges, but really only because three were graphic novels/comic collections, and because Shonda Rhimes' amazing book was a quick read just over 100 pages.

That being said, I managed to read some really great books. I can't remember the last time I had three 5 star reads in one month! (Interestingly, they were all nonfiction books.)

Bustle Women/POC Reading Challenge (Currently completed: 3/20 challenges)

Book about an immigrant or refugee to America: Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi (5 stars)

A graphic novel written by a woman: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (4 stars)


PopSugar 2016 Reading Challenge (Currently completed: 9/41 challenges)

A graphic novel: Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh (4 stars)

A self-improvement book: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes (5 stars)

A book that takes place on an island: Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique (4 stars)



Read Harder Challenge 2016  (Currently completed: 6/24 challenges)

A non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, et al. (4 stars) 

A book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie: Which is better?: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt** (4 stars)

A book originally published in the decade you were born: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974) (3 stars)

A biography: The Notorious RBG: The Lives and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (5 stars)


**This is one of the few reading challenges that was a reread for me, as it was a book club choice. For me, it's a tie between the book and the movie. I really loved the movie, especially the portrayals of Minerva and Chablis (played by the Lady herself!). The book, however, gives a wider look at Savannah at the time and all of the city's secrets, a lot of which is left out of the movie.