February Book Giveaway

Lonna from Flylef is organising and hosting this giveaway hop and I have decided that I will join in for some months of the year.

This giveaway starts on the first of the month and ends on the 15th. NZ time with a little leeway! It can be a new release, or an old release.

I am giving away any one book up to the value of $18 U.S. so long as you are in an area of the world where the Book Depository ships to you.  One winner will receive their book of choice. Open internationally.

  ♬  Enter Giveaway ♬

Details

📘         Giveaway ends on February 15th.

📘         Open internationally as long as the Book Depository ships to you.

📘         One winner will be selected at random by Rafflecopter .

📘         The winner will be announced here on the blog and will also be emailed. 

📘         If winner does not respond after 72 hours a new winner will be chosen.

📘         Prizes will be fulfilled as soon as the winner emails me their choice.

January Winner.
Kate S from Ireland who chose ...

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Month in Review: February 2016

Welcome in, do join me by sharing your link to your look back at this month. I'm looking forward to visiting and seeing what everyone has been up to.  The link will be open for you to share your post whenever you post over the next few days.  Do visit each others' posts.

Total books read this month: 14 

Book Formats:

Paperback	Five
E-Book	Five
Audiobook	Four
From TBR shelf	One
Review Books	Nine
From my New Shelf	Zero

Genres Read

Contemporary Romance	Zero
Crime/Suspense	Two
Fantasy	Zero
Women's Fiction	Seven
Historical Fiction	Three
Memoir	One
Fiction	One

Book Titles:

Promises in Death   J. D. Robb
No Child of Mine   Susan Lewis - audiobook
Another Love  Amanda Prowse
Year of Yes    Shonda Rhimes - audiobook
You and Me Always  Jill Mansell
The Friends We Keep  Susan Mallery
The Last Original Wife  Dorothea Benton Frank
The Ramblers  Aidan Donnelley Rowley
Brotherhood in Death  J. D. Robb
Driftwood Summer  Patti Callahan Henry - audiobook
Flight of Dreams   Ariel Lawhon
Secrets of a Charmed Life  Susan Meissner - audiobook
The Butterfly Summer   Harriet Evans
The Two-House Family  Lynda Cohan Loigman

New to me authors this month: Eight. 
Which equals 57% of my reading for the month.

Top Book for February:

I had many very good reads this month. All my books were either 4, 4.5 or 5. However I did give one book 5 stars, mainly because I was so entertained by the audiobook version. Honestly though every single book this month was worth reading and more.

Incoming Books.

Paperback Books Purchased:
None

E Books Purchased:
Once More With Feeling   Emilie Richards
Foxmask        Juliet Marillier

Library Books: 

None

Thanks to Publishers on NetGalley or Edelweiss
Lone Heart Pass  Jodi Thomas
When We Were Sisters  Emilie Richards
Leave Me   Gayle Forman
Outback Sisters Rachael Johns

Thanks to Hachette NZ

The Butterfly Summer  Harriet Evans
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris   Jenny Colgan
The Weekends of You and Me   Fiona Walker
Song of the Skylark   Erica James

Pre-Ordered
Nothing this month

So how did your reading month pan out?

An InLinkz Link-up

Looking Back at February 2015

Total books read this month: 18

Audio Books Read:
Looking For Me   Beth Hoffman
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie   Jennifer Ashley Review pending
Trust No One        Jayne Ann Krentz  Review pending

Ebooks Read
The Secrets of Midwives   Sally Hepworth
The Girls of Mischief Bay     Susan Mallery
Snowy River Man      Lizzy Chandler
First Time in Forever    Sarah Morgan
One Wish                       Robyn Carr
Heartbreak Cove            Lily Everett
Portrait in Death             J. D. Robb
Jubilee's Journey            Bette Lee Crosby  Review pending
Intensive Care                Nicki Edwards      Review pending

Paperbacks Read
Welcome to Serenity   Sherryl Woods
Silver Thaw   Catherine Anderson
Raw   Martin Crowe  - non fiction sport - cricket.
A Place Called Harmony  Jodi Thomas
Baltimore Blues    Laura Lippman
Black Hills     Nora Roberts

Top Books for February

Looking For Me   Beth Hoffman

The Girls of Mischief Bay     Susan Mallery

Silver Thaw   Catherine Anderson

Incoming Books.

Books Purchased:
Blackpeak Vines     Holly Ford (NZ author)
Heavenly Hirani's School of Laughing Yoga  Sarah-Kate Lynch (NZ author)
The Wreck  by Marie Force
And I Love Her  by Marie Force
The Arrangement  by Mary Balogh
The Passion of Patrick MacNeill by Virginia Kantra
Portrait in Death  J. D. Robb
The Dysfunctional Test   Kelly Moran

Library Books: 
Baltimore Blues Laura Lippman

Books from NetGalley
One True Heart   -   Jodi Thomas   (invitation)  TBP  April
Blueprints  - Barbara Delinsky   TBP June
Heartbreak Cove  - Lily Everett

Accepted to review
Insecure   Ainslie Paton
The Settling Earth  Rebecca Burns.

Audio Books Purchased with Audible Credits.
The Martian   Andy Weir
Written in Red  Anne Bishop
One Tiny Lie    K. A. Tucker

Pre-Ordered
Going off Script   Giuliana Rancic  (out in April) I'm a big fan.

FitReaders Check In.

#FitReaders is hosted by The Geeky Blogger and That's What I'm Talking About.

I had a good week to end of the month of February and managed to meet my step goals for the month. (52500) I went slightly over Best day was Friday with 11700 steps and a great swim to finish off - best swim of the year!

While walking I have been listening to Trust No One by Jayne Ann Krentz, great company! Finishing it off as the month finishes, now to choose my next one.

So March ready to go!