366 Books February Update

Two months into the National Year of Reading, means two months down in my attempt to read 366 books this year. That means it must also be time for an update.
So 31 days in January, 29 days in February means, by now, I should have read 60 books. And guess what – that’s exactly where I’m at! On target to get to 366 books. These are the books I read in February:

34	Come Down, Cat	Sonya Hartnett	Penguin	Picture Book
35	The Outcasts	John Flanagan	Random House	Young Adult
36	Quinn’s Riddles	Aleesah Darlison	Walker	Children’s
37	Willow’s Challenge	Aleesah Darlison	Walker	Children’s
38	Krystal’s Choice	Aleesah Darlison	Walker	Children’s
39	Ellabeth’s Test	Aleesah Darlison	Walker	Children’s
40	The Secret Signal	Simon Haynes	Bowman	Children’s
41	Poetry Matters	Ralph Fletcher	Harper Trophy	Non Fiction – Writing
42	HipsterMattic	Matt Granfield	Allen & Unwin	Non Fiction
43	Darius Bell & the Crystal Bees	Odo Hirsch	Allen & Unwin	Children’s
44	The Coming of the Whirlpool	Andrew McGahan	Allen & Unwin	Young Adult
45	Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck	Michelle Gillespie	Fremantle Press	Picture Book
46	The Bicyle	Colin Thompson	ABC Books	Picture Book
47	Tin Toys	Bruce Whatley	Random House	Picture Book
48	The Jewel Fish of Karnak	Graeme Base	Penguin	Picture Book
49	A Bus Called Heaven	Bob Graham	Walker	Picture Book
50	Vampyre	Margaret Wild	Walker	Picture Book
51	Desert Boys	Peter Rees	Allen & Unwin	Non Fiction
52	The Flying Emu	Sally Morgan	Walker	Children’s
53	Foal’s Bread	Gillian Mears	Allen & Unwin	Adult
54	The Carousel	Ursula Dubosarsky	Viking	Picture Book
55	Assault	Brian Falkner	Walker	Young Adult
56	The Red House Mystery	AA Milne		Adult
57	Matilda is Missing	Caroline Overington	Bantam	Adult
58	Bom! Went the Bear	Nicki Greenberg	Allen & Unwin	Picture Book
59	Rudie Nudie	Emma Quay	ABC Books	Picture Book
60	Equinox	Lara Morgan	Walker	Young Adult

If you are quick to count you might notice that although I’m up to 60, I actually started the month ahead, and so didn’t quite read a book a day during February. There are a couple of reasons for this, to do with school going back, writing commitments and speaking engagements. But there are also some books which need more than one day to read.  For example, Peter Rees’ Desert Boys took almost a week to get through – which was well worth the effort, although it took me close to not meeting my quota for the month
As with January, I’ve linked the titles above to the reviews of the books, where I’ve reviewed them. If there is no link it means I haven’t reviewed the book – most probably because it isn’t Australian (in January there were some Australian books which I didn’t review because I was sending them to Claire to review instead).
A new month started today – that’s another 31 books to get read! I look forward to keeping you updated with my progress.
I hope you’re  still celebrating the National Year of Reading.