Reading Theme of February, 2020

Call a Friend

"Friends" (1994-2004)

This month's theme is going to be a little bit different, because we'll be asking a friend to decide what we read for the month of February. I've realised that I seldom go to friends for recommendations on books. If they've spoken well of a book, I might be more inclined to read if, of course, but I rarely go to a friend and specifically ask them to recommend me a book. So! For February, that's exactly what we will do!
However, there are two ways to go about it. The first is to just ask them to recommend you any book at all, and then if you don't already own that book, you'll have to borrow it somehow. The second option is to choose 5 books from your TBR pile, and then ask your friend to choose one of those. This will be a good opportunity to finally get to one of those books you've been really wanting to read recently, or discover new books you'd might not have read otherwise.

Don't have the energy to ask a friend? Here are some of my personal recommendations for you, amigo:

• "The Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson
• "Circe" by Madeline Miller
• "The Circle" by Mats Strandberg & Sara Bergmark Elfgren
• "Stoner" by John Williams
• "Seraphina" by Rachel Hartman

I asked four friends for recommendations (over 400 pages) and this is what I will be reading in February:

• "The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue" by Mackenzi Lee (513 pages)
• "Spinning Silver" by Naomi Novik (480 pages)
• "The Blade Itself" by Joe Abercrombie (515 pages)
• "Going Bovine" by Libba Bray (496 pages)

I'm really looking forward to my reading this month, and I hope you're feeling the same!
Happy reading!