Hi guys, my name is Tobin and welcome to another video today. I will be sharing with you guys all of the books that I read in February. So February is of course the shortest month of the year and I did notice it a little bit with my reading because I almost, but I didn't finish five books, but I'm gonna talk about all of them in today's video. And I have a really nice mixture of like all of the different genres from fantasy to contemporary from middle grade to adult fiction. It's all in this wrap up. So let's just get right into it. The first book that I finished in February, which is one of us is lying by Karen and MacMannis. And this is a YA murder mystery type of novel. The story starts off with detention in high school and five students enter the classroom and only four come out alive. And those four all become suspects of the murder because the person who was found dead is called Simon and he owns this like gossip app, which spreads all these like rumors about people in their high school. And the four suspects all have their own secrets, which they want to stay secrets as well. So it seems like they all have certain motives as to why Simon would be dead. And it was so interesting to find out the whole ordeal behind this story. Usually I am not a fan of like stereotypes in books, but with this book, it didn't bother me as much. This might also be because we are like in the head of the four suspects, and I could kind of like see their motivations and where they were coming from. And I just really liked that about this story. It was super fast paced and overall I just loved it. I wouldn't personally give it a five out of five stars because the ending didn't blow me away, but it was pleasantly surprising. And I am definitely going to like pick up the sequel. It's more like a companion awful, which is called one of us is next, I believe I have to think about that. Like so. And I've heard from some of the people who responded to my 48 hour readathon vlog. Definitely go check that out. If you haven't already, that the sequel is even better than the first one. So I am very intrigued. So I gave this book four out of five stars. And then I finished before the coffee gets cold by Toshikawa Kawaguchi. Am I saying that correctly? No. Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikawa, I can't pronounce that name. Koshikawa. Toshikawa. Koshikawa. Koshikawa. The next book that I finished is before the coffee gets cold by Toshikawa Kawaguchi. Yes, you're crazy son of a bitch, you're dead. And I read this book via script as like an audiobook and I overall really quite like the experience. By the way, if you want to get an extra free month of listening to audiobooks for yourself, sign up to script with my personal link, not sponsored or anything. Script is just in my opinion a wonderful audiobook surface. And I've heard all of my friends say that this was like an amazing book. It is a time traveling story of people who enter this cafe. And if you like half coffee in that cafe at a certain spot, you will be able to like travel back in time or just time travel in general. While you are time traveling, you cannot move from the seat. It's kind of just like you have your own experience in the past or the future. And nothing will really change about the present. So it was different with that. And I like that aspect about the story. And in this book, you basically have three main stories that you kind of like focus on people who want to have that time traveling experience. And I thought that they were super moving, very emotional. I can see why a lot of people love this book. But the writing was very detailed. Like a little too detailed for me at some points. But that is why I think that listening to this book was perfect for me because that like really got me through it. And it was enjoyable. So I gave a three out of five stars. The third book that I read in February is a long title and it's in Dutch. So bear with me. It is called. I mean, it's so hard to remember. I'm a very out of the way. I'm a very good friend. This was like 120 page nonfiction book about why you shouldn't necessarily vote on the same party as your parents do, which is the literal translation of the title because on March 17th here in the Netherlands, we are having like a national election again. And I just feel so uninformed about politics. So that's why I picked up this book. And it definitely like helped me understand politics a little bit more. It is still like a very vague field for me. And it is difficult to get your braid around. But I am prepared myself for the election. And if you're Dutch, please go vote on the 17th of March because your vote is important. And it counts. It really does. After that, I picked up something completely different. And I read with The Fire on High by Elizabeth Assevego. This was the last book that I had to read by this wonderful author. And I love Elizabeth Assevego's work so much. And I'm so happy that I got to read this book together with Mel from Mel Reads. If you don't know Mel, I would be surprised, but definitely go check out her channel. If you haven't, this is Assevego's like only work in prose. So just like regular written books. I guess. That she has published all of her other work is in first. She has a way with words that I have never experienced from any other author. So that is, I think why I love her so much. Like every single one of her stories, they make you feel all the feels. And this one we follow our main character called Amani. And she is a teen mom. And usually a lot of these books focus around like the main character finding out that they're pregnant and trying to deal with that. But Assevego decided to write a book in which the main character has like a two year old right now. And she wants to focus on her own dreams. And it's kind of like the struggles with being a teen mom, going to school, finding out what you want to do after high school. And just how to balance everything. And Amani's passion is cooking. And I loved seeing that so much in this book. Like it made me hungry all the times. And I totally want to make a dish out of this book. And Sabine's cook, no, coming to you hopefully soon. And I do feel like you can notice that Assevego writes like in first. Normally. And I think this book would have worked amazing in that style as well. But I just loved it so much. And if you haven't picked it up already, please do so. And also the book is so pretty. Like it makes me so happy just looking at it and knowing that the contents of this book are just as fabulous. Makes it even better. So I give this one a four out of five stars. And again, audio book amazing because the author narrates it herself. Definitely check it out please. Those were the four books that I like officially finished in February. So I actually only read four books. But I mean, I read the majority of Wonder Smith, the second book in the Nevermore series by Jessica Townsend. Almost entirely in February. Like I only had to finish the last 100 pages of this wonderful middle grade book. Wonder, Wonder Smith, wonderful. Wow. I'm co-hosting a read-along for the Nevermore series together with Olivia from Olivia's catastrophe. And in February, we were reading book two. March, we're reading hollowpox. And definitely follow along with the read-along. If you haven't already, the books are amazing. They feel so magical. And I loved Wonder Smith even more than Nevermore. I just flew through this book and constantly was on the edge of my seat wanting to find out what is happening. I won't really be talking about what this book is about, but with Nevermore you have our main character Morgan Crow. She is destined to die on her 11th birthday. But before that can happen, she's whisked away by this man called Jupiter North into the world of Nevermore. And that's all that you need to know. It's magical. It's a lot of fun. And this book there is definitely an added element of mystery to it, which I think kept me on the edge of my seat. And I will be reading hollowpox in March. I'm so excited. If you haven't checked out my March TBR video yet. Do so. It was a lot of fun. But a little bit chaotic. I highly recommend you to check that one out. So I think I give Wonder Smith a 4.25 out of 5 stars. It was so good. I was gonna show you which book I am currently reading, but then I was like, that is basically just giving away my whole March TBR video. So I'm not gonna do that. Just check that one out. Like I told you already. Let me know in the comments down below which books you read in February. I am always really excited to find out new titles, things that I can add to my ever growing TBR. If you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs up. You can subscribe to my channel by clicking somewhere here on the screen or on the buttons down below. And hopefully I will see you guys in my next one. Bye! Bye!