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Wonders it to him, she's fully real. Wonders whether the aperture of his mind is wide enough to accommodate her in her entirety.

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I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recapping the books I read in February.

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I am here to tell you all about the books I read in February, but before I do that, I feel like I do have to be transparent and honest and tell you I am recording this episode much earlier than I typically like to record reading recap episodes.

They're typically the last episode of the month, and so I like to record them toward the end of the month to give a full account of the books I've read.

But by necessity, because February is so very short, I am recording just it feels like a lot earlier than usual.

The good news is I read a lot of good books in February, and I'm very comfortable reviewing those for you.

And then I also at this point in the month, I'm about 50 to 75% through a couple of other books. And so I'll be sure to kind of let you know which books those are.

I do like to be honest in my reviews and in my recaps, but I also have to record when the schedule tells me to record.

And so this month feels a little different, a little earlier than normal, but that's okay. We're doing it. And it's going to be great.

So I read a few books in February. It doesn't feel like it was my best reading month, but I think that can easily be attributed to the fact that we hosted our February.

Read a retreat, our winter, read a retreat, and that took up a whole lot of time and energy and planning.

I also spent part of my month at cheer her on weekend up in New England in Massachusetts, celebrating the work of little women.

And as a result, again, just not a ton of reading time.

I'm a person. You're a person. And so we may not have reading months where we read a ton of books. And that's okay.

I did read some good books this month, including what felt like my first true five star book of the year.

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