February reading recap

Four quick fiction books plus nonfiction reads about light pollution, therapy, endangered animals, creativity, and internet scams.

I’ve been listing my recent reading at the end of larger monthly recaps and in my “Books” story highlights on Instagram—but both those places have started to feel cramped (and my social media sharing is especially inconsistent nowadays).

So, enter a new way to talk about the books I’ve had my nose in: A dedicated monthly post! Sometimes I have so much to say about a particular title that it gets its own full reflection, of course, but for all the others… this monthly shindig is their place to shine.

Here’s February!

I use a 5-point scale such that a 3 is satisfying (not bad) and a 5 is over-the-top wonderful. I know that’s not how everyone does it, so it feels worth flagging!

Nonfiction reads

• The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life by Johan Eklöf
  Finished 2/2, read mostly in a yellow lawn chair on our second day camping in the Florida Keys, then in the bed watching sunset with Scout.
  I loved loved loved this one. (Of course reading…