Books of February 2023

Reading

I've added new stats for February and am tracking year to date values as well. You can read the numbered entries as - Monthly Value (Year to Date)

Reading Stats

Books Read - 10 (18)

Pages Read - 3781 (7211)

Books Read

Machine by Elizabeth Bear	An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano	The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
The Aleph Extraction by Dan Moren	The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs	The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
A Cold Treachery by Charles Todd	Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs

February 2023 Covers

Authors

Alexander McCall Smith - 1 (2)	Angeline Boulley - (1)
Ann Leckie - (1)	Brandon Sanderson - 1
Charles Todd - 1	Dan Moren - 1
Ed Yong - 1	Elizabeth Bear - 1
Elle Cosimano - 1	Isaac Asimov - 1
Jim Butcher - (1)	N. K. Jemisin - (1)
Patrica Briggs - 2 (3)	Rick Riorden - (1)
Timothy Zhan - (1)

2023 Author Cloud - February Update

Publishing

Publication Range

Earliest Book - 1953

Most Recent Book - 2022

Publications by Decades

2020s - 6 (9)	2010s - 1 (3)
2000s - 2 (4)	1990s - (1)
1950s - 1

Books

Source

Borrowed From Library - 10 (17)

Borrowed From Friends - (1)

Formats

Audio Book - 7 (13)	eBook - 3 (4)
Hardcover - (1)

Video Games of February 2023

 February was pretty busy and I didn't really have much of window to sit down and play something big. Tactics Ogre ended up producing the bite-sized play I mostly was looking for. Towards the end of the month I wanted to play something a little more interactive and responsive and so I started poking Hollow Knight again.

My top five games (by play time) for February were:

1. Tactics Ogre: Reborn - I spent quite a while being foxed by a mission that I just couldn't beat. Then I finally read a walkthrough that suggested I go and grind money by going on a hunt and I've throughly enjoyed myself. Also hopefully made a ton of money to give me the stuff I need to beat the mission I got stuck on. The level cap is a good addition, but it does cut down on the smashing through stuff that sometimes you just want.
   
   
   
   


2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Replay is going along at a fairly good pace, although the days have been pretty busy so I haven't settled to play much. Pushing through ignoring sidequests really does make the main plot more engaging, and the reduction in weird bad guys who are just hanging out reduces the number of questions about what's going on.
   
   
   
   


3. Hollow Knight - I've now played a lot of Hollow Knight, despite having not finished it ever. This time however I feel like I'm finally getting good enough to really get somewhere. I've been replaying the last 10 hours or so and now I'm finally setting out into the unknown again.
   
   
   
   


4. Sea of Stars (Demo) - Sea of Stars certainly looks like Chrono Trigger if it was made in the year 2023. I wasn't sure if it was an honestly good game or just something satirical (which I've had the impression that Messenger - the dev's previous game - is), but while the demo was definitely fourth wall breaking the rest of the game felt pretty good and it seems like the game itself is going to be fun to play. The RGB "puzzle" was a really neat inclusion.
   
   
   
   


5. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe - Vroom vroom.
   
   
   
   

Here's my total play time chart for February:

And here's a chart of how much I've played over the month: