These are the books I read in February, listed in the order I read them:

1. Eyes Like Mine by Sheena Kamal 5*
2. The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths 3.5*
3. The Good People by Hannah Kent 5*
4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 3*
5. Harriet Said by Beryl Bainbridge 3.5*
6. The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude 4*
7. Let the Dead Speak by Jane Casey 5* – my post is on its way
8. Everything But The Truth by Gillian McAllister 5* –  my post is on its way
9. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan 3* (a re-read) my opinion hasn’t changed from the first time I read it, well written but a bit flat and contrived
10. The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown 5*

A fantastic reading month – ten books and I gave 5 stars to five of them! They are all fiction – contemporary and historical with three crime fiction and just one book from my TBRs.

And with five 5 star books it is almost impossible to choose a favourite, as they are all excellent, but the book that moved and interested me most is Eyes Like Mine by Sheena Kamal, an excellent psychological suspense novel

with gripping storylines that kept me racing through the book as Nora Watts searches for her missing daughter, a child she gave up for adoption as a baby. Set in Canada, the plot is intricate, complicated and fast moving, highlighting various issues such as mixed race inheritance and differences in treatment based on skin colour, homelessness, and environmental issues. These never overpower the story, but form part of the book as a whole. I loved it.