Discussion: What was the best book you read in February?

Plus the Anderberg family's favorites

Hey there, readers!

Once again, it’s time to chat about our favorite reads of the previous month. Here’s what our family most enjoyed in February:

JEREMY: My first Louise Erdrich book, The Night Watchman, was fantastic. Can’t wait to read more of her stuff. (Read my review from last week.) On the non-fiction side, Beverly Gage’s biography of J. Edgar Hoover, G-Man, was nearly perfect. My review of that one is coming this Friday.

JANE: Robin Wall Kimmerer’s longtime bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass was an easy pick for Jane this month. It was earnest, joyful, optimistic, and packed with lovely storytelling.

GRAHAM (9.5 years old): Our oldest is enjoying Kelly Yang’s “Front Desk” series. His favorite this month was the second installment, Three Keys. He’s listening to it on audio and there have been times that we can hardly pull him away from it.

WILLA (7 years old): Hayley and John Rocco’s “Meet the Wild Things” series is a really fun set of animal books for kids. Willa has been looking through the whole series more nights than not this month. The newest installment, Hello, I’m an Axolotl is a delight.

BO (4 years old): The little one has been weirdly obsessed with volcanoes for a few months, to the point of loudly declaring that he’ll never go to Hawaii because, obviously, the whole family will die in the lava. Smithsonian’s Little Explorer series has a good Volcanoes entry for geologically-minded little tykes.

Your turn! What was your favorite February read?

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