February BookHaul & March Mystery Madness!

Let’s chat about the books I bought in February. Also: #marchmysterymadness! #bookhaul #marchmysterymadness #booktube Books mentioned (in alphabetical order): Frances Burney, Evelina (1778):   / evelina   #classic #epistolary #buddyread Catherina Coenen, Unexplored Ordnance (2025):   / unexploded-ordnance   #nonfiction #essays #buddyread Anna Garréta, Sphinx, transl. from the French by Emma Ramadan (1986):   / sphinx   #debut #translatedfiction #womentranslatewomen Elizabeth George, Something to Hide, Lynley Mysteries #21 (2022):   / something-to-hide   #mysteries #buddyread #marchmysterymadness Hon Lai-Chu, Mending Bodies, transl. from the Chinese by Jacqueline Leung (2010):   / mending-bodies   #scifi #translatedfiction #womentranslatewomen #china Kim Hey-Jin, Concerning My Daughter, transl. from the Korean by Jamie Chang (2017):   / concerning-my-daughter   #translatedfiction #womentranslatewomen #buddyread Francesca Wade, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife (2025):   / gertrude-stein   #biography #booktubeprize March Mystery Madness: Co-Creators: LizziefayeLovesBooks    / @lizziefayelovesbooks   Troi Towel    / @toweltroi   Jenn - Remembered Reads    / @rememberedreads   Additional hosts Olly -    / @criminollyblog   Marilyn Maya - https://www.youtube.com@marilynmayamendoza Sarah -    / @readingcategoryromance   Beth -    / @elizabethtyreesoulstainedink   Stormi -    / @stormreads   Tiffany -    / @thebeachbumbookworm   Tim -    / @timsreadingroom   Schedule of the Special International Hosts: Feb 27 - Scotland - Fiona from My Cosy Haven https://www.youtube.com@readsandeats2263 Mar 6 - Ireland - Aoife from Words of Clover    / @wordsofclover   Mar 13 - Turkey - Berna from Berna’s Bookish Adventures    / @bernasbookishadventures   Mar 20 - Germany/The Netherlands - Britta from Britta Bohler    / @brittabohlerthesecondshelf   Mar 27 - Australia - Mr. Francy from Mr Francy Reads    / @mrfrancyofficial   The prompts: Read a Mystery that is set in a different continent than where you live Read a Mystery from an author who is from a different country than where you live Read a Mystery that has been translated from its original language People & channels mentioned: BTP ‪@BookTubePrize‬ Heidi ‪@myreadinglife8816‬ Jos Smith on Goodreads:   / jo   Name of my YouTube channel: I stole name ‘The Second Shelf’ from the title of Meg Wolitzer’s article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/boo... Find me elsewhere: website: www.brittaboehler.com (hasn’t been updated in a while, sorry…) goodreads:   / 5497508.britta_b_hler   Instagram:   / brittaboehler   X, formerly twitter:   / britta_boehler   I also wrote some books: Fiction: De juiste houding (2021): https://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20... available in Dutch The Decision (2015): http://hauspublishing.com/fiction/the... or in the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): http://www.aufbau-verlag.de/index.php... also available in Dutch, French, Italian, Greek, Danish, Hebrew and Turkish Non-fiction (available only in Dutch): De goede advocaat (2017): http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/D... Crisis in de rechtstaat (2004): https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-... De zwerftocht van een leider (2000): https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-... Crime novels under the pen name Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt) The Posthumus Mysteries: Lonely Graves (2014) Lives Lost (2015) Deadly Secrets (June 2016) https://www.hodder.co.uk/authors/deta... and for German readers: Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015) Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016) Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017) http://www.hoffmann-und-campe.de/auto...