February ~ Genre Match > Likes and Comments

Our next 'genre match' this year is #3! So, post your numbered lists and read whatever genre 'matches' the number 3 slot. Then, don't forget to take that genre out of the game for next month!

(*****Note that your list should have 12 selected genres from which to choose this month.*****)

(An explanation of the rules and a yearly tracker can be found here.)

My #3 genre is 'debut', and I plan on reading Lady of Milkweed Manor , which is Julie Klassen's debut.

#3 Light Romance


1 Historical Fiction
2 Women’s Fiction
❤️3 Light Romance
4 Novella
5 Mother and daughter
6 Holiday
7 Christian Fiction
8 Small Town
9 Amish
10 Split time
11 Fiction in India
12 Sisters

My #3 is MYSTERY/SUSPENSE


1️⃣ Music
2️⃣ Historical
3️⃣ Mystery/suspense➖FEBRUARY
4️⃣ Young Adult
5️⃣ Apocalyptic
6️⃣ Non-Fiction
7️⃣ Romance
8️⃣ Southern Fiction
9️⃣ Western
1️⃣0️⃣ RomCom
❌1️⃣1️⃣ Canada Setting➖JANUARY
11-1️⃣2️⃣ American History
12-1️⃣3️⃣ Travel

My #3 is Amish.

1. Westerns
2. Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
3. Amish
4. WWII
5. Love Inspired
6. Historical Fiction
7. Contemporary
8. Christmas
9. Cozy Mystery
10. Time Travel
11. 19th Century
12. 2025/2026 Released

My #3 is Western/Frontier. One of my book clubs is reading so it fits this category good.

1. Regency
2. WWII
3. Western/Frontier
4. Fairytale Retelling
5. WWI
6. Mystery/Suspense
7. Time Travel
8. Revolutionary War
9. Contemporary
10. Biblical
11. Amish
12. Christy Award Winner

My number #3 is Thriller

#1 Romantic suspense
#2 Gothic suspense
#3 Thriller
#4 RomCom
#5 Historical
#6 contemporary
#7 Biblical
#8 Gothic historical
#9 Dual-time
#10 time-travel
#11 classic
#12 Speculative

My #3 is Mystery/Suspense

01 ~ Christian Historical
02 ~ Christian Fiction
03 ~ Biblical Fiction
04 ~ Western/Historical
05 ~ Award winner or nominee
06 ~ Cozy Mystery
07 ~ War
08 ~ Amish
09 ~ Biography/AutoBio/Memoir
10 ~ Romance
11 ~ Victorian

I plan to read and

01 Regency
02 Suspense
03 Time Slip
04 Found Family
05 Grief
06 Mother-Daughter
07 Best Friends
08 Road Trip
09 War
10 Contemporary
11 Over 400 Pages
12 NetGalley

January: 11 Romcom
Hearts in Circulation by Sarah Monzon 1/12/26

February: 03 Time Slip

February #3 - Age Gap

1. Regency
2. Cozy mystery
3. Children's Fiction
4. Frontier/Pioneer
5. Young Adult
6. Christian Fiction
7. Historical Fiction
8. Proper Romance
10. Award Winning
11. Series
12. Holiday
13. Non-Fiction

My #3 is Children's Fiction

February #3 Biblical

1. A Retelling (this was on my 2025 list and didn't get it's number called)
2 Rom/Com
3 Biblical
4 Historical
5 War time (any war)
6 Contemporary
7 Dual Time line
8 Suspense/Thriller
9 Romance
10 Time travel
11 Cozy Mystery
12 Reread a favorite
13 Christy Award Winner

January Cozy Mystery

February Biblical

My #3 is Historical Fiction

01. MysterySuspense/Thriller

02. Biography/Memoir

03. Historical Fiction - February

04. Biblical Fiction

05. Next in a Series

06. Holiday

07. War

08. Dual Timeline

09. New to Me Author

10. Male Author

11. Clean Out the TBR

12. Set Outside USA

My #3 is Christian apologist non-fiction. I'm choosing Cold Case Christianity.

My #3 is Holiday.

1. Amish/Mennonite
2. Mystery
3. Holiday
4. Novella
5. Love Inspired
6. Split Time/Dual Time
7. Set in Canada
8. Suspense/Thriller (includes all types of thrillers)
9. Set outside of the US (not including Canada)
10. Small Town
11. Military Fiction
12. Historical Fiction

#3 - Holiday

3. Cozy Mystery

1. TBR since 2024 or earlier
2. Revolutionary War
3. Cozy Mystery
4. Suspense
5. Sports Rom Com
6. Western
7. book set in Canada
8. Fairy tale retelling
9. Classic
10. Regency
11. Fantasy
12. Series

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My #3 is General Fiction/Women's Fiction. I love this genre, but there aren't a ton of them. We'll see what I read that fits for this one.

1-Amish
2-Contemporary Romance
3-General Fiction/Women's Fiction
4-Historical Fiction
5-Mystery
6-New to Me Author
7-Novella/Novella Collection
8-Regency/Victorian
9-Western
10-Set Outside the US
11-Time Slip
12-Wartime