books i've read april 2024

 4.1.24

• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (A)

4.2.24

• I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang (YA)
• The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle (PB)

4.4.24

• Jurgen Klopp by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Beatriz Castro (YNF)
• Skunk on a String by Thao Lam (PB)
• Lenny Henry by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Diane Ewen (YNF)
• Aloha Everything by Kaylin Elia George & Mae Waite (PB)
• Churro Stand by Karina N. Gonzalez & Krystal Quiles (PB)
• Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA by Emily Inouye Huey & Kaye Kang (YNF)
• A Duck Called Brian by Al Murphy (PB)
• A Delicious Story by Barney Saltzberg (PB)
• Everyone Gets a Turn by Marianne Dubuc (GN)

4.5.24

• The Cozy Home: Three-and-a-Half Stories by Ame Dyckman & Mark Teague (Y)
• The Song That Called Them Home by David A. Robertson & Maya McKibbin (PB)
• Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers & Julie Flett (PB)
• Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art by Hannah Slayer (YNF)
• Hedgehog and the Log by Pam Fong (PB)
• An Illustrated History of Ghosts by Adam Allsuch Boardman (YANF)

4.6.24

• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid (A)
• Cat + Gamer #1 by Wataru Nadatani (M)
• Cheeky Brat #7 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)
• Blue Flag #4 by Kaito (M)

4.7.24

• Cheeky Brat #8 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: Silverlake Art Show by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell (Y)
• Up, Up, and Away by Shirley Hughes & Clara Vulliamy (Y)
• Cheeky Brat #9 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)
• The Art of Asking: Or How I Learned o Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer (ANF)
• My Sister and Me by Joana Estela (PB)
• Oh, Are You Awake? by Bob Shea & Jarvis (PB)
• Tufty: The Little Lost Duck Who Found Love by Michael Foreman (PB)
• Dreams Flights on Arctic Nights by Brookie Harman & Evon Zerbetz (PB)
• Tenzing Norgay by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Lost Inside My Head: The Story of a Boy Who Can't Help Being Different by Vigg (PB)
• L Is for Lollygag: Quirky Words for a Clever Tongue by Molly Glover (ANF)
• Blue Flag #5 by Kaito (M)

4.8.24

• Punk Rock Unicorn by Dana Simpson (GN)
• Skip! by Sarah Burgess (GN)
• If I Were a Fungus by Gaia Stella (YNF)
• Dreamin' Sun #9 by Ichigo Takano (M)
• Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy (YA)

4.9.24

• Forward March by Skye Quinlan (YA)
• Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey & Mika Song (Y)

4.12.24

• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (YA)
• The Wolf-Birds by Willow Dawson (PB)
• Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover by Lucy Ruth Cummins & Pete Oswald (PB)
• My Baby Sister Is a Diplodocus by Aurore Petit (PB)
• You Are a Little Seed by Choi Sook-Hee (PB)
• Bizard the Bear Wizard by Chrissie Krebs (GN)
• Unicornado by Dana Simpson (GN)
• Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel & Katya (ANF)

4.13.24

• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (A)
• Peekaboo Rex! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes (GN)

4.14.24

• Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski (ANF)
• Rosie Runs by Marika Maijala (PB)
• The Twist-a-Roo by Kathleen Doherty & Kristyna Litten (PB)
• Mole Is Not Alone by Maya Tatsukawa (PB)
• My Dog and I by Luca Tortolini & Felicita Sala (PB)
• Don't Worry, Wuddles by Lita Judge (PB)
• Here: I Can Be Mindful by Ally Condie & Jaime Kim (PB)
• Harlem at Four by Dr. Michael Datcher & Frank Morrison (PB)
• The Magic Cap by Mireille Messier & Charlotte Parent (PB)
• Dreamin' Sun #10 by Ichigo Takano (M)
• Bloody Mary #8 by Akaza Samamiya (M)
• Bloody Mary #9 by Akaza Samamiya (M)
• Bloody Mary #10 by Akaza Samamiya (M)

4.15.24

• A Man & His Cat #1by Umi Sakurai (M)
• When I Am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn (YA)
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun (A)

4.16.24

• What Did You Eat Yesterday? #1 by Fumi Yoshinaga (M)

4.17.24

• Crystallography: A Very Short Introduction by A.M. Glazer (ANF)
• The Great Big Paw Print by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell (Y)
• Handa-Kun #5 by Satsuki Yoshino (M)
• Everyone's Getting Married #1 by Izumi Miyazono (M)
• Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto (GN)
• You by Caroline Kepnes (A)

4.19.24

• Once Upon a Leap Year by Anna Bell (A)
• Peg Gets Crackin' by Jo Renfro (PB)
• The Wolf in Underpants Gets Some Pants by Wilfrid Lupano & Mayana Itoiz (PB)

4.20.24

• Witch and Famous by Angela M. Sanders (A)
• Evil: A Very Short Introduction by Luke Russell (ANF)
• The Wallflower #32 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• The Way of the Househusband #2 by Kousuke Oono (M)
• The Wallflower #33 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• Skip-Beat! #46 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

4.21.24

• Soon, Your Hands by Jonathan Stutzman & Elizabeth Lilly (PB)
• Bigfoot Does Not Like Birthday Parties by Eric Ode & Jaime Temairik (PB)
• Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar (PB)
• The Girl Who Loves Bugs by Lily Murray & Jenny Lovlie (PB)
• Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall (A)
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: A New Friend by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell (Y)
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: A Surprise Visitor by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell (Y)

4.22.24

• The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon (A)
• Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction by Malcolm Gaskill (ANF)

4.23.24

• Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander (A)

4.25.24

• Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello (YA)

4.26.24

• Reggie: Kid Penguin by Jen de Oliveira (GN)
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: Looking for Winston by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell (Y)
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: It's Raining, It's Pouring by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell (Y)
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: The Mouse House by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell (Y)
• Juneteenth Is by Natasha Tripplett & Daniel J. O'Brien (PB)
• Just Like Millie by Lauren Castillo (PB)
• The Shadow & the Ghost by Cat Min (PB)
• The Lonely Mailman by Susanna Isern & Daniel Montero Galan (PB)
• Kindness Is a Kite String: The Uplifting Power of Empathy by Michelle Schaub & Claire LaForte (PB)

4.27.24

• Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander (A)
• Cat on the Hero's Lap #1 by Kousuke Iijima (M)
• What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (A)
• Skip-Beat! #47 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• The Way of the Househusband #3 by Kousuke Oono (M)
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Stacey's Mistake by Ellen T. Crenshaw & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and the Bad Joke by Arley Nopra & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's Haircut by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman (GN)
• Blue Flag #6 by Kaito (M)
• The Wallflower #34 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• Gender Euphoria edited by Laura Kate Dale (ANF)

4.28.24

• Blue Flag #7 by Kaito (M)
• Blue Flag #8 by Kaito (M)
• A Man & His Cat #2 by Umi Sakurai (M)
• A Man & His Cat #3 by Umi Sakurai (M)
• Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao (GN)
• For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose (YA)
• The Wolves of Greycoat Hall by Lucinda Gifford (Y)
• The Wallflower #35 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)

4.29.24

• Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones (A)

4.30.24

• The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones (A)

04.24 total: 129

14 adult fiction; 7 young adult fiction; 40 picture books; 6 youth nonfiction; 13 graphic novels; 11 youth fiction; 1 young adult nonfiction; 29 manga; 8 adult nonfiction

books i've read march 2024

 3.1.24

• The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza (A)
• Jump for Joy by Karen Gray Ruelle & Hadley Hooper (PB)
• Say Hello by Jack Foreman & Michael Foreman (PB)
• The Most Exciting Eid by Zeba Talkhani & Abeeha Tariq (PB)
• Super Small: Miniature Marvels of the Natural World by Tiffany Stone & Ashley Spires (YNF)
• The Bad Guys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh! by Aaron Blabey (Y)
• The Bad Guys in the Others?! by Aaron Blabey (Y)
• The Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman (YANF)

3.2.24

• Delicious in Dungeon #10 by Ryoko Kui (M)
• Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab (Y)
• Delicious in Dungeon #11 by Ryoko Kui (M)
• Delicious in Dungeon #12 by Ryoko Kui (M)
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman (GN)
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (GN)

3.3.24

• Bait and Witch by Angela M. Sanders (A)
• Femme in Public by ALOK (ANF)
• Grand Slam Romance Book 1 by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous (GN)
• The Wind and the Trees by Todd Stewart (PB)
• Barnaby by Andrea Curtis & Kass Reich (PB)
• Grandma's Roof Garden by Tang Wei (PB)
• Lovely Old Lion by Julia Jarman & Susan Varley (PB)
• Sally Ride by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alona Millgram (YNF)
• Luma and the Grumpy Dragon by Leah Mohammed & Loretta Schauer (Y)
• Fence: Rise by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (GN)

3.4.24

• This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson (ANF)
• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley (A)

3.6.24

• Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison (A)

3.7.24

• Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot & Edward Gorey (A)

3.8.24

• The Most Magnificent Idea by Ashley Spires (PB)
• I, Vivaldi by Janice Shefelman & Tom Shefelman (YNF)
• The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko Miyakoshi (PB)
• A Fish Named Glub by Dan Bar-el & Josee Bisaillon (PB)
• Time for Bed, Fred! by Yasmeen Ismail (PB)
• Songs of the Fog Maiden by Tomie dePaola (PB)
• A Bear and His Boy by Sean Bryan & Tom Murphy (PB)
• Hide and Seek by Taro Gomi (PB)
• Black and White by David Macaulay (PB)
• Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn & Rosalind Beardshaw (PB)
• Bagels from Benny by Aubrey Davis & Dusan Petricic (PB)
• Virgil & Owen by Paulette Bogan (PB)
• !Marimba!: Animales from A to Z by Pat Mora & Doug Cushman (PB)
• Cirque Du Slay by Rob Osler (A)

3.9.24

• Hippos Remain Calm by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Sir Morien: The Legend of a Knight of the Round Table by Holly Black, Kaliis Smith, & Ebony Glenn (PB)
• Olive by Jed Alexander (PB)
• 10 Cats by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Too Many Rabbits by Davide Cali & Emanuele Benetti (PB)
• You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney (ANF)

3.10.24

• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #3 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #4 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #5 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #6 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Cheeky Brat #1 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)

3.11.24

• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff (Y)
• Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (A)
• Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw (A)
• Oresama Teacher #8 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Cheeky Brat #2 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)
• Hirano and Kagiura #1 by Shou Harusono (M)

3.12.24

• The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciute & Ausra Kiudulaite (PB)
• Everything Is Mine by Andrea D'Aquino (PB)
• Click! by Jeffrey Ebbeler (PB)
• Oddly by Joyce Dunbar & Patrick Benson (PB)
• Pem Pem's Birthday by Peter Bently & Duncan Beedie (PB)
• No More Biting for Billy Goat! by Bernette Ford & Sam Williams (PB)
• A Human for Kingsley by Gabriel Evans (PB)
• Grandma's Tipi: A Present-Day Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson (PB)
• Don't Trust Cats (Life Lessons from Chip the Dog) by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt (PB)
• The Brothers Zzli by Alex Cousseau & Anne-Lise Boutin (PB)
• Cheeky Brat #3 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)

3.13.24

• Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Jason Baumann (Ed.), Kay Tobin Lahusen, & Diana Davies (ANF)
• your wound/my garden by ALOK (ANF)
• Hirano and Kagiura #2 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Hirano and Kagiura #3 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Hirano and Kagiura #4 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Oresama Teacher #9 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• The Mimicking of Know Successes by Malka Older (A)
• Komi Can't Communicate #21 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #22 by Tomohito Oda (M)

3.14.24

• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell (YA)
• XOXO by Axie Oh (YA)
• Komi Can't Communicate #23 by Tomohito Oda (M)

3.15.24

• The Storyteller by Lindsay Bonilla & Noar Lee Naggan (PB)
• Alien Nate by Dave Whamond (GN)
• The Little Book of Words That Matter by Joanne Ruelos Diaz & Annelies Draws (YNF)
• Super Pooper and Whizz Kid: Potty Power! by Eunice Moyles & Sabrina Moyle (PB)
• ABC What Can She Be? by Sugar Snap Studio (PB)
• We Light Up the Sky with Music! by Nick Maland (PB)
• Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford & Reggie Brown (PB)

3.16.24

• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (YANF)

3.17.24

• My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (A)
• A Ramadan to Remember by Marzieh A. Ali & Najwa Awatiff (PB)
• Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and Healing by Deidre Havrelock & Aly McKnight (PB)
• Kylie Minogue by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Rebecca Gibbon (YNF)
• Noura's Crescent Moon by Zainab Khan & Nabila Adani (PB)
• Have You Seen Mikki Olsen? by Alex Macdonald (PB)
• Will You Help Doug Find His Dog? by Jane Caston & Carmen Saldana (PB)
• Wolves in Helicopters by Sarah Tagholm & Paddy Donnelly (PB)
• The Holy Ghost: A Spirited Comic by John Hendrix (GN)

3.18.24

• Seven Year Witch by Angela M. Sanders (A)
• This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safe (YA)
• Komi Can't Communicate #24 by Tomohito Oda (M)

3.19.24

• Komi Can't Communicate #25 by Tomohito Oda (M)

3.20.24

• Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (A)
• Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom (ANF)
• Ollie and Augustus by Gabriel Evans (PB)
• Norton and the Bear by Gabriel Evans (PB)

3.22.24

• Si. !No! by Rhode Montijo (PB)
• If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall (PB)
• Don't Need Friends by Carolyn Crimi & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson (PB)
• Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Pizza Slice by Marilyn Adler & Eric Comstock (PB)
• Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! by Aaron Blabey (GN)

3.23.24

• Ballet Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (Y)
• A Call for a New Alphabet by Jef Czekaj (Y)
• I Know Here by Laurel Croza & Matt James (PB)
• Flora Forager ABC by Bridget Beth Collins (PB)
• Mouseling's Words by Shutta Crum & Ryan O'Rourke (PB)
• Who's New at the Zoo? by Janik Coat (PB)
• Hare and Tortoise Race to the Moon by Oliver J. Corwin (PB)
• Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Hat by Marilyn Sadler & Eric Comstock (PB)
• M.O.M. (Mom Operating Manual) by Doreen Cronin & Laura Cornell (PB)
• Rescue Bunnies by Doreen Cronin & Scott Menchin (PB)
• Hooray for Birds! by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Dreamin' Sun #8 by Ichigo Takano (M)
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (A)
• Leo Messi by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Florencia Gavilan (YNF)
• Bye, Penguin! by Seou Lee (PB)
• The First Day in May by Henrique Coser Moreira (PB)
• The Skull by Jon Klassen (PB)

3.24.24

• All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim (A)
• Bloody Mary #6 by Hakaza Samamiya (M)
• Bloody Mary #7 by Hakaza Samamiya (M)
• Skip-Beat! #45 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #36 by Yuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki, & Yuki Morisaki (M)
• Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, & Micah Myers (GN)

3.25.24

• Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond (A)

3.29.24

• The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb (A)
• Finna by Nino Cipri (A)

3.30.24

• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (A)
• Snug as a Bug? by Karl Newson & Alex Willmore (PB)
• Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball by Rachel Piercey & Freya Hartas (PB)
• I Love Myself by Wai Mei Wong & Julia Vasileva (PB)
• You Broke It! by Liana Finck (PB)
• Harriet's Reflections by Marion Kadi (PB)
• Louis Pasteur by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Shelly Laslo (YNF)

3.31.24

• Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker (A)
• Cominatorics: A Very Short Introduction by Robin Wilson (ANF)
• Wiggle by Doreen Cronin & Sam Menchin (PB)
• 1 Grumpy Bruce: A Counting Book by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• The Panda, the Cat, and the Dreadful Teddy: A Parody by Paul Magrs (GN)
• Best Bear Ever!: A Little Year of Liz Climo by Liz Climo (GN)
• The Way of the Househusband #1 by Kousuke Oono (M)
• Oresama Teacher #10 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Blue Period #1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi (M)
• Cheeky Brat #4 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)
• Citrus #6 by Saburouta (M)
• Cheeky Brat #5 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)
• Cheeky Brat #6 by Mitsubachi Miyuki (M)

03.31 total: 159

19 adult fiction; 71 picture books; 7 youth nonfiction; 7 youth fiction; 2 young adult nonfiction; 33 manga; 10 graphic novels; 7 adult nonfiction; 3 young adult fiction

books i've read february 2024

 2.2.24

• Komi Can't Communicate #15 by Tomohito Oda (M)

2.3.24

• Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi (Y)
• Letter from the Queen by Tara Lipsyncki & Cherry Mock (PB)
• The Wishing Flower by A.J. Irving & Kip Alizadeh (PB)
• 47,000 Beads by Koja Adeyoha, Angel Adeyoha, & Holly McGillis (PB)
• ABC of Gender Identity by Devika Dalal (YNF)
• Kitty and the Kidnap Trap by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

2.4.24

• Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars by Irshad Manji (ANF)
• Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders by Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock, & Dung Ho (PB)
• Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey by Eddie Muller, Jessica Schmidt, & Forrest Burdett (PB)
• Tacos by Frank Asch (PB)
• Much Too Busy by John Bond (PB)
• Catch These Hands! #1 by murata (M)
• Catch These Hands! #2 by murata (M)
• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim (A)
• Little Owl's Love by Divya Srinivasan (PB)
• Once Upon a Unicorn's Horn by Beatrice Blue (PB)
• Jo Bright and the Seven Bots by Deborah Underwood & Meg Hunt (PB)
• The Wolf in Underpants at Full Speed by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• Bubble Trouble by Tom Percival (PB)
• The Wolf in Underpants Breaks Free by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• The Wolf in Underpants Freezes His Buns Off by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• Charles Darwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Mark Hoffmann (YNF)
• Steve Irwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sonny Ross (YNF)
• The Hugasaurus by Rachel Bright & Chris Chatterton (PB)

2.5.24

• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (A)

2.6.24

• Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand (Y)

2.9.24

• Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life by Renata Cerlise (ANF)
• Catch These Hands! #3 by murata (M)

2.10.24

• Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson (A)
• Indignation by Philip Roth (A)
• Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? by Sarah Savage & Fox Fisher (PB)
• Yes! No!: A First Conversation About Consent by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Isabel Roxas (YNF)
• Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! by Joy Michael Ellison & Teshika Silver (YNF)
• She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative by Sarah Savage & Joules Garcia (PB)
• He's My Mom!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative by Sarah Savage & Joules Garcia (PB)
• 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle & Lian Cho (PB)
• Tokyo Night Parade by J.P. Takahashi & Minako Tomigahara (PB)
• It's Your Year, Baby Dragon by Ariel Hsu (PB)
• Star Trek: Baby's First Klingon Words by Ilaria Vescovo (PB)
• The Golden Girls: Goodnight, Girls by Samantha Brooke & Jen Taylor (PB)
• The GayBCs by M.L. Webb (YNF)
• They, He, She...Words for You and Me!: A First Book of Pronouns by Andy Passchier (PB)
• The Pronoun Book by Chris Ayala-Kronos & Melita Tirado (YNF)
• Let's Celebrate Juneteenth by Tonya Abari & Tabitha Brown (PB)
• While We Can't Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar (PB)
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart: A Confectionery of Affection by Mary Lee Donovan & Brizida Magro (PB)
• There Was a Party for Langston, King O' Letters by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, & Jarrett Pumphrey (YNF)
• Bitsy Bat, School Star by Kaz Windness (PB)
• Are You Big? by Mo Willems (PB)

2.11.24

• Cat's Very Good Day by Kristen Tracy & David Small (PB)
• The Tailor Shop at the Intersection by Ahn Jaesun (PB)
• Not He or She, I'm Me by A.M. Wild & Kah Yangni (PB)
• The Mermaid Princesses by Maya Cameron-Gordon & Mielle Ortega (PB)
• Say My Name by Joanna Ho & Khoa Le (PB)
• Oh, Olivia! by Lian Cho (PB)
• Lucky Duck by Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• A Girl Can Build Anything by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Pat Zietlow Miller, & Keisha Morris (PB)
• The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr (PB)
• Gray Fox in the Moonlight by Isaac Peterson (PB)
• I Can Open It for You by Shinsuke Yoshitake (PB)
• Bunny & Tree by Balint Zsako (PB)
• Catch These Hands! #4 by murata (M)
• Oresama Teacher #2 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Oresama Teacher #3 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)

2.12.24

• The Passengers by John Marrs (A)
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (YA)

2.15.16

• Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller (YA)
• The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (A)

2.16.24

• Oresama Teacher #4 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Oresama Teacher #5 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)

2.17.24

• Oresama Teacher #6 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy (Y)
• The Bear in My Family by Maya Tatsukawa (PB)
• Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood by Carole Boston Weatherford & R. Gregory Christie (YNF)
• All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel & Nabi H. Ali (YNF)
• Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper by Candace Fleming & Julie Downing (YNF)
• The Wolf in Underpants by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• Igor by Francesca Dafne Vignaga (PB)
• I'm Not a Girl by Maddox Lyons, Jessica Verdi, & Dana Simpson (PB)
• The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue by Suzanne Slade & Stacy Innerst (YNF)
• The Happy Lion by Louise Fatio & Roger Duvoisin (PB)
• Veronica by Roger Duvoisin (PB)
• Oresama Teacher #7 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #1 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #2 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #1 by Shou Harusono (M)

2.18.24

• Komi Can't Communicate #16 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #17 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #18 by Tomohito Oda (M)

2.19.24

• Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (A)
• Komi Can't Communicate #19 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #20 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #2 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #3 by Shou Harusono (M)

2.20.24

• Blue Flag #2 by Kaito (M)
• Handa-Kun #4 by Satsuki Yoshino (M)
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood (A)
• The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi (M)

2.22.24

• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass (Y)
• Sasaki and Miyano #4 by Shou Harusono (M)
• When Rabbit Was a Lion by Eugenie Fernandes (PB)
• Santa's Gotta Go! by Derrick Barnes & Courtney Lovett (PB)
• Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss by Azam Mahdevi & Maryam Tahmasebi (PB)
• Granny Rex by Kurtis Scaletta & Nik Henderson (PB)
• Bananas for You! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Marcus Rashford by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Guilherme Karsten (YNF)
• Charles Darwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Isobel Ross (YNF)
• Albert Einstein by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Jean Claude (YNF)
• Crane Jane! by Andrea Zimmerman & Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• What Can You Do with a Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller & Katie Kath (PB)
• Penguin and Penelope by Salina Yoon (PB)

2.23.24

• Garvey's Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes & Theodore Taylor III (GN)
• Blue Flag #3 by Kaito (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #5 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #6 by Shou Harusono (M)

2.24.24

• Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler (A)
• Sasaki and Miyano #7 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte (Y)
• Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan by Priya Narayanan & Satwik Gade (YNF)
• My Big Embarrassing Elephant by Angie Lucas & Pierre Collet-Derby (PB)
• How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• Astrid Lindgren by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Linzie Hunter (YNF)
• Stompin' at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums by Moira Rose Donohue & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• Drag and Rex: Forever Friends by Susan Lubner & Blythe Russo (Y)

2.25.24

• The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais (YA)
• Sasaki and Miyano #8 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Space*Dandy #2 by Masafumi Harada & Sung-Woo Park + Redice (M)
• Delicious in Dungeon #9 by Ryoko Kui (M)

2.26.24

• Across the Universe by Beth Revis (YA)
• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (ANF)
• The Dastard by Piers Anthony (A)

2.24 total: 133

32 manga; 7 youth fiction; 58 picture books; 18 youth nonfiction; 3 adult nonfiction; 10 adult fiction; 4 young adult fiction; 1 graphic novel

books i've read january 2024

 1.1.24

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe: Color Edition by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Cinderella--with DOGS! by Linda Bailey & Freya Hartas (PB)
• Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck & Madelyn Goodnight (PB)
• Baller Ina by Liz Casal (PB)
• Adam and His Tuba by Ziga X. Gombac & Maja Kastelic (PB)
• The Littlest Yak and the New Arrival by Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley (PB)
• Horimiya #12 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #9 by Tomohito Oda (M)

1.2.24

• Stick and Stone: Explore and More by Beth Ferry & Kristen Cella (GN)
• Cornbread & Poppy at the Museum by Matthew Cordell (Y)
• Kitty and the Starlight Song by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

1.4.24

• Death & Sparkles and the Sacred Golden Cupcake by Rob Justus (GN)
• Corazon Aquino by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ginnie Hsu (YNF)
• Greta Thunberg by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Anke Weckmann (YNF)
• Evonne Goolagong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lisa Koesterke (YNF)
• Only Margaret: A Story About Margaret Wise Brown by Candice Ransom & Nan Lawson (YNF)
• Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett (A)

1.5.24

• Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World by Kate DePalma & Martina Peluso (YNF)
• Making Happy by Sheetal Sheth & Khoa Le (PB)
• Frogness by Sarah Nelson & Eugenie Fernandes (PB)
• Hogbert's Spring by Georgie Birkett (PB)
• Moldilocks and the Three Scares: A Zombie Tale by Lynn Marie & David Rodriguez Lorenzo (PB)
• Hockey in the Wild by Nicholas Oldland (PB)
• The Color Collector by Nicholas Solis & Renia Metallinou (PB)
• A Case of the Zaps by Alex Boniello, April Lavalle, & James Kwan (PB)

1.6.24

• The Marriage Act by John Marrs (A)

1.8.24

• Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo (YA)

1.9.24

• Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart (ANF)

1.10.24

• Green by Alex Gino (Y)

1.11.24

• Rajiv's Starry Feelings by Niall Moorjani & Nanette Regan (PB)
• The Real Story by Sergio Ruzzier (PB)
• Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience by Christine Iverson & Luciano Lozano (YNF)
• Copydog by Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Mothman's Merry Cryptid Christmas by Andrew Shaffer (PB)
• The Bookshop Mice by Robert Starling (PB)
• Valentines for All: Esther Howland Captures America's Heart by Nancy Churnin & Monika Roza Wisniewska (YNF)
• Once Upon My Dads' Divorce by Seamus Kirst & Noemie Gionet Landry (PB)
• Lullaby for the King by Nikki Grimes & Michelle Carlos (PB)
• Cone Dog by Sarah Howden & Carmen Mok (PB)
• William's Getaway by Annika Dunklee & Yong Ling Kang (PB)
• Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival (PB)

1.12.24

• Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich (A)

1.13.24

• Horimiya #13 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Horimiya #14 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #10 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #11 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #12 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Who Is AC? by Hope Larson & Tintin Pantoja (GN)
• All My Friends by Hope Larson (GN)

1.14.24

• Lucky Me by Lawrence Schimel & Juan Camilo Mayorga (PB)
• Lewis Hamilton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Fernando Martin (YNF)
• My Sister Is Super! by Sabrina Moyles & Eunice Moyles (PB)
• King Charles by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Matt Hunt (YNF)
• Shakira by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Laura Diez (YNF)
• Penguin and Ollie by Salina Yoon (PB)
• Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories by Jarvis (PB)
• Finn's Little Fibs by Tom Percival (PB)
• Snitchy Witch by Frank J. Sileo & MacKenzie Haley (PB)
• The Blue Bird's Palace by Orianne Lallemand & Carole Henaff (PB)
• How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Grenias & Melissa Iwai (PB)
• Beastars #16 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood (YA)

1.15.24

• Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho (YA)
• Herbert Climbs to the Top by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• My Brother Is the Best! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Fiona in the Sandbox by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• My Grandma Is Great! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• My Grandpa is Grand! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Kindness Rules! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Yoko Ono by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Momoko Abe (YNF)
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Judit Orosz (YNF)
• Captain Tom Moore by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Christophe Jacques (YNF)
• David Attenborough by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Mikyo Noh (YNF)
• Nothing Ever Happens on a Gray Day by Grant Snider (PB)
• Ghost Orchid by Fiona Lumbers (PB)
• Banana Dream by Hasan Namir & Daby Zainab Faidhi (PB)
• What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston & Tim Mack (PB)

1.17.24

• The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella: Star Struck! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (GN)
• The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella: Get Outer My Space! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (GN)
• Artists: My First Artists by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Burt the Beetle Lives Here! by Ashley Spires (YNF)
• Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite! by Ashley Spires (YNF)
• Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey (A)

1.19.24

• Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong (A)
• Love*Com #17 by Aya Nakahara (M)

1.20.24

• Alexander von Humboldt by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sally Agar (YNF)
• Helen Keller by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sam Rudd (YNF)
• Terry Fox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & T. Connor (YNF)
• Freddie Mercury by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ruby Taylor (YNF)
• I Am Me: A Book of Authenticity by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• I Am Odd, I Am New by Benjamin Giroux & Roz MacLean (PB)
• Hide and Seek, Nuts to Eat by Tracy C. Gold & Nancy Leschnikoff (PB)
• Meowl-o-ween by Diane Muldrow & Tiffany Chen (PB)
• Who I Am: Words I Tell Myself by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• A Bird Day by Eva Lindstrom (PB)
• I Want a 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty & Claire Keane (PB)
• Dojo Daytrip by Chris Tougas (PB)
• Schnozzer & Tatertoes: Take a Hike! by Rick Stromoski (GN)

1.21.24

• Beastars #17 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #18 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Hooky Volume 3 by Miriam Bonastre Tur (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together: Color Edition by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #23 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #24 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Oresama Teacher #1 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• School Zone Girls #1 by Ningiyau (M)

1.22.24

• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Nastukawa (YA)

1.25.24

• School Zone Girls #2 by Ningiyau (M)
• Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori (M)
• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth (YA)
• School Zone Girls #3 by Ningiyau (M)

1.26.24

• Go to Sleep, Little Creep by David Quinn & Ashley Spires (PB)
• I Am Yoga by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• I Am One: A Book of Action by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• Dojo Daycare by Chris Tougas (PB)
• Louise Bourgeois by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Helena Perez Garcia (YNF)
• Andy Warhol by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Timothy Hunt (YNF)

1.27.24

• School Zone Girls #4 by Ningiyau (M)
• Black Butler #32 by Yana Toboso (M)
• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (YA)
• Hans Christian Andersen by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Maxine Lee-Mackie (YNF)
• Rosalind Franklin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Naomi Wilkinson (YNF)
• Florence Nightingale by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Kelsey Garrity-Riley (YNF)
• Harry Houdini by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Juliana Vido (YNF)
• Mozart by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lia Visirin (YNF)
• Pablo Picasso by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Teresa Bellon (YNF)

1.28.24

• Beastars #19 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #6 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #7 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #8 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Space*Dandy #1 by Masafumi Harada & Sung-Woo Park + Redice (M)
• Beastars #20 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #21 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #22 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon (A)
• Goodnight Krampus by Kyle Sullivan & Derek Sullivan (PB)
• Horimiya #15 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #13 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #14 by Tomohito Oda (M)

1.30.24

• Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones (A)
• Way Past Afraid by Hallee Adelman & Karen Wall (PB)
• Way Past Lonely by Hallee Adelman & Karen Wall (PB)
• Princess Diana by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Archita Khosla (YNF)
• Wolfboy by Andy Harkness (PB)
• Leaders: My First Leaders by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Books Make Good Friends by Jane Mount (PB)

01.24 total: 149

11 graphic novels; 57 picture books; 32 manga; 3 youth fiction; 31 youth nonfiction; 8 adult fiction; 6 young adult fiction; 1 adult nonfiction

2023 reading year in review

2023 Goodreads reading challenge goal: 1000
Total books read in 2023 (according to Goodreads): 1403
2023 Goodreads challenge completed on: 9/2/23

Total books read in 2023 (according to my spreadsheet): 1400
Total books read in 2023 (according to my blog): 1399
I don't know where I got messed up. :(

2 book challenges completed (shared in separate posts)
2023 PopSugar Reading Challenge -- 9/20/23 (first time) & 11/8/23 (second time)
2023 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge -- 10/14/23

2023 total (from this blog): 1399
By category:
663 picture books
203 youth nonfiction
159 graphic novels
93 adult fiction
90 young adult fiction
82 manga
56 youth fiction
36 adult nonfiction
12 comics
4 young adult nonfiction
1 zine

My month of least reading was in October with 48 books.
My month of most reading was in December with 189 books.

For comparison:
2022
Total: 1214
631 picture books
156 youth nonfiction
153 graphic novels
71 adult fiction
66 young adult fiction
54 adult nonfiction
40 youth fiction
34 manga
8 young adult nonfiction
1 comic

2021
Total: 1360
751 picture books
194 youth nonfiction
146 graphic novels
73 young adult fiction
60 youth fiction
47 adult fiction
46 adult nonfiction
29 manga
7 young adult nonfiction
5 comics
2 fanfiction

books i've read december 2023

 12.1.23

• Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes (A)
• Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury (GN)
• Firefly: River Run by Joss Whedon, David M. Booher, Jeff Jensen, Andres Genolet, Jordi Perez, Vincenzo Federici, & Fabiana Mascolo (GN)
• All New Firefly: The Gospel According to Jayne Part One by Joss Whedon, David M. Booher, Jordi Perez, Francesco Segala, & Gloria Martinelli (GN)

12.2.23

• To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (A)
• Beastars #15 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku #5 by Fujita (M)

12.3.23

• The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (A)

12.4.23

• Mammoths at the Gate by Nghi Vo (A)
• Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire (A)
• Little Miss Inventor by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Tickle and the Scary Halloween by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Adventure by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Little Miss Sunshine and the Wicked Witch by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mary Shelley by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Yelena Bryksenkova (YNF)
• L.M. Montgomery by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Anuska Allepuz (YNF)
• Dolly Parton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Daria Solak (YNF)
• Little Miss Valentine by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Eclipse by Andy Rash (YNF)
• The King Penguin by Vanessa Roeder (PB)

12.6.23

• Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (A)

12.7.23

• A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond & Kate Cosgrove (PB)
• Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker & Devan Holzwarth (YNF)
• Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart & John Parra (PB)
• An Ofrenda for Perro by Judith Valdes B & Carlos Velez Aguilera (PB)
• Cake Vs. Pie by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen & Stephani Stilwell (PB)
• The Brilliant Ms. Bangle by Cara Devins & K-Fai Steele (PB)

12.8.23

• Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June (YA)
• Pickleball Paul by Will Terry (PB)
• Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith (PB)
• I Love My Magic! by Kelly Leigh Miller (PB)
• National Monuments of the U.S.A. by Cameron Walker & Chris Turnham (YNF)

12.9.23

• Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall (A)
• Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing (GN)

12.10.23

• Otomen #11 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #12 by Aya Kanno (M)
• The Stolen Heir by Holly Black (YA)
• Otomen #13 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #14 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.11.23

• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (A)

12.14.23

• Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (A)

12.15.23

• Buzzing by Samual Sattin & Rye Hickman (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

12.16.23

• Holy Mole: A Folktale from Mexico by Caroline McAlister & Stefan Czernecki (PB)
• Happyland: Rainy Day by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (YNF)
• A  Place for Pluto by Stef Wade & Melanie Demmer (YNF)
• The Great Balloon Hullaballoo by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka (PB)
• Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka & Simone Shin (PB)
• How to Be a T. Rex by Ryan North & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Lily's Cat Mask by Julie Fortenberry (PB)
• The Bureau of Misplaced Dads by Eric Veille & Pauline Martin (PB)
• Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, & Meilo So (YNF)
• Happy Birthday, Big Bad Wolf by Frank Asch (PB)
• The Kids' Cat Book by Tomie de Paola (YNF)
• Duncan the Story Dragon by Amanda Driscoll (PB)

12.17.23

• Just One Little Light by Kat Yeh & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington by Michael G. Long & Bea Jackson (YNF)
• Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Hatem Aly (PB)
• Patchwork Prince by Baptiste Paul & Kitt Thomas (PB)
• Real to Me by Minh Le & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• Corner by Zo-O (PB)
• The Knight of Little Import by Hannah Batsel (PB)
• Bear with Me by Kerascoet (PB)
• What You Need to Be Warm: A Poem of Welcome by Neil Gaiman (PB)
• The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson (A)
• Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina & Sonia Sanchez (PB)
• The Bear and the Moon by Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien (PB)
• Mine! by Jeff Mack (PB)
• Rain! by Linda Ashman & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Paquette & Adam Record (PB)
• If I Were a Tree by Andrea Zimmerman & Jing Jing Tsong (PB)
• Some Bodies by Sophie Kennen & Airin O'Calloghan (YNF)
• Big Bear and Little Fish by Sandra Nickel & Il Sung Na (PB)
• The Big House and the Little House by Yoshi Ueno & Emiko Fujishima (PB)
• The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen & Dorothy Leung (PB)
• Ginger and Chrysanthemum by Kristen Mai Giang & Shirley Chan (PB)
• Can You See It? by Susan Verde & Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• This Winter by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Otomen #15 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #16 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.18.23

• Otomen #17 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #18 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.19.23

• Creepy Cat Volume 1 by Cotton Valent (GN)
• Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku #6 by Fujita (M)

12.21.23

• Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones (ANF)
• Herbert's First Halloween by Cynthia Rylant & Steven Henry (PB)
• Sonata for Fish and Boy by Milan Pavlovic (PB)
• All We Need by Kathy Wolff & Margaux Meganck (PB)
• How to Wear a Sari by Darshana Khiani & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (PB)
• Poem in My Pocket by Chris Tougas & Josee Bisaillon (PB)
• Tiptop Cat by C. Roger Mader (PB)
• A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson & Floyd Cooper (PB)
• Grasshopper by Tatiana Ukhova (PB)
• On the Other Side of the Forest by Nadine Robert & Gerard Du Bois (PB)

12.22.23

• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness: Color Edition by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

12.23.23

• The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul by Lina Alhathloul, Uma Mishra-Newbery, & Rebecca Green (PB)
• Wimbley the Wonder Boy by Angela Hawkins & Holly Blackman (PB)
• Sonny Says Sorry! by Caryl Hart & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Sticky Icky Vicky: Courage Over Fear by Alysia Ssentamu, Michael Ssentamu, & Noor Alshalabi (PB)
• Sticky Icky Vicky: Choosing to Be Myself by Alysia Ssentamu, Michael Ssentamu, & Noor Alshalabi (PB)
• Oops! by Julie Massy & Pascale Bonenfant (PB)
• Kiyoshi's Walk by Mark Karlins & Nicole Wong (PB)
• Little Fox by Edward van de Vendel & Marije Tolman (PB)
• A Way with Wild Things by Larissa Theule & Sara Palacios (PB)
• Here and Now by Julia Denos & E.B. Goodale (PB)
• You Loves Ewe! by Cece Bell (PB)
• Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster & Sue Eastland (PB)
• SpongeBob Squarepants: And the Winner Is... by Jenny Miglis & Caleb Meurer (PB)
• Peaceful Me by Sandra V. Feder & Rahele Jomepour Bell (PB)
• Connor Kissed Me by Zehava & Sarah K. Turner (PB)
• Ups and Downs: A Book of Emotions by Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
• Halloween Is a Treat! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Hang in There! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Fiona on the Swings by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• The Yawnicorn by Emily Hamilton (PB)
• Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (PB)
• Colors of the National Parks by Jenny Miriam (PB)
• Ganesha Goes Green by Lakshmi Thamizhmani & Debasmita Dasgupta (PB)

12.24.23

• Natsume's Book of Friends #20 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

12.25.23

• The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #21 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #22 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

12.26.23

• I Am a Tornado by Drew Beckmeyer (PB)
• Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman & Christian Robinson (PB)
• This Book Is Not a Present by Max Greenfield & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• The Big Cheese by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Viking Strong by Doug Cenko (PB)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #10 by Maki Minami (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #11 by Maki Minami (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #9 by Maki Minami (M)
• I Am Kind: A Little Book About Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Curious: A Little Book About Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Pea, Bee, & Jay: The Big Bully by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #12 by Maki Minami (M)
• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Time Trout by Doug Savage (GN)

12.27.23

• Flat Cat by Tara Lazar & Pete Oswald (PB)
• I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too! by Smriti Prasadam-Halls & Steve Small (PB)
• We Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe, & Raissa Figueroa (YNF)
• The Big Elephant in the Room by Lane Smith (PB)
• Hazel and the Spooky Season by Kyle Sullivan & Jess Mason (PB)
• The More the Merrier by David Martin & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us by Andie Powers & Betsey Petersen (PB)
• Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay Wedding by Rob Sanders & Robbie Cathro (YNF)
• StoryWorlds: A Moment in Time: A Perpetual Picture Atlas by Thomas Hegbrook (YNF)
• Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer (A)
• Kitty and the Woodland Wildcat by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• My Love Mix-Up! #3 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #5 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Horimiya #11 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

12.28.23

• The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown (Y)
• What Do You Do with a Problem? by Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom (PB)

12.29.23

• You Will Do Great Things by Amerie & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• Way Past Sorry by Hallee Adelman & Josep Maria Juli (PB)
• We, the Curious Ones by Marion Dane Bauer & Hari & Deepti (PB)
• The Pet Store Window by Jairo Buitrago, Rafael Yockteng, & Elisa Amado (PB)
• Ploof by Ben Clanton & Andy Chou Musser (PB)
• Lawrence & Sophia by Doreen Cronin & Brian Cronin (PB)
• The Story of a Book by Joy McCullough & Devon Holzwarth (PB)

12.30.23

• Spirit Day: A Book About Spreading Joy by Joy Yang (PB)
• My Feminist ABC by Irene Pizzolante (PB)
• Love Is for Roaring by Mike Kerr & Renata Liwska (PB)
• Calvin by JR Ford, Vanessa Ford, & Kayla Harren (PB)
• David Hockney by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Billie Jean King by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Miranda Sofroniou (YNF)
• Megan Rapinoe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Paulina Morgan (YNF)
• Laverne Cox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Olivia Daisy Coles (YNF)
• The Big Book of Pride Flags by Jem Milton (YNF)
• Bowser & Luigi Are in Love by Ariel Slamet Ries (Z)
• Music Cats: A Pawsitively Purrfect Compilation of Musical Legends by Angie Rozelaar (PB)
• Evergreen by Matthew Cordell (PB)
• The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Hidden Gem by Linda Liu (PB)
• A Vanishing of Griffins by S.A. Patrick (Y)

12.31.23

• Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (A)
• Witch King by Martha Wells (A)
• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (3rd Ed.) by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD (ANF)
• The Light She Feels Inside by Gwendolyn Wallace & Olivia Duchess (PB)
• It's Navidad, El Cucuy! by Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• Is This...Winter? by Helen Yoon (PB)
• Sonny Says No! by Caryl Hart & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Mae Jemison by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Marilyn Monroe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Nelson Mandela by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alison Hawkins (YNF)
• Jane Austen by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Katie Wilson (YNF)

12.23 total: 190

13 adult fiction; 13 graphic novels; 21 manga; 106 picture books; 26 youth nonfiction; 5 young adult fiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 3 youth fiction; 1 zine

books i've read november 2023

 11.1.23

• Let's Play Volume 1 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Otomen #7 by Aya Kanno (M)

11.3.23

• Vlad the Fabulous Vampire by Flavia Z. Drago (PB)
• Night Lunch by Eric Fan & Dena Seiferling (PB)
• Tiny, Perfect Things by M.H. Clark & Madeline Kloepper (PB)
• Hot Dog by Doug Salati (PB)
• Begin Again by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• The Girl and the Dinosaur by Hollie Hughes & Sarah Massini (PB)
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yasso (YA)

11.4.23

• Audrey Hepburn by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amaia Arrazola (YNF)
• Ada Lovelace by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Zafouko Yamamoto (YNF)
• Vanessa Nakate by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Olivia Omoah (YNF)
• Simone de Beauvoir by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Christine Roussey (YNF)
• Jane Goodall by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Beatrice Cerocchi (YNF)
• Mahatma Gandhi by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Albert Arrayas (YNF)
• Georgia O'Keeffe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Erica Salcedo (YNF)
• Wilma Rudolph by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amelia Flower (YNF)
• Chinese New Year by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Inclusion Alphabet: ABC's for Everyone by Kathryn Jenkins (PB)
• Little Miss Trouble and the Mermaid by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Little Miss Splendid and the Beast by Alice Downes & JT Morrow (PB)
• Becoming Charley by Kelly DiPucchio & Loveis Wise (PB)
• Sylvester's Letter by Matthew Burgess & Josh Cochran (PB)
• Tiptoe Tiger by Jane Clarke & Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Otomen #8 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #9 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #10 by Aya Kanno (M)

11.5.23

• Black Bird #17 by Kanoko Sakurakouji (M)
• Killer Queens by David M. Booher, Claudia Balboni, Harry Saxon, & Lucas Gattoni (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #34 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #35 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes (A)
• Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard, Kelly Matthews, & Nicole Matthews (GN)

11.6.23

• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (YA)

11.8.23

• The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman (A)
• Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (A)

11.9.23

• Blurp's Book of Manners by Cindy Derby (PB)
• Queer Eye Slumber Party Magic!: A Fabulous Picture Book by Mark Ceilley & James Jeffers (PB)
• The Snuggle Is Real by Melinda Lee Rathjen & Kristyna Litten (PB)
• Beyonce by Lavaille Lavette & Anastasia Magloire Williams (YNF)

11.10.23

• Betty and the Mysterious Visitor by Anne Twist & Emily Sutton (PB)
• No Is All I Know! by Chris Grabenstein & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• I Am Mister Rogers by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)

11.11.23

• Mine! by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann (PB)
• A Very Cranky Book by Angela DiTerlizzi & Tony DiTerlizzi (PB)
• How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman & Jennifer Harney (PB)
• After Ever Happy by Anna Todd (A)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #7 by Maki Minami (M)

11.12.23

• Little Miss Brave by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Marvelous by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Impossible and the Easter Egg Hunt by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Noisy and the Silent Night by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Moustache by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Anne Frank by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sveta Dorosheva (YNF)
• David Bowie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Zaha Hadid by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Asun Amar (YNF)
• Horimiya #10 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• The Ancient Magus' Bride #13 by Kore Yamazaki (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #8 by Maki Minami (M)

11.13.23

• Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life by Dante Fabiero (GN)
• Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #17 by Yuki Midorikama (M)

11.14.23

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (A)

11.17.23

• Natsume's Book of Friends #18 by Yuki Midorikama (M)
• Pickleball Paul and the Missing Paddle by Will Terry (PB)

11.18.23

• A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber (YA)
• Let's Get Burgers by Ash S. (GN)
• Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao (GN)
• Happily Ever After & Everything in Between by Debbie Tung (GN)
• Snug: A Collection of Comics About Dating Your Best Friend by Catana Chetwynd (GN)
• I Left the House Today! by Cassandra Calin (GN)

11.19.23

• Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #19 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Takane & Hana #14 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Takane & Hana #15 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Takane & Hana #16 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

11.20.23

• Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck (A)

11.22.23

• Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (A)
• Takane & Hana #17 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

11.23.23

• Takane & Hana #18 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Skip-Beat! #44 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

11.24.23

• The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (YA)
• Let's Play Volume 2 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Let's Play Volume 3 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Creepy Cat Volume 2 by Cotton Valent (GN)
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi (M)
• Creepy Cat Volume 3 by Cotton Valent (GN)

11.25.23

• Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes (A)
• My Solo Exchange Diary Volume 1 by Nagata Kabi (M)
• Bloom Into You #6 by Nakatani Nio (M)
• Bloom Into You #7 by Nakatani Nio (M)
• Bloom Into You #8 by Nakatani Nio (M)

11.26.23

• Spy X Family #10 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye (YA)
• Now and Then by Greg Paprocki & Claire Philip (YNF)
• Give by Jen Arena & Rahele Jomepour Bell (PB)
• My Love Mix-Up! #2 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #7 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• The Weight of Them by N.D. Stevenson (GN)
• Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• The Unpetables by Dennis Messner (GN)
• Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously by Adam Ellis (GN)
• Vulnerability Is My Superpower: An Underpants and Overbites Collection by Jackie E. Davis (GN)

11.28.23

• Cafe con Lychee by Emery Lee (YA)

11.23 total: 104

17 graphic novels; 29 manga; 28 picture books; 6 young adult fiction; 14 youth nonfiction; 10 adult fiction