The A-Z Picture Book Challenge

I did it! With minor cheat with X. :) Finished today.

A - Albert2 by Lani Yamamoto (& Albert3 by Lani Yamamoto)
B - The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman & Jackie Urbanovic
C - Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
D - Dog Eared by Amanda Harvey
E - Epossumondas by Colleen Salley & Janet Stevens
F - Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman & Kelly Murphy
G - Go Track a Yak! by Tony Johnston & Tim Raglin
H - Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton
I - If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond
J - Jubela by Cristina Kessler & JoEllen McAllister Stammen
K - Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
L - Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse
M - Moondogs by Daniel Kirk
N - Noah's Mittens: The Story of Felt by Lise Lunge-Larsen & Matthew Trueman
O - Olivia by Ian Falconer
P - Patrick's Dinosaurs on the Internet by Carol Carrick & David Milgrim
Q - The Queen of Style by Caralyn Buehner & Mark Buehner
R - Roawr! by Barbara Joosse & Jan Jutte
S - Sherman Crunchley by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, & Tim Bowers
T - Tickets to Ride: An Alphabetic Amusement by Mark Rogalski
U - Uno's Garden by Graeme Base
V - A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton
W - When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein & R. Gregory Christie
X - Alex and the Box Shop: The Sound of X by Cecilia Minden & Joanne Meier
Y - You Can't Go to School Naked! by Dianne Billstrom & Dan Kilpatrick III
Z - Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel

I think I'll do one for picture books too!

The A-Z Picture Book Challenge

A - Albert2 by Lani Yamamoto (& Albert3 by Lani Yamamoto)
B - The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman & Jackie Urbanovic
C - Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
D - Dog Eared by Amanda Harvey
E - Epossumondas by Colleen Salley & Janet Stevens
F - Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman & Kelly Murphy
G - Go Track a Yak! by Tony Johnston & Tim Raglin
H - Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton
I - If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond
J - Jubela by Cristina Kessler & JoEllen McAllister Stammen
K -
L - Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse
M - Moondogs by Daniel Kirk
N -
O - Olivia by Ian Falconer
P - Patrick's Dinosaurs on the Internet by Carol Carrick & David Milgrim
Q - The Queen of Style by Caralyn Buehner & Mark Buehner
R - Roawr! by Barbara Joosse & Jan Jutte
S - Sherman Crunchley by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, & Tim Bowers
T - Tickets to Ride: An Alphabetic Amusement by Mark Rogalski
U - Uno's Garden by Graeme Base
V - A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton
W - When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein & R. Gregory Christie
X -
Y - You Can't Go to School Naked! by Dianne Billstrom & Dan Kilpatrick III
Z - Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel

Like I need anymore challenges in my life...

...but I saw the subject of someone's post on Goodreads and thought it sounded cool, so...

I'm going to read books with titles from A-Z! :)

And I'll start with the two I finished last night! *laughs* And I'm not reading them in alphabetical order--that'd probably take too long and soon I'll have other things to worry about (like packing and moving). And some of the harder letters, I might have to cheat a little...

So!

A - As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart
B - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
C -
D - Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
E - Evernight by Claudia Gray
F -
G -
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye
M - A Mystery of Wolves (Little Fur) by Isobelle Carmody
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
U - Unhappy Medium (Suddenly Supernatural) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
V -
W - What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
X -
Y -
Z -

book quote motherload

I've found lots of good things lately, but haven't included them. Some are from books I've read recently, some are just quotes plucked from quote books or included in journals and such. So, here we go!

We are strong enough to stand tearlessly
We are brave enough t bend to cry
And sad enough to knkow we must laugh again
--Nikki Giovanni from "We Are Virginia Tech"

What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?
--Audre Lorde

If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
--Jean Cocteau

It is always hazardous to express what one has to say indirectly and allusively.
--Walter Pater

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.
--William Inge

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I'm with you, kid. Let's go.
--Maya Angelou

Success consists of getting up just one time more than you fall.
--Oliver Goldsmith

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.
--Jack Canfield

It's funny how bed and pillows and covers can change a conversation. Words turn quiet and you mean more and say less. It's like you can build your own little world, Population: 2.
--Robin Benway from Audrey, Wait!

Leave being kind and selfless to the people who can afford it. To the people who have experienced it for themselves. Do unto others is a very nice saying, but it doesn't really take certain things into account. Basically, how do you know what to do unto others when nobody's done it unto you?
--Nora Raleigh Baskin from All We Know of Love

"All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you."
--Nora Raleigh Baskin from Anything But Typical

favorites and such from march 2009

sad to see the series end:

• Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

most depressing book that convinced me i'll never get out of debt:

• Generation Debt by Anya Kamenetz

book i cried the most reading (the cat dies & she talks about family members dying!):

• Dewey by Vicki Myron

best new supernatural ya author i discovered:

• Rosemary Clement-Moore

best picture book (duh, it's about squirrels!):

• Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin

most surprising type of book i read bunches of this month:

• adult non fiction books

guiltiest pleasure of the month:

• Kate Brian books

best recommendation of the month (from Rheja):

• The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

author/illustrator explored:

• Lane Smith

best day to read books this month:

• March 11th (my birthday!)

books i've read march 2009

3.2.09

• Bleach #25 by Tite Kubo (M)
• The Peace Book by Todd Parr (PB)

3.3.09

• What It Is by Lynda Barry (A-NF)

3.4.09

• Master Pieces: The Curator's Game by Thomas Hoving (A-NF)
• You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn (YA)

3.5.09

• Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology by Lawrence Weschler (A-NF)

3.6.09

• Charlotte and the White Horse by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak (PB)
• Starlight Goes to Town by Harry Allard & George Booth (PB)
• The Runaway Dinner by Allen Ahlberg & Bruce Ingman (PB)

3.8.09

• Proposition Player by Bill Willingham, Paul Guinan, & Ron Randall (GN)
• Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (A-NF)
• Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst (Y)

3.9.09

• Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design edited by Faythe Levine & Cortney Meimerl (A-NF)

3.10.09

• Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales (PB)
• Dream Machines by Mark Rogalski (PB)
• The Donut Chef by Bob Staake (PB)
• Mortimer's First Garden by Karma Wilson & Dan Andreasen (PB)
• Dogs on the Bed by Elizabeth Bluemle & Ann Wilsdorf (PB)
• Joker by Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo (GN)
• Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore (YA)

3.11.09 (my birthday!)

• Spectre by Phaedra Weldon (A)
• Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg (PB)
• Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus (PB)
• The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg & Bruce Ingman (PB)
• The Police Cloud by Christoph Nieman (PB)
• Inside All by Margaret H. Mason & Holly Welch (PB)

3.12.09

• Forever Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)

3.14.09

• Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall (YA)

3.15.09

• Killer Insight by Victoria Laurie (A)

3.16.09

• Nana #15 by Ai Yazawa (M)
• Bleach #26 by Tite Kubo (M)

3.17.09

• Dinosaur Vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea (PB)
• Red River #22 by Chie Shinohara (M)
• Wild Ones #3 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
• A Wise Man Sleeps #2 by Mick Takeuchi (M)
• Fluffy by Simone Lia (GN)
• Backup by Jim Butcher (A)

3.18.09

• Louvre Up Close by Claire d'Harcourt (Y-NF)
• Club Meds by Katherine Hall Page (YA)

3.19.09

• Out of the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst (Y)
• New Socks by Bob Shea (PB)

3.20.09

• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Y)
• Revelation by Kate Brian (YA)

3.21.09

• Last Christmas by Kate Brian (YA)

3.22.09

• The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (YA)

3.23.09

• Blood Alone #4 by Masayuki Takano (M)
• Camera Camera Camera #2 by Kazura Matsumoto (M)
• Little by Little by Amber Stewart & Layn Merlow (PB)
• The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas (PB)
• The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country! by Lane Smith (PB)
• John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith (PB)
• Pinocchio, the Boy (or Incognito in Collodi) by Lane Smith (PB)
• Spooky ABC by Eve Merriam & Lane Smith (PB)
• Forest Bright, Forest Night by Jennifer Ward & Jamichael Henterly (PB)

3.24.09

• Generation Debt: How Our Future Was Sold Out for Student Loans, Credit Cards, Bad Jobs, No Benefits, and Tax Cuts for Rich Geezers--and How to Fight Back by Anya Kamenetz (A-NF)
• Privilege by Kate Brian (YA)

3.25.09

• Stargazer by Patrick Carman (Y)

3.26.09

• Big Plans by Bob Shea & Lane Smith (PB)
• Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith (PB)
• Hell Week by Rosemary Clement-Moore (YA)
• Suddenly Supernatural: Scaredy Kat by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (Y)

3.28.09

• Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron & Bret Witter (A-NF)

3.29.09

• The Happy Hocky Family! by Lane Smith (PB)
• Yozakura Quartet #2 by Suzuhito Yasuda (M)
• Ultimate X-Men: Absolute Power by Aron E. Coleite, Mark Brooks, Clay Mann, Jaime Mendoza, Carlos Cuevas, & Troy Hubbs (GN)

3.30.09

• Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs (YA)
• Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin (PB)
• Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan (Y)
• How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier (YA)

03.09 total: 69

9 manga; 27 picture books; 7 adult non fiction; 12 young adult fiction; 4 graphic novels; 6 youth fiction; 3 adult fiction; 1 youth non fiction