books i've read may 2019

5.1.19

• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle #1 by Kagiji Kumanomata (M)

5.2.19

• Dream Flights on Arctic Nights by Brooke Hartman & Evon Zerbetz (PB)
• Karate Kakapo by Loredana Cunti & Stacy Curtis (PB)
• Tomorrow Most Likely by Dave Eggers & Lane Smith (PB)
• Sisters & Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant & Floyd Cooper (YNF)
• When Sadness Is at Your Door by Eva Eland (PB)
• Nipper and the Lunchbox by Lucy Dillamore (PB)
• Penguinaut! by Marcie Colleen & Emma Yarlett (PB)
• The Mediterranean by Armin Greder (GN)
• The Lost Words: A Spell Book by Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris (YNF)
• Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry by Florence Welch (ANF)
• Home After Dark by David Small (GN)
• The Girl from the Other Side #3 by Nagabe (M)
• Twin Star Exorcists: Onmyoji #6 by Yoshiaki Sukeno (M)
• Ao Haru Ride #1 by Io Sakisaka (M)
• Ao Haru Ride #2 by Io Sakisaka (M)

5.3.19

• Again!! #2 by Mitsurou Kubo (M)
• Click by Kayla Miller (GN)

5.4.19

• Again!! #3 by Mitsurou Kubo (M)
• Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler #2 by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura (M)
• Ao Haru Ride #3 by Io Sakisaka (M)

5.5.19

• Again!! #4 by Mitsurou Kubo (M)
• Manfried the Man by Caitlin Major & Kelly Bastow (GN)

5.6.19

• Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum (YA)

5.7.19

• Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler #3 by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura (M)

5.9.19

• Again!! #5 by Mitsurou Kubo (M)

5.10.19

• The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)
• The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)
• 41 Reasons I'm Staying In: A Celebration of Introverts by Hallie Heald (GN)
• The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)
• Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles edited by Jessica Burkhart (ANF)

5.11.19

• Happy Cactus: Cacti, Succulents, and More by DK (ANF)
• P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han (YA)

5.12.19

• The Rabbit, the Dark, and the Cookie Tin by Nicola O'Byrne (PB)
• Bruno, the Standing Cat by Nadine Robert & Jean Jullien (PB)
• The Great Indoors by Julie Falatko & Ruth Chan (PB)
• We Are (Not) Friends by Anna Kang & Christopher Weyant (PB)
• Felipe and Claudette by Mark Teague (PB)
• An Owl at Sea by Susan Vande Griek & Ian Wallace (YNF)
• The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach (PB)
• Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish by Beth Ferry & Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich (PB)
• How Do I Love Thee? by Jennifer Adams & Christopher Silas Neal (PB)
• The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander & Kadir Nelson (YNF)
• Raj and the Best Day Ever! by Sebastien Braun (PB)
• Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking #1 by Koji Kumeta (M)
• The Girl from the Other Side #4 by Nagabe (M)
• What If... by Samantha Berger & Mike Curato (PB)
• Dear Boy, by Paris Rosenthal, Jason Rosenthal, & Holly Hatam (PB)
• The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol (PB)
• Lola Dutch When I Grow Up by Kenneth Wright & Sarah Jane Wright (PB)
• How to Catch a Unicorn by Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton (PB)
• I Will Be Fierce! by Bea Birdsong & Nidhi Chanani (PB)
• When You Are Brave by Pat Zietlow Miller & Eliza Wheeler (PB)
• Perfect by Max Amato (PB)
• We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller (PB)
• Together Always by Edwina Wyatt & Lucia Masciullo (PB)
• The Story of Rap by Caterpillar Books & Lindsey Sagar (PB)
• The Story of Rock by Caterpillar Books & Lindsey Sagar (PB)
• A Is for Awesome!: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World by Eva Chen & Derek Desierto (YNF)
• Nerdy Babies: Ocean by Emmy Kastner (YNF)
• Nerdy Babies: Space by Emmy Kastner (YNF)
• Dragons Are Real! by Holly Hatam (PB)
• Unicorns Are Real! by Holly Hatam (PB)
• A Busy Creature's Day Eating!: An Alphabetical Smorgasbord by Mo Willems (PB)
• Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up by Dave Eggers & Laura Park (PB)
• Just Read! by Lori Degman & Victoria Tentler-Krylov (PB)
• your name. #1 by Makoto Shinkai & Ranmaru Kotone (M)

5.13.19

• The Amazing Idea of You by Charlotte Sullivan Wild & Mary Lindquist (PB)
• Charlie's Magical Carnival by Marit Tornqvist (PB)
• A Tangle of Brungles by Shobha Viswanath & Culpeo S. Fox (PB)
• Angry Cookie by Laura Dockrill (PB)
• When You're Scared by Andree Poulin & Veronique Joffre (PB)
• That's (Not) Mine by Anna Kang & Christopher Weyant (PB)
• I Am (Not) Scared by Anna Kang & Christopher Weyant (PB)
• Babymoon by Hayley Barrett & Juana Martinez-Neal (PB)
• The ABCs of D&D by Ivan Van Norman & Caleb Cleveland (PB)
• Animalicious: A Quirky ABC Book by Anna Dewdney, Reed Duncan, & Claudia Boldt (PB)
• Mine. Yours.  by Marsha Diane Arnold & Qin Leng (PB)
• We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines & Kids & Julianna Swaney (PB)
• Watch Out for the Wolf! by Anica Mrose Rissi & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Noodlephant by Jacob Kramer & K-Fai Steele (PB)
• Crescendo by Alessandro Sanna & Paola Quintavalle (PB)
• The Girl From the Other Side #5 by Nagabe (M)
• Buttermilk Bear by Stephen Cosgrove & Robin James (PB)
• You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan (YA)
• Takane & Hana #2 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

5.14.19

• Takane & Hana #3 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Nighttime Symphony by Timbaland, Christopher Myers, & Kaa Illustration (PB)
• Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat (PB)
• Harrison Dwight, Ballerina and Knight by Rachael MacFarlane & Spencer Laudiero (PB)
• Dress Like a Girl by Patricia Toht & Lorian Tu-Dean (PB)
• High Five by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri (PB)
• The Karate Kid by Robert Mark Kamen, John G. Avildsen, & Kim Smith (PB)
• Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman & Heather Fox (PB)
• The Sad Little Fact by Jonah Winter & Pete Oswald (PB)
• The Skunk by Mac Barnett & Patrick McDonnell (PB)
• Count My Cupcakes 1 2 3 by Joyce Wan (PB)

5.15.19

• A Dreadful Fairy Book by Jon Etter (Y)
• Ao Haru Ride #4 by Io Sakisaka (M)
• Fear the Bunny by Richard T. Morris & Priscilla Burris (PB)
• Thread of Love by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, & Zara Gonzalez Hoang (PB)
• The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard & Laura K. Horton (YNF)
• The New Neighbors by Sarah McIntyre (PB)
• Dino by Diego Vaisberg (PB)
• Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert by Morag Hood & Ella Okstad (PB)
• Hello, Monster! by Clementine Beauvais & Maisie Paradise Shearring (PB)
• The Eleventh Hour by Jacques Goldstyn (PB)
• Woke Baby by Mahogany L. Browne & Theodore Taylor III (PB)
• Angryman by Gro Dahle & Svein Nyhus (PB)
• Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise & Paola Escobar (YNF)
• Brave Molly by Brooke Boynton-Hughes (PB)
• The Tiger's Egg by Nele Bronner (PB)
• Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me by Eloise Greenfield & Ehsan Abdollahi (PB)
• Made by Hand: A Crafts Sampler by Carole Lexa Schaefer & Becca Stadhtlander (YNF)
• The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee (YA)
• Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler #4 by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura (M)

5.16.19

• #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale (ANF)
• The Life of Captain Marvel by Margaret Stohl, Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Fonteriz, Marcio Menyz, & Marguerite Sauvage (GN)

5.17.19

• Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler #5 by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura (M)
• The People Awards by Lily Murray & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Last Pick by Jason Walz (GN)

5.18.19

• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle #2 by Kagiji Kumanomata (M)
• The Girl From the Other Side #6 by Nagabe (M)
• The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (YA)
• The Girl Who Married a Skull and Other African Stories edited by C. Spike Trotman, Kate Ashwin, Kel McDonald, & Taneka Stotts (GN)
• Zenobia by Morten Durr & Lars Horneman (GN)
• your name. #2 by Makoto Shinkai & Ranmaru Kotone (M)

5.19.19

• Rise of the Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Evan Narcisse, Paul Renaud, & Javier Pina (GN)
• Twin Star Exorcists: Onmyoji #7 by Yoshiaki Sukeno (M)
• Star-Lord: Grounded by Chip Zdarsky, Kris Anka, & Matthew Wilson (GN)
• your name. #3 by Makoto Shinkai & Ranmaru Kotone (M)
• Swing by Kwame Alexander (YA)
• Land of the Lustrous #1 by Haruko Ichikawa (M)
• Bodie Troll by Jay Fosgitt (GN)
• Codex Born by Jim C. Hines (A)

5.20.19

• Twin Star Exorcists: Onmyoji #8 by Yoshiaki Sukeno (M)
• Takane & Hana #4 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

5.21.19

• Black Butler #25 by Yana Toboso (M)
• From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon (YA)

5.22.19

• Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist (YA)

5.23.19

• Twin Star Exorcists: Onmyoji #9 by Yoshiaki Sukeno (M)

5.24.19

• Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (YA)

5.25.19

• Burn for Burn by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian (YA)

5.26.19

• Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han (YA)
• Go, Graduate!: All the Best from Bikini Bottom by David Lewman (PB)

5.27.19

• Sign Off by Stephen Savage (PB)
• The Dog Who Wanted to Fly by Kathy Stinson & Brandon James Scott (PB)
• The Secret Cat by Katarina Stromgard (PB)
• A Scarf for Keiko by Ann Malaspina & Merrilee Liddiard (PB)
• Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour & Daniel Egneus (PB)
• Pepper and Frannie by Catherine Lazar Odell (PB)
• Maiden & Princess by Daniel Haack, Isabel Galupo, & Becca Human (PB)
• Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield's First Ride by Joel Christian Gill (YNF)
• Dandy by Ame Dyckman & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank by Nancy Churnin & Yevgenia Nayberg (YNF)
• Forky in Craft Buddy Day by Drew Daywalt, George McClements, & Stephane Kardos (PB)
• Underwear! by Jenn Harney (PB)
• Cirlce by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• The Best Four Questions by Rachelle Burk & Melanie Florian (PB)
• Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake (YA)
• Zoey Fools Around by Katherine Applegate (YA)
• Twin Star Exorcists: Onmyoji #10 by Yoshiaki Sukeno (M)
• Takane & Hana #5 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

5.28.19

• Black Butler #26 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #27 by Yana Toboso (M)

5.30.19

• Kenny's Monkey by Susan Singer (PB)
• There's No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack Kent (PB)
• Swing! by Mick Inkpen (PB)
• It's Valentine's Day by Jack Prelutsky & Yossi Abolafia (Y)
• My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Judith Viorst & Kay Chorao (PB)
• Felicity Wishes Little Book of Love by Emma Thomson (PB)
• I'm Sorry by Disney Enterprises, Inc. (PB)
• The Strongest One of All by Y. Kim Choi & Stephano Vitale (PB)

5.31.19

• Arthur's Valentine by Marc Brown (PB)
• How Giraffe Got Such a Long Neck... by Michael Rosen & John Clementson (PB)
• Men Without Ties by Barry Hannah, Richard Martin, Bob Wilson, & Gianni Versace (ANF)

05.19 total: 177

35 manga; 93 picture books; 13 youth nonfiction; 12 graphic novels; 5 adult nonfiction; 13 young adult fiction; 5 youth fiction; 1 adult fiction