books i've read (during the pandemic) october 2020

 10.2.20

• A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi (YA)

10.3.20

• Akissi: Tales of Mischief by Marguerite Abouet & Mathieu Spin (GN)
• Fruits Basket Another #3 by Natsuki Takaya (M)
• Lift by Minh Le & Dan Santat (PB)
• Cat Ladies by Susi Schaefer (PB)
• Matchy Matchy by Erin McGill (PB)
• You Belong Here by M.H. Clark & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Unstoppable by Adam Rex & Laura Park (PB)
• Madame Badobedah by Sophie Dahl & Lauren O'Hara (PB)
• Things That Go Away by Beatrice Alemagna (PB)
• The Balcony by Melissa Castrillon (PB)
• Spells by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Tidy by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Bear's House of Books by Poppy Bishop & Alison Edgson (PB)
• To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer (Y)
• Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (YANF)

10.4.20

• Raj the Bookstore Tiger by Kathleen T. Pelley & Paige Keiser (PB)
• Not Quite Black and White by Jonathan Ying & Victoria King (PB)
• Unlike Other Monsters by Audrey Vernick & Colin Jack (PB)
• I Love to Dance by Anna Walker (PB)
• Like Likes Like by Chris Raschka (PB)
• Pool by JiHyeon Lee (PB)
• Door by JiHyeon Lee (PB)
• Hooray for Today! by Brian Won (PB)
• Women Artists A to Z by Melanie LaBarge & Caroline Corrigan (YNF)
• A Bear Sat on My Porch Today by Jane Yolen & Rilla Alexander (PB)
• We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom & Michaela Goade (YNF)
• Bird Hugs by Ged Adamson (PB)
• The Phoenix of Persia by Sally Pomme Clayton & Amin Hassanzadeh Sharif (YNF)
• A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa by Andrea D'Aquino (YNF)
• Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky (GN)
• Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition by Julia Kaye (GN)
• Jasper & Scruff: The Cool Cat Club by Nicola Colton (Y)
• Lizard from the Park by Mark Pett (PB)
• A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann (PB)
• Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament by Anne Renaud & Felicita Sala (YNF)
• Ruthie and the (Not So) Very Busy Day by Laura Rankin (PB)
• Drawing on the Walls: A Story of Keith Haring by Matthew Burgess & Josh Cochran (YNF)
• Angel + Spike #14 by Joss Whedon, Zac Thompson, Hayden Sherman, & Roman Titov (C)
• Strange Academy #3 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, & Edgar Delgados (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #3 by Joss Whedon, Mariko Tamaki, Natacha Bustos, & Eleonora Bruni (C)
• Firefly #20 by Joss Whedon, Greg Pak, Daniel Bayliss, & Francesco Segala (C)
• Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #0 by Joss Whedon, Greg Pak, Dan McDaid, Vincenzo Federici, & Marcelo Costa (C)
• Lumberjanes #73 by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, & Maarta Laiho (C)
• Babymouse: Tales from the Locker: Lights, Camera, Middle School! by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Hold (Y)

10.6.20

• Looking for Alaska by John Green (YA)

10.8.20

• Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart (Y)

10.9.20

• The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy (Y)

10.10.20

• She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai & Tsubasa Yamaguchi (M)
• QQ Sweeper #1 by Kyousuke Motomi (M)
• Silver Spoon #1 by Hiromu Arakawa (M)

10.11.20

• Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon (A)
• Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen's Witch by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone (Y)
• The Best Man by Richard Peck (Y)
• Rick by Alex Gino (Y)

10.14.20

• Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Y)

10.15.20

• Fox & Rabbit by Beth Ferry & Gergely Dudas (GN)
• Mr. Wolf's Class: Mystery Club by Aron Nels Steinke (GN)

10.16.20

• Placed into Abyss (Mise en Abyse) by Rachel Swirsky (A)
• Babymouse: Tales from the Locker: Miss Communication by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (Y)

10.17.20

• Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, & Ryan Estrada (M)
• Oh No!: (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World) Mac Barnett & Dan Santat (PB)
• Odd Bird Out by Helga Bansch (PB)
• Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (Or at Least My History Grade) by Mac Barnett & Dan Santat (PB)
• Nobody's Nosier than a Cat by Susan Campbell Bartoletti & Beppe Giacobbe (PB)
• Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett & Kevin Cornell (PB)
• The Mouse and the Moon by Gabriel Alborozo (PB)
• Rules of the House by Mac Barnett & Matt Myers (PB)
• Windows by Julia Denos & E.B. Goodale (PB)
• Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph (PB)
• Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew (GN)
• Decelerate Blue by Adam Rapp & Mike Cavallaro (GN)
• Torchwood Archives Volume 1 by John Barrowman, Tommy Lee Edwards, et al. (GN)

10.18.20

• I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James (PB)
• Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders & Carol Rossetti (YNF)
• Why Do We Cry? by Fran Pintadera & Ana Sender (YNF)
• Sun Flower Lion by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• Smug Seagull by Maddie Frost (PB)
• The Yawns Are Coming! by Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)
• Are Your Stars Like My Stars? by Leslie Helakoski & Heidi Woodward Sheffield (PB)
• Ol' Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein (PB)
• Number One Sam by Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• More-igami by Dori Kleber & G. Brian Karas (PB)
• The Bus Ride by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• The Other Side by Istvan Banyai (PB)
• The 12 Days of Christmas by Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• Hungry Roscoe by David J. Plant (PB)
• Dragon Was Terrible by Kelly DiPucchio & Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• Guess Again! by Mac Barnett & Adam Rex (PB)
• Clink by Kelly DiPucchio & Matthew Myers (PB)
• Dog Days of School by Kelly DiPucchio & Brian Briggs (PB)
• Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen & Ward Jenkins (PB)
• Some Pets by Angela DiTerlizzi & Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex (PB)
• Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex (PB)
• School's First Day of School by Adam Rex & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex (PB)
• Pluto Gets the Call by Adam Rex & Laurie Keller (YNF)
• Noisy Night by Mac Barnett & Brian Biggs (PB)
• Happy Narwhalidays by Ben Clanton (Y)
• Hi, Jack! by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli (Y)
• Jack Blasts Off! by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli (Y)
• Jack at Bat by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli (Y)
• Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoli (GN)
• How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea by Susan Campbell Bartoletti & Ziyue Chen (YNF)
• Phonogram: Rue Britannia by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (GN)
• We're Going on a Treasure Hunt by Kelly DiPucchio & Jay Fleck (PB)
• Super Manny Cleans Up! by Kelly DiPucchio & Stephanie Graegin (PB)
• Super Manny Stands Up! by Kelly DiPucchio & Stephanie Graegin (PB)
• Crunch the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap & Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath by Mac Barnett & Chris Van Dusen (PB)
• The Bad Guys in Dawn of the Underlord by Aaron Blabey (Y)
• When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele (ANF)
• Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson (GN)
• Kodi by Jared Cullum (GN)
• Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen's Roller Skates by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• Camp by Kayla Miller (GN)
• Bird & Squirrel: All Tangled Up by James Burks (GN)

10.24.20

• The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson (ANF)
• Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon (A)
• A Squeezed Lemon by J.J. Powell (ANF)
• Virtual Unicorn Experience by Dana Simpson (GN)

10.25.20

• A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager, Kristin Blackwood, & Mike Blanc (PB)
• This Book Will Not Be Fun. by Cirocco Dunlap & Olivier Tallec (PB)
• Who What Where? by Olivier Tallec (PB)
• Dance Is for Everyone by Andrea Zuill (PB)
• You're Safe with Me by Chitra Soundar & Poonam Mistry (PB)
• The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon by Matthew Burgess & Fiona Woodcock (PB)
• Pssst! by Adam Rex (PB)
• Otto Carrotto by Chiara Carrer (PB)
• Ella WHO? by Linda Ashman & Sara Sanchez (PB)
• Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli (YNF)
• The Secret Rhino Society by Jonathan E. Jacobs & Samantha Cotterill (PB)
• Mr. Underbed by Chris Riddell (PB)
• The Grizzly Bear Who Lost His Grrrrrr! by Rob Biddulph (PB)
• Bird & Squirrel: All or Nothing by James Burks (GN)
• CatStronauts: Digital Disaster by Drew Brockington (GN)
• Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee (GN)
• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (ANF)
• The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll & Chris Riddell (Y)

10.26.20

• Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare (YA)

10.30.20

• Navigate Your Stars by Jessmyn Ward (ANF)
• An ABC of Equality by Chana Ginelle Ewing & Paulina Morgan (YNF)

10.31.20

• The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore (Y)
• Light as a Feather by Zoe Aarsen (YA)
• Phonogram: The Singles Club by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (GN)
• Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman (GN)

10.20 total: 148

4 young adult fiction; 22 graphic novels; 5 manga; 73 picture books; 13 youth fiction; 1 young adult nonfiction; 16 youth nonfiction; 6 comics; 3 adult fiction; 5 adult nonfiction