books i've read january 2021 (during the pandemic)

1.1.21

• I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick (YA)
• Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton & Ann Grifalconi (PB)
• Mercy by Lucille Clifton (ANF)
• Fangirl: The Manga #1 by Rainbow Rowell, Sam Maggs, & Gabi Nam (M)
• There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool (YA)

1.2.21

• The Promised Neverland #14 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)
• Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, & Brooke Allen (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• The Promised Neverland #15 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)
• Captain Marvel: Beware the Flerken! by Calliope Glass & Rob McClurkan (PB)
• Princess Power by Natalie Davis & Eda Kaban (PB)
• Superheroes Are Everywhere by Kamala Harris & Mechal Renee Roe (PB)
• Bunheads by Misty Copeland & Setor Fiadzigbey (PB)
• My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World by Malcolm Mitchell & Michael Robertson (PB)
• Bigger Words for Little Geniuses by Susan Patterson, James Patterson, & Hsinping Pan (YNF)
• Pirate Stew by Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell (PB)
• No Reading Allowed: The Worst Read-Aloud Book Ever by Raj Haldar, Chris Carpenter, & Bryce Gladfelter (PB)
• Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The ABC Storybook by Luke Flowers (PB)
• The Princess Bride: A Counting Story by Lena Wolfe & Bill Robinson (PB)
• The Karate Kid by Robert Mark Kamen, John G. Avildsen, & Kim Smith (PB)
• Spider-Man Swings Through Europe! by Calliope Glass & Andrew Kolb (PB)
• All Because You Matter by Tami Charles & Bryan Collier (PB)
• The Promised Neverland #16 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)

1.3.21

• Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron (YA)
• Lumberjanes: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Carolyn Nowak, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Out of Time by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Band Together by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Brooke Allen, Carolyn Nowak, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Sink or Swim by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carey Pietsch, & Maarta Laiho (GN)

1.4.21

• Lumberjanes: A Bird's-Eye View by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carey Pietsch, Ayme Sotuyo, & Maarta Laiho (GN)

1.6.21

• home body by Rupi Kaur (ANF)
• War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers by Jonathan Kunz & Elizabeth Pich (GN)

1.7.21

• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (YA)

1.9.21

• Lumberjanes: Stone Cold by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carey Pietsch, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Lumberjanes: On a Roll by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carolyn Nowak, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Parents' Day by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carolyn Nowak, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• The Ancient Magus' Bride #12 by Kore Yamazaki (M)
• Real Friends by Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham (GN)

1.10.21

• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (YA)
• The Encyclopedia Lumberjanica by Susan Coiner-Collier, Kanesha C. Bryant, Kaiti Infante, Alexia Khodanian, & Julia Madrigal (YNF)
• Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000 by Lucille Clifton (ANF)
• Hilda and the Stone Forest by Luke Pearson (GN)
• Hilda and the Mountain King by Luke Pearson (GN)
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (ANF)

1.13.21

• Clean Getaway by Nic Stone (Y)

1.15.21

• The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Huston, & Jonathan Swipes (A)

1.16.21

• Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill (ANF)

1.17.21

• Unlimited Squirrels in Who Is the Mystery Reader? by Mo Willems (Y)
• Don't Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton (PB)
• Unlimited Squirrels in I Want to Sleep Under the Stars! by Mo Willems (Y)
• Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary by Vicki Conrad & David Hohn (YNF)
• Everything We Miss by Luke Pearson (GN)
• Princess Pulverizer: Worst, Worser, Wurst by Nancy Krulik & Ben Balistreri (Y)
• Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women's Voices by Kathy Gunst & Katherine Alford (ANF)

1.18.21

• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (A)
• They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Ghost Cabin by Mariko Tamaki & Brooklyn Allen (Y)

1.21.21

• The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
• Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (YA)

1.23.21

• Winter Warrior: A Vietnam Vet's Anti-War Odyssey by Eve Gilbert (GN)
• Princess Pulverizer: Bad Moooove! by Nancy Krulik & Ben Balistreri (Y)
• How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemison (A)

1.24.21

• Saturday by Oge Mora (PB)
• The Quickest Kid in Clarksville by Pat Zietlow Miller & Frank Morrison (PB)
• Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey & Floyd Cooper (PB)
• Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by Raul the Third (PB)
• Phoenix Goes to School by Michelle Finch & Phoenix Finch (PB)
• Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say (YNF)
• The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein (PB)
• The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Little Smokey by Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Donovan's Big Day by Leslea Newman & Mike Dutton (PB)
• Tiny Feet Between the Mountains by Hanna Cha (PB)
• Home at Last by Vera B. Williams & Chris Raschka (PB)
• In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco (PB)
• Fox the Tiger by Corey R. Tabor (Y)
• The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey & Jerome Pumphrey (PB)
• Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Kat Zhang & Charlene Chua (PB)
• Jules Vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima (PB)
• On the Go Awesome by Lisl H. Detlefsen & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• A Map into the World by Kao Kalia Yang & Seo Kim (PB)
• At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell & Weshoyot Alvitre (PB)
• I Love My Purse by Belle DeMont & Sonja Wimmer (PB)
• Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders & Steven Salerno (YNF)
• It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn & Noah Grigni (YNF)
• Vamos! Let's Go Eat by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay (PB)
• The Princess in Black and the Case of the Coronavirus by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (GN)
• Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Doctor Maisy by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Maisy's Morning on the Farm by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Maisy Makes Lemonade by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• You Be You!: The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family by Jonathan Branfman & Julie Benbassat (YNF)
• Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (YANF)

1.26.21

• When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith & Nicole Neidhardt (PB)
• Puppy in My Head: A Book about Mindfulness by Elise Gravel (PB)
• Oona by Kelly DiPucchio & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• The Whole Hole Story by Vivian McInerny & Ken Lamug (PB)
• My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith & Julie Flett (PB)
• Puppy in My Head: A Book about Mindfulness by Elise Gravel (PB)
• My Monster and Me by Naiya Hussain & Ella Bailey (PB)
• A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton (PB)
• Dracula Spectacular by Lucy Rowland & Ben Mantle (PB)
• Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki (PB)
• My Rainbow by Trinity Neal, DeShanna Neal, & Art Twink (PB)
• Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb! by Veronica Chambers & Rachelle Baker (YNF)
• The Same But Different Too by Karl Newson & Kate Hindley (PB)
• What's Next? by Timothy Knapman & Jane McGuinness (PB)
• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall (PB)
• ABC of Feelings by Bonnie Lui (PB)
• B Is for Baby by Atinuke & Angela Brooksbank (PB)
• Spaghetti Hunters by Morag Hood (PB)
• Children of Vengeance and Virtue by Tomi Adeyemi (YA)
• The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim (YA)

1.27.21

• From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (Y)
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (YA)

1.28.21

• Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson (Y)

1.30.21

• Wow! City! by Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Wow! School! by Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Wow! America! by Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Hattie Hippo by Christine Loomis & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Mouse House by John Burningham (PB)
• Linus the Vegetarian T. Rex by Robert Neubecker (PB)
• My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay by Cari Best & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth! by Sarah Weeks & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines by Sarah Aronson & Robert Neubecker (YNF)
• Space Boy and His Sister Dog by Dian Curtis Regan & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Early Sunday Morning by Denene Millner & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall (PB)
• The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli (YANF)

1.31.21

• I Won a What? by Audrey Vernick & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song by Debbie Levy & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (YNF)
• Mary Had a Little Glam by Tammi Sauer & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Scuba Bunnies by Christine Loomis & Ora Eitan (PB)
• Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art by J.H. Shapiro & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (YNF)
• Freedom Soup by Tami Charles & Jacqueline Alcantara (PB)
• Camp Tiger by Susan Choi & John Rocco (PB)
• Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood, Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin K. Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, & Melissa Sweet (YNF)
• Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in Their Struggle for Self by Elan Golomb (ANF)
• The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson & Jo Rioux (GN)
• Concrete Kids by Amyra Leon (YANF)
• Lumberjanes: Time After Crime by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Ayme Sotuyo, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Jackalope Springs Eternal by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Ayme Sotuyo, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Lumberjanes: Indoor Recess by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Dozerdraws, & Maarta Laidho (GN)
• Penultimate Quest by Lars Brown, Bex Glendining, & John Kantz (GN)

01.21 total: 143

10 young adult fiction; 71 picture books; 7 adult nonfiction; 5 manga; 23 graphic novels; 12 youth nonfiction; 9 youth fiction; 3 adult fiction; 3 young adult nonfiction