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

 12.1.21

• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (A)

12.2.21

• Home Alone by Barbara Naseimbeni (PB)
• Read Island by Nicole Magistro & Alice Feagan (PB)
• Bear's Book by Claire Freedman & Alison Friend (PB)

12.3.21

• Henry David Thoreau in the Woods by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Pacific Northwest: A Recreation Primer by Kevin Meyers & Haily Meyers (YNF)
• National Parks: A Wildlife Primer by Kevin Meyers & Haily Meyers (YNF)
• The Adventures of John Muir by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• How to Find a Unicorn by Sue Fliess & Simona Sanfilippo (PB)
• La Catrina: Emotions - Emociones by Patty Rodriguez, Ariana Stein, & Citlali Reyes (YNF)
• La Llorona: Counting Down - Contando Hacia Atras by Patty Rodriguez & Ariana Stein (PB)
• Baby Elvis: A Book about Opposites by Pintachan (PB)
• Baby Janis: A Book about Nouns by Pintachan (PB)
• Counting with - Contando Con Frida by Patty Rodriguez, Ariana Stein, & Citlali Reyes (PB)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Fairies Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Nevermore! by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Loteria: First Words - Primeras Palabras Patty Rodriguez, Ariana Stein, & Citlali Reyes (PB)
• Here, Kitty, Kitty!: A Cat Breed Primer by Dawn DeVries Sokol (YNF)
• Jabberywocky: A Nonsense Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Don't Eat Me, Chupacabra!: !No Me Comas, Chupacabra! by Kyle Sullivan & Derek Sullivan (PB)
• If Fell from the Sky by Terry Fan & Eric Fan (PB)
• Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan & Merce Lopez (PB)
• Maurice the Unbeastly by Amy Dixon & Karl James Mountford (PB)
• Your Alien by Tammi Sauer & Goro Fujita (PB)
• Your Alien Returns by Tammi Sauer & Goro Fujita (PB)
• Gladys the Magic Chicken by Adam Rubin & Adam Rex (PB)
• Big Bear Was Not the Same by Joanna Rowland & John Ledda (PB)
• Norman Didn't Do It! (Yes, He Did.) by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Opposites Abstract by Mo Willems (PB)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Who Guards My Sleep? by Marie Chow & Sija Hong (PB)
• Spider-Man's Very Strange Day! by Calliope Glass & Andrew Kolb (PB)
• This Book Is Literally Just Pictures of Animals Silently Judging You by Smith Street Books (ANF)

12.4.21

• Pug & Pig and Friends by Sue Lowell Gallion & Joyce Wan (PB)
• The First Blade of Sweetgrass: A Native American Story by Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey, & Nancy Baker (PB)
• The Fairy Dogmother by Caroline Crowe & Richard Merritt (PB)
• Family Reunion by Chad Richardson, Dad (Charles) Richardson, & Ashleigh Corrin (PB)
• I Get Loud by David Ouimet (PB)
• Larry Gets Lost in the Library by John Skewes & Eric Ode (PB)
• Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor (PB)
• I Really Want the Cake by Simon Philip & Lucia Gaggioti (PB)
• And So It Goes by Paloma Valdivia (PB)
• The Boy and the Gorilla by Jackie Azua Kramer & Cindy Derby (PB)
• Toasty by Sarah Hwang (PB)
• Here We Are: Book of Numbers by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Here We Are: Book of Animals by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Unicorn & Horse Are Friends by Hollie Mengert (PB)
• Pinkie Promises by Elizabeth Warren & Charlene Chua (PB)
• Carol and the Pickle Toad by Esme Shapiro (PB)
• Dogs at Work: Good Dogs. Real Jobs. by Margaret Cardillo & Zachariah Ohora (PB)
• Papa, Daddy, & Riley by Seamus Kirst & Devon Horzwarth (PB)
• Cranky Chicken by Katherine Battersby (GN)
• My Tree by Hope Lim & Il Sung Na (PB)

12.5.21

• I Will!: A Book of Promises by Juana Medina (PB)
• In My Neighborhood by Oscar Loubriel & Rogerio Coelho (PB)
• Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert, Is a Sports Superstar by Morag Hood & Ella Okstad (PB)
• Sam Can't Sleep by Davide Cali & Anna Aparicio Catala (PB)
• Catching Kisses by Amy Gibson & Maria Van Lieshout (PB)
• The Bear in My Bed by Joyce Wan (PB)
• The Boy with Big, Big Feelings by Britney Winn Lee & Jacob Souva (PB)
• Baloney and Friends Going Up! by Greg Pizzoli (GN)
• Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide (YA)
• Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernandez (ANF)

12.10.21

• The Fox and the Forest Fire by Danny Popovici (PB)
• Dakota Crumb: Tiny Treasure Hunter by Jamie Michalak & Kelly Murphy (PB)
• The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis Manley & Lucy Ruth Cummins (PB)
• Bloop by Tara Lazar & Mike Boldt (PB)
• Survivor Tree by Marcie Colleen & Aaron Becker (PB)
• My Little Golden Book about Betty White by Deborah Hopkinson & Margeaux Lucas (YNF)
• Seattle ABC by John Skewes & Robert Schwartz (PB)

12.11.21

• The Bad Guys in Cut to the Chase by Aaron Blabey (Y)
• Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates by Cheryl B. Klein & Abhi Alwar (PB)
• Stick and Stone: Best Friends Forever! by Beth Ferry & Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress by Alicia D. Williams & April Harrison (YNF)
• It Isn't Rude to Be Nude by Rosie Haine (YNF)
• Original Cat, Copy Cat by Sarah Kurpiel (PB)

12.12.21

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (A)
• That's a Second Date Question by Anonymous (FF)
• It's No Great Mystery by Anonymous (FF)
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (A)
• Redlocks and the Three Bears by Claudia Rueda (PB)
• The Night Is for Darkness by Jonathan Stutzman & Joseph Kuefler (PB)
• The Blue Table by Chris Raschka (PB)
• A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary & Qin Leng (PB)
• Max on the Farm by Kyle Lukoff & Luciano Lozano (PB)
• Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi & Juana Martinez-Neal (PB)

12.16.21

• Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat (A)

12.17.21

• Strollercoaster by Matt Ringler, Raul the Third, & Elaine Bay (PB)
• Time Is a Flower by Julie Morstad (PB)
• Gloria's Porridge by Elizabeth Laird & Toby Newsome (PB)
• How to Spot a Best Friends by Bea Birdsong & Lucy Fleming (PB)
• Grumpy Monkey: Freshly Squeezed by Suanne Lang & Max Lang (GN)
• See the Dog: Three Stories About a Cat by David LaRochelle & Mike Wohnoutka (Y)

12.18.21

• Fable by Adrienne Young (YA)
• The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi (PB)
• I Am the Subway by Kim Hyo-eun & Deborah Smith (PB)
• Max and the Talent Show by Kyle Lukoff & Luciano Lozano (PB)
• Ergo by Alexis Deacon & Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• What's Up, Maloo? by Genevieve Godbout (PB)
• A Hundred Thousand Welcomes by Mary Lee Donovan & Lian Cho (YNF)

12.19.21

• World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (ANF)
• War by Jose Jorge Letria & Andre Letria (PB)
• Spidernaut: Arabella, the Spider in Space by Jodie Parachini & Dragan Kordic (YNF)
• Always Everly by Nate Wragg (PB)
• Cows Go Boo! by Steve Webb & Fred Blunt (PB)
• Boogie Boogie, Y'all by C.G. Esperanza (PB)
• Follow That Frog! by Philip C. Stead & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Set Your Alarm, Sloth!: More Advice for Troubled Animals from Dr. Glider by Jess Keating & Pete Oswald (YNF)
• A Voice for the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas by Vicki Conrad, Ibon Adarne, & Rachel Yew (YNF)
• Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel (PB)
• The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (YA)

12.21.21

• Where There Are Monsters by Breanne Mc Ivor (A)

12.22.21

• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (A)
• Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson (YA)

12.23.21

• When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke (PB)
• There's a Dodo on the Wedding Cake by Wade Bradford & Kevin Hawkes (PB)
• I'm a Zcary Vampire by Jose Carlos Andres & Gomez (PB)
• I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azua Kramer & Magdalena Mora (PB)
• Black and White by Debora Vogrig & Pia Valentinis (PB)
• Sweater Weather by Matt Phelan (PB)
• When Carrot Met Cookie by Erica S. Perl & Jonathan Fenske (PB)
• Amira's Picture Day by Reem Faruqi & Fahmida Azim (PB)
• More Than Sunday by Shelley Johannes (PB)
• Thank You, World by Alice B. McGinty & Wendy Anderson Halperin (PB)

12.24.21

• Hybrid Child by Mariko Ohara (A)
• Namesake by Adrienne Young (YA)
• Reptiles Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup & Camilla de la Bedoyere (YNF)
• Jukebox by Nidhi Chanani (GN)
• Lilla the Accidental Witch by Eleanor Crewes (GN)

12.25.21

• Americus by MK Reed & Jonathan Hill (GN)
• Long Distance by Whitney Gardner (GN)
• Between Perfect & Real by Ray Stoeve (YA)

12.26.21

• Himawari House by Harmony Becker (GN)
• Bandette Volume One: Presto! by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover (GN)

12.27.21

• Poojo's Got Wheels by Charrow (PB)
• Henry and Bea by Jessixa Bagley (PB)

12.28.21

• Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin (YA)

12.29.21

• Bookish Cats: A Pawsitively Purrfect Collection of Literary Classics by Angie Rozelaar (PB)
• Sing Some More! by Deborah Diesen & Howard Gray (PB)
• Antonia: A Journey to a New Home by Dipacho (PB)
• The Spots and the Dots by Helen Baugh & Marion Deuchars (PB)
• Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jimenez, Daughter of the Nahua by Gloria Mescua & Duncan Tonatiuh (YNF)

12.30.21

• The Ghoul Next Door by Cullen Bunn & Cat Farris (GN)
• Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier & Val Wise (GN)
• Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Lisa Sterle (GN)
• Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (YA)

12.31.21

• Night Broken by Patricia Briggs (A)
• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (YA)

12.21 total: 147

8 adult fiction; 96 picture books; 15 youth nonfiction; 3 adult nonfiction; 12 graphic novels; 9 young adult fiction; 2 youth fiction; 2 fanfic