Sunday, October 5, 2025

books i've read september 2025

 9.1.25

  • Single Player by Tara Tai (A)
  • BL Metamorphosis #1 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
  • BL Metamorphosis #2 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
  • Stuck by Kayla Miller (GN)
  • Molly, Olive, and Dexter: You Can't Catch Me! by Catherine Rayner (PB)
  • Stuck Inside by Sally Anne Garland (PB)
  • Little Mole Gives Thanks by Glenys Nellist & Sally Garland (PB)
  • Hello Hello Numbers by Brendan Wenzel (PB)
9.3.25
  • The Great Truck Switcheroo by Bob Shea & Brian Won (PB)
  • Jane Goodall Is a Friend to All by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
  • Stanley's Colors by williambee (PB)
  • Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin (PB)
  • How to Pee Your Pants: The Right Way by Rachel Michelle Wilson (PB)
  • Rainbow Allies: The True Story of Kids Who Stood Against Hate by Nancy Churnin & Izzy Evans (YNF)
  • Mr. Watson's Chickens by Jarrett Dapier & Andrea Tsurumi (PB)
  • Stanley's Diner by williambee (PB)
  • Stanley's Fire Engine by williambee (PB)
9.4.25
  • The Bad Guys in One Last Thing by Aaron Blabey (GN)
9.5.25
  • The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (A)
  • The Girl Who Figured It Out by Minda Dentler & Stephanie Dehennin (YNF)
  • The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer & Mariachiara Di Giorgio (PB)
  • Six Little Sticks by Tiffany Stone & Ruth Hengeveld (PB)
  • The Bakers Dozen by Amy Moore & Andrea Stegmaier (PB)
  • Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead ABC by Gabriela Orozco Belt & Esteli Meza (YNF)
  • The Laughing Book by Kael Tudor & Daniel Wiseman (YNF)
  • A New Home by Tania de Regil (PB)
  • The Tour at School! by Katie Clapham & Nadia Shireen (PB)
  • Bob and Dob: A Tale of Tattling by Sean E. Avery (PB)
  • Rise to the Sky: How the World's Tallest Trees Grow Up by Rebecca E. Hirsch & Mia Posada (YNF)
  • Thinking About Thinking by Grant Snider (GN)
  • Pumpkin and Beetle: Two Vampire Cats by Jannie Ho (GN)
  • Hirayasumi #2 by Keigo Shinzo (M)
9.6.25
  • The Welcome Home by Amy June Bates (PB)
  • Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag by Gayle E. Pitman & Holly Clifton-Brown (YNF)
  • Norman and the Smell of Adventure by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
  • Big Problems, Little Problems by Ben Feller & Merce Lopez (PB)
  • The Truth About Elephants by Maxwell Eaton III (YNF)
  • My Guncle and Me by Jonathan Merritt & Joanna Carillo (PB)
  • Auntie Uncle: Drag Queen Hero by Ellie Royce, Hannah Chambers, & Marti Gould Cummings (PB)
  • My Sister, Daisy by Adria Karlsson & Linus Curci (PB)
  • My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman & Violet Tobacco (PB)
  • When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M. Campbell & Charlene Chua (PB)
  • When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community by Gayle E. Pitman & Christopher Lyles (YNF)
  • The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
  • Thor and Loki: Midgard Family Mayhem by Jeffrey Brown (GN)
9.7.25
  • Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson (A)
  • Okay, Andy! by Maxwell Eaton III (GN)
  • Pickleballers by Ilana Long (A)
9.8.25
  • The Champions by Kara Thomas (YA)
  • How Do We Relationship? #11 by Tamifull (M)
  • How to Teach Your Monster to Read by Christianne Jones & Katya Longhi (PB)
  • Bea's Bad Day by Tom Percival (PB)
  • Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival (PB)
  • Astronautical! by Brooklin Stormie (GN)
  • Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp (GN)
9.10.25
  • Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni (A)
9.11.25
  • Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (YA)
  • Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner (A)
9.12.25
  • If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal (YA)
9.13.25
  • The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren (A)
9.14.25
  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (A)
  • The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen (A)
  • Brewster the Rooster by Devin Scillian & Lee White (PB)
  • Not a Dog by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez & Laura Gonzalez (YNF)
  • Born Inside a Nest So Small: Conversation with a Hummingbird by Iza Trapani (YNF)
  • Supernana by Eva Byrne (PB)
  • Nelly the Very Different Bird by Alex Macdonald (PB)
  • Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?: Celebrating the Seasons by Tyna Legault Taylor & Michelle Dao (PB)
  • Lone Wolf on Vacation by Kiah Thomas & K-Fai Steele (Y)
9.15.25
  • Stitches and Witches by Nancy Warren (A)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Y)
9.16.25
  • Hirayasumi #3 by Keigo Shinzo (M)
9.18.25
  • A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (A)
9.20.25
  • Bear Builds a House by Maxwell Eaton III (YNF)
  • Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name by Luvvie Ajayi Jones & Joey Spiotto (PB)
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jim Aylesworth & Barbara McClintock (PB)
  • Little Libraries, Big Heroes by Miranda Paul & John Parra (YNF)
  • Albert's Quiet Quest by Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
  • Maisy's Big Book of Kindness by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • C Is for Country by Lil Nas X & Theodore Taylor III (PB)
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Valeri Gorbachev (PB)
  • Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • Maisy Gets a Pet by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Other Stories by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • Maisy Goes to the Library by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • Maisy Goes to the Local Bookstore by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • Maisy Makes Lemonade by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • I Would Give You My Tail by Tanya Tagaq & Qavavau Manumie (PB)
  • Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer & Steve McCarthy (PB)
  • Good Luck, Ice Cream Truck! by Sorche Fairbank & Terry Runyan (PB)
  • The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian (A)
  • Ready, Set, Roll! by Alessandro Montagnana (PB)
  • Little Big Man by Varian Johnson & Reggie Brown (PB)
  • CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella by Shana Keller & Laura Freeman (PB)
  • Daisy Rewilds by Margaret McNamara & Kerascoet (PB)
  • Echo by Adam Rex (PB)
  • Made for More by Chloe Ito Ward & Gael Abary (PB)
  • Head Full of Clouds by Joanne Schwartz & Afsaneh Sanei (PB)
  • Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire (A)
9.21.25
  • How Do We Relationship? #12 by Tamifull (M)
  • Hirayasumi #4 by Keigo Shinzo (M)
  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? #5 by Fumi Yoshinaga (M)
  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? #6 by Fumi Yoshinaga (M)
  • The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (A)
  • Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
  • The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
9.22.25
  • Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender (YA)
  • The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian (A)
  • Wingborn by Marjorie Liu & Grace Kum (GN)
9.24.25
  • Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce (YA)
  • BL Metamorphosis #3 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
  • BL Metamorphosis #4 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
  • BL Metamorphosis #5 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
9.25.25
  • Bob the Boo-Boo by Melina Schoenborn & Sandra Dumais (PB)
  • This Is Not My Story by Ryan Utyde Willigen & David Huyck (PB)
9.26.25
  • Llamaphones by Janik Coat (PB)
  • Stanley's Shapes by williambee (PB)
  • The Sleeping Beauty by Jennifer Adams & Corey Egbert (PB)
  • Everything's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Trouble Everywhere by Jory John & Erin Kraan (PB)
  • The Worry-Worry Whale Made 32 Mistakes by Deborah Diesen & Dan Hanna (PB)
  • The Littlest Drop by Sascha Alper, Jerry Pinkney, & Brian Pinkney (PB)
9.27.25
  • Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (A)
  • Octopus Escapes Again! by Laurie Ellen Angus (YNF)
9.28.25
  • Night of the Deer by Mary Morel & Mira Miroslavova (PB)
  • This Moment Is Special: A Dia de Muertos Story by John Parra (PB)
  • Bright Lights and Summer Nights by Shauntay Grant & Zach Manbeck (PB)
  • Warm and Fuzzy by Scott Rothman & Brian Won (PB)
  • Zara in the Middle by Erika Lynne Jones (PB)
  • Bela and Lily by Natasha Khan Kazi (PB)
  • Scamp by Anden Wilder (PB)
  • The Moon Rabbit by Eva Wong Nava & Jason Chuang (PB)
  • The Most Magnificent Team by Ashley Spires (PB)
  • Worms Are Our Friends by Toni D'Alia & Mimi Purnell (YNF)
  • My Vesak: Day of Buddha by Priya Kumari & Urvashi Dubey (YNF)
  • So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story by Anne Wynter & Jerome Pumphrey (YNF)
  • Goodbye, Hello: A Going Home Travel Adventure by Angela H. Dale & Daniel Wiseman (PB)
  • Billie and Bean at the Beach by Julia Hansson (PB)
  • The Boy Who Cried Poop! by Alessandra Requena & Guilherme Karsten (PB)
  • Looking for Group by Alexis Hall (A)
9.29.25
  • Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (A)
  • Maya Makes Waves by Maya Gabeira & Ramona Kaulitzki (PB)
  • Home by Tonya Lippert & Andrea Stegmaier (PB)
  • Night Night Ladybug by Chris Ferrie & Melanie Mikecz (YNF)
  • Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby & Adelina Lirius (YNF)
  • Little Mole Goes to School by Glenys Nellist (PB)
  • The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill & Laura Carlin (YNF)
  • It's Really Cold Outside! by Harret Ziefert (PB)
9.30.25
  • All the Feels by Olivia Dade (A)
09.25 total: 148
19 adult fiction; 12 manga; 8 graphic novels; 80 picture books; 20 youth nonfiction; 3 youth fiction; 6 young adult fiction